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Thunder beat Jazz in OT behind Shai-Gilgeous Alexander’s big night

Thunder beat Jazz in OT behind Shai-Gilgeous Alexander’s big night

Shai-Gilgeous Alexander scored the game-tying shot to send Wednesday’s game against the Utah Jazz to overtime and iced the game with two free throws to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 129-125 victory.  SGA scored 44 points, including a game-tying jumper at the fourth quarter buzzer to tie the game at 112-112.  And after a hotly contested overtime period, it was Chet Holmgren who put OKC up 124-122 and Gilgeous-Alexander who snagged the biggest rebound of the evening before knocking down a pair of clutch free throws.  After Utah hit a three to make the score 127-125, Gilgeous-Alexander hit two more to officially clinch the win.  Oklahoma City started the season 24-1 before a 6-6 stretch knocked it down to 30-7. The Thunder lost consecutive games to the Suns and Hornets coming into Wednesday’s game.  Wednesday’s win over a mediocre Utah team wasn’t the most inspiring performance that Mark Daigneault’s squad could’ve put on the floor of the Paycom Center, but OKC is at least back in the win column. The ThunRead More

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