Player grades: Thunder show Lakers there's levels to this in 139-96 win
Player grades for the Oklahoma City Thunder's 139-96 win over the Los Angeles Lakers.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Checking out with 33 seconds left in the third quarter, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander received a round of applause from the jam-packed OKC crowd. At least from the portion that are home fans. Six months later, we saw the same result in this highly anticipated matchup of MVP contenders.
The Oklahoma City Thunder absolutely destroyed the Los Angeles Lakers in a 139-96 win. Leading wire-to-wire, they led by as many as 46 points in a game that saw some unreal scores. Didn't even take two full minutes before the Thunder set the tone.
Jalen Williams ripped away the ball and sprayed it out to Lu Dort for an outside jumper. The latter joined in on the turnover fun when he punked Austin Reaves into coughing it up. Two minutes in, the Lakers called their first of a tsunami of timeouts.
The Thunder had a 9-2 lead. But the stoppage didn't matter. Nothing JJ Redick could say or draw up to make up for the talent-level difference.
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