Thunder blow out Celtics 150-117

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports activities Author

OKLAHOMA CITY – Josh Giddey scored a season-high 25 factors and the short-handed Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder blew out the NBA-leading Boston Celtics 150-117 on Tuesday evening. 

Oklahoma Metropolis’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who ranks among the many league’s leaders with 30.8 factors per sport, sat out with an sickness. With out him, the Thunder set a document for factors because the group moved to Oklahoma Metropolis from Seattle earlier than the 2008-2009 season. The earlier mark was 149 factors in 2013. 

Lu Dort scored 23 factors and Jalen Williams, Tre Mann and Isaiah Joe every added 21 factors for the Thunder. They shot 59.2% from the sphere. 

The Thunder hadn’t gained a sport by greater than 16 and the Celtics hadn’t misplaced by greater than 16 this season. 

Jaylen Brown scored 29 factors for Boston, and Jayson Tatum added 27. 

The Thunder led 74-54 at halftime behind Joe’s 17 factors on 6-for-9 taking pictures. Oklahoma Metropolis shot 57% within the first half. The Celtics trailed huge, regardless of Brown’s 18 factors within the first half. 

A ten-0 run put Oklahoma Metropolis forward 90-63 simply over three minutes into the second half, and the sport was by no means shut after that. Oklahoma Metropolis’s largest lead was 37 factors. 

TIP-INS 

Celtics: G Marcus Sensible and coach Joe Mazzulla attended the Oklahoma State-West Virginia sport Tuesday in Stillwater and sat collectively. Sensible performed school ball for Oklahoma State and Mazzulla performed for West Virginia. Oklahoma State gained 67-60. … Sensible was referred to as for a technical within the second quarter and ejected within the third. 

Thunder: Even Oklahoma Metropolis’s followers have been hitting photographs from deep. Johnnie Durossette, a 20-year-old from Muskogee, Oklahoma, made the MidFirst Financial institution halfcourt shot throughout a timeout to win $20,000. … F Aaron Wiggins scored 17 factors. 

UP NEXT 

Celtics: At Dallas on Thursday evening.
Thunder: At Orlando on Wednesday evening.