OKC Thunder falls to Jaylen Brown, Boston Celtics as 12-game win streak ends
The OKC Thunder's 12-game winning streak ended with a 119-109 loss to the Boston Celtics. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 33 points.
BOSTON — The OKC Thunder's league-best winning streak of 12 games was snapped on Wednesday. OKC suffered a 119-109 road loss to the Boston Celtics . Jaylen Brown did the bulk of the damage by racking up 31 points, eight rebounds and eight assists in 39 minutes.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished with 33 points and eight assists for OKC (57-16). The Thunder will now return to Oklahoma City for a five-game homestand. Here are three takeaways from the loss: Order new book on Thunder's run to NBA title More: Is Thunder vs Celtics an NBA Finals preview, now that Jayson Tatum is back for Boston?
Jayson Tatum looked like his usual self Jayson Tatum patiently waited underneath the rim for the right time to go for a block. An extra couple of seconds was nothing to the superstar forward, who missed the first 62 games of the season due to a torn Achilles. And when the right time came, he capitalized.
Lu Dort drove along the baseline and elevated for a layup only to be met by Tatum, who elevated even higher for the block. His first block all season, in fact, during what marked his ninth game back from injury. That came during a dominant second quarter by Tatum, who helped Boston erase a 13-point deficit and briefly take a 3-point lead.
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