Make that back-to-back losses for the Oklahoma City Thunder.
After winning four in a row, OKC has dropped their last two to split their four-game homestand 2-2, ending it with a 114-106 loss to the San Antonio Spurs.
Chris Paul scored a game-high 31 points. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Danilo Gallinari, Dennis Schroader, and Steven Adams were all in double-digits. Adams scored 10 points and led the team with 10 rebounds as he posted a double-double.
Schroder’s struggles against the Spurs continued on Tuesday night.
Coming into the game, Schroder was averaging just 15 points while shooting 40% from the floor in OKC’s two previous games against San Antonio this season. On Tuesday, Schroder was held to just 14 points, hitting on just 5 of his 13 shots in 32 minutes of game time.
Billy Donovan said after the game that he thought his team played well defensively in the first half, but they struggled all night long on offense.
“I thought offensively it was a hard night for us. We just never got going like we had been. We’d been so good offensively for a number of games now and this was probably one of those games, offensively, that wasn’t as good.”
Donovan also added that he thought Oklahoma City had plenty of opportunities at the rim, but that the Thunder “just didn’t finish well enough”.
LaMarcus Aldridge and Dejounte Murray led the Spurs with 25 points apiece. DeMar DeRozan was out again with back spasms.
The Thunder fall to 32-22 overall and 17-12 at home. They’ll head on the road for a single game at New Orleans on Thursday prior to the All-Star break.
OKC will see San Antonio soon. The two teams will play again on Sunday, Feb. 23 inside Chesapeake Energy Arena.
