Jalen Williams of Oklahoma City Thunder reacted to the Thunder’s 51 -point win over Memphis Grizzle at his NBA Western Conference Playoff Opener (William Purnale).
Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday destroyed Memphis Grizzlee’s 131-80 in the most lips in the history of NBA playoffs, as champions Boston and Top Seeds Cleveland opened the post-season with victory.
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Caltics, surrounded by 30 points from Deric White, defeated Orlando Magic 103-86.
Caviliers, who defeated Celtics for top seeds at the Eastern Conference, dropped the Miami Heat 121-100.
He was a comfortable win, but the top seed Oklahoma City of the Western Conference took a 1-0 lead in its best-seven round series in a more powerful style.
Thunder’s 51-point winning difference was even more notable that Thunder star Shai Gilgas-Alexander performed the worst of the season-15 points, five assistance and three rebound management.
But all the beginnings of Oklahoma City scored in double figures with Jalen Williams and offered 20 points with six assistance and Aaron Wigins contributed 21 points from the bench.
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The win was the fifth largest in NBA playoff history and also had a franchise record.
“We played for our identity,” Gilgus-Alexander said Thunder said after a strangulation in the competition with a scoring run 23–2 to open the second quarter.
“We were those that we were throughout the year in those minutes, and it is going to be the key to our success – just the truth that we are.”
After being at the top of the west with the best record in the league in the regular session, OKC had time to prepare for the playoffs, while Grizzle’s fought their way through the play-in tournament.
Grizzlee star J Mirent finished with 17 points and swear the memphis will jump back.
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“We will never play that bad again,” said Mornt.
In Boston, Star Forward Jason Tatam scored 17 points and finished the game despite a terrible decline under the basket in the fourth quarter, which left him in the right fort nursing.
Tatam crashed in court after a sting arose and after being hit by the Kentavius Caldwell-Pope-a quarrel on the review was assessed.
Cultics loyal Tatam at the TD Garden was happy to see that she soon makes the first three-pointers of the night, but it was white that operated Boston’s crime with seven of her 16 trains.
– ‘good response’ –
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After struggling with knee discomfort, Jayalan Brown scored 16 points for the post-season and Petan Pritcard added 19 to the bench to Boston, which fell behind one after a neap and tuck in the first half, but continuously after the break.
“Just a good response there in the second half,” White said.
Paolo Banchero scored 36 points and caught 11 rebounds for magic. Franz Wagner added 23 points but no other Orlando player scored in double figures.
In Cleveland, Donovan Mitchell scored 30 points and Tye Jerome added 16 out of 28 in the fourth quarter as cavaliers finally removed the prescribed heat.
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Miami, who proceeded from the Play-in tournament on Friday, fell from 16 in the second quarter, but was below just eight midways through the fourth quarter.
In his first playoff game, Jerome caught fire, six of his seven shots in the last period helped Cleveland pull away for good.
Mitchell said, “The thing that makes us special – this can be any night,”
Mitchell said, “We did not complete anything.” “We took care of our first job at home.”
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