Oklahoma City Thunder recorded the biggest victory in match 1 in the history of the NBA qualifiers with a superb 131-80 victory against Memphis’ grizzly gruff.
The Thunder attracted the first blood in the eliminatory series of the Western Conference in a dramatic way. Only four games in the NBA qualifiers in history were more unilateral.
Oklahoma City finished the regular season with a 68-14 file – the best in the league – and looks like a global seed n ° 1.
There were two margins in a 58-point qualifying series in the history of the NBA: Denver defeated New Orleans 121-63 on April 27, 2009 and the Lakers of Minneapolis beat the St. Louis Hawks 133-75 on March 19, 1956.
The Los Angeles Lakers beat Golden State of 56 (126-70) on April 21, 1973, and the Chicago Bulls beat the 54 (120-66) Milwaukee Bucks on April 30, 2015.
The Thunder has now written its own story of history, with the game well in hand at the start of the second quarter.
Oklahoma City Thunder recorded the biggest victory in match 1 in the history of the NBA qualifiers
The Thunder did the first blood in the eliminatory series of the Western Conference in a dramatic way
Goalkeeper Thunder Luguentz Dort famous in Oklahoma City’s 131-80 victory against Memphis
The defeat of Sunday was the first match of the Grizzlies under the acting coach Tuomas Iisalo (L)
Jalen Williams scored 20 points and Chet Holmgren collected 19 points and 10 rebounds while Thunder destroyed the Grizzlies.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander from Oklahoma City, the league score champion with nearly 33 points per game, only scored 15. The Thunder has always fired 50.5% of the field.
JA MORANT scored 17 points for Memphis during shot 6 for 17, while Jaren Jackson Jr. – who has on average more than 22 points in the regular season – scored four points on shooting 2 for 13. Marvin Bagley III also scored 17, but the grizzly grozzlies only fired 34.4% overall.
It was Memphis’ first eliminatory match under the temporary coach Tuomas Iisalo. He only trained NBA games in the regular season before the game games.
Match 2 is Tuesday.
