In a game that featured 16 lead changes and 15 ties, the Oklahoma City Thunder loses a nail-biter against the Washington Wizards, 122-118. This was one of the Thunder’s better offensive performances of the season as the 118 points are the second-most points scored by the team in a game. It was an eventually distributed scoring game as six players reached double digits with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leading the way with 32 points — the most he has scored in two weeks.
The defense, on the other hand, was a completely different story. The Wizards were able to get pretty much anything they wanted on that side of the floor as they scored 122 points, which included 64 points in the paint. The Wizards were led by Kyle Kuzma and Spencer Dinwiddie, who finished with 29 points and 22 points respectively. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope also chipped in with 16 points and the game-winning banked three that gave the Wizards a three-point lead with 32 seconds left.
Overall, this was a good game for the Thunder’s offense as Gilgeous-Alexander was able to get out of a recent scoring funk he has been in with an efficient 32 point scoring game. Let’s take a look at player grades.
