The Oklahoma City Thunder (hereinafter referred to as Oklahoma City) defeated the Brooklyn Nets (hereinafter referred to as Brooklyn) without Kevin Durant (34).

Oklahoma City beat Brooklyn 112-102 by 10 points in the regular league game of the 2022-23 NBA season held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, USA on the morning of the 16th (Korean time). This made Oklahoma City 21-23 and Brooklyn 27-15.

In Oklahoma City, Josh Giedy scored 28 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists, and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made a big success with 28 points and 7 rebounds. In Brooklyn, Nicholas Claxton scored 17 points and 13 rebounds, and Seth Curry scored 23 points.

The first half finished with a 50-48, two-point lead as Brooklyn dominated the bench area. Entering the third quarter, Brooklyn exploded the perimeter with Joe Harris’ two 3-point shots and Seth Curry’s 3-point shot, and the paint zone was hit by Kyrie Irving, TJ Warren and Claxton. However, Oklahoma City faced the fourth quarter with a 75-80, 5-point lead as Gilgeous-Alexander began to revive at the end of the third quarter.바카라

Oklahoma City waited and led the way without Gilgeous-Alexander. Gidey scored 7 points in a row in the first two minutes of the quarter to tie the game and turned it around with a free throw. Brooklyn also seemed to catch up with Royce O’Neill and Patty Mills’ 3-point shots, but Isaiah Cho’s consecutive 3-point shots and Lugenz Dot’s 3-point shots broke out and the pursuit failed.

In the end, Oklahoma City put Gilgeous-Alexander in 6 minutes before the end. He scored 7 points in a row with free throws through penetration and fadeaway jumpers, widening the score to 10 points. As Curry and Irving counterattacked, Giddy stepped in to finish the game. He helped Darius Vezzley score and scored a runaway point by raising the floater himself.

Later, Oklahoma City gave Claxton a tip-in dunk and beat Brooklyn by 112-102, 10 points.