[Highlight] Jokic takes an elbow to the nose from Lu Dort
Nikola Jokic on SGA tying Wilt with 126 consecutive 20-point games: “I don’t know that people know how hard it is to do that. To make 20 pointsin 10 (straight) games, not 120 whatever it is, it’s special. He’s a special player.”
[Highlight] SGA hits another 3 and OKC wins!
[Charania] The NBA has cancelled the Atlanta Hawks’ Magic City game promotion on March 16.
[All-Access] Checkout Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s game-winning 3-pointer through the Phantom Camera.
SGA drops 35/9/15 on 14-21 FG and 0 turnovers in the win, including a game winning three!
[Highlight] Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for the game winner!
[Post Game Thread] The Oklahoma City Thunder (51-15) defeat the Denver Nuggets (39-26), 129-126 despite being down 3 starters and SGA leads the way with 35/9/15
SGA has officially tied Wilt chamberlain’s 20 point streak record at 126 games
Charlie Villanueva on Jokic saying he never wants to leave the Nuggets: “Most European superstars don’t want to leave their team. These international cats don’t have the same mentality as a US born player where if sh*t don’t go right we want to leave, you know, they want to fix the problems.”
Battle of the MVPs: SGA with 35/9/15 and 1stl/2blks/0tovs including the game-winning 3 on 77TS%, +2, and Jokic with 32/14/13 and 1stl/3tovs on 74TS%, +2
[Highlight] SGAs last three games, 4 clutch step back 3s
Jaylin “J-Will” Williams tonight: 29-10-7 on 10⁄17 FG and a career high 7 threes.
Ajay Mitchell in his first game back after missing the previous twenty: 24 points on 9⁄16 shooting and a +11.
[Highlight] Shai Gilgeous-Alexander hits the step-back 3-pointer to give himself 22 points on the night. He ties Wilt Chamberlain for the longest streak of 20-point games in NBA history at 126 games.
SGA during his 126 game streak: 32.5⁄4.7⁄6.5 and 1.5 steals on 65% TS
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the win vs the Nuggets today: 35 points, 15 assists, 9 rebounds, 1 steal and 2 blocks on 14-21 shooting. +2 in 39 minutes
[X&O’s CHAT] Nikola Jokić: “But it would be stupid if basketball weren’t better now than 30 years ago. It’s like saying phones were better 30 years ago, and they weren’t, because of technology, modernization. As everything modernizes, basketball modernizes too.”
[Anthony Slater] Dort apologizes to Jokic after another flagrant in Thunder win
[NBC Sports] Nikola Jokic says he can’t ever see himself leaving Denver, ‘I really found peace here’
[Post Game Thread] The LA Clippers (32-32) defeat the New York Knicks (41-25), 126 - 118 behind Kawhi Leonard’s 29p/7r/8a/2s to finally reach .500 and improve to 8th in the West after beginning the season with a 6-21 record!
Joe Mazzulla on Kenny Atkinson saying Derrick White is a top 5 player in the NBA: “At the end of the day, you guys don’t have a ton of access to the advanced analytics. That type of player is just not commercialized.”
For the first time since November 3, when they were just 6 games into the season with a 3-3 record, the Clippers have been able to climb back and are now at a .500 record. They were once 15 games under .500 at a 6-21 record.
[Highlight] SGA drills the 3 for a 4 point Thunder lead
[Highlight] Shai Gilgeous-Alexander knocks down the mid-range jumper over Christian Braun and hits him with the “too small”
[Highlight] Jared McCain on finally getting to play with Ajay Mitchell. “Add another light skin to the group.”
Brian Windhorst: “When LeBron doesn’t play and Austin Reaves and Luka do, the Lakers are a better team.”
[Highlight] Luguentz Dort is assessed a Flagrant 1 for making contact with Nikola Jokić’s face; the Nuggets will shoot two free throws
[Highlight] Shai Gilgeous-Alexander spins and banks in the mid-range jumper over Jamal Murray
Kawhi Leonard aspires to make the Clippers a 0.500 team in a win vs. the the Knicks: 29/7/8 on 1 turnover | 1 steal | +25- in a 8-point win
[Highlight] Aaron Gordon waits out of bounds for Nikola Jokic’s pass, and he times it perfectly to get under the rim and finish it with the reverse dunk (with a replay).
19 points for AG
[Charania] The Hornets are sending a 2026 second-round draft pick to the Heat to resolve a dispute over Terry Rozier being under NBA and federal investigations over alleged gambling conspiracy during the Charlotte-Miami Jan. 2024 trade, sources tell ESPN.
[Highlight] Shai Gilgeous-Alexander with an incredible step-back three! OKC 126, DEN 122
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander with a near triple-double versus Denver: 35 PTS, 9 REB, 15 AST, 1 STL, 2 BLK, 0 TOV
Mark Daigneault: “Lu acknowledged the play was unnecessary. I don’t think my (postgame) comments, if I’m being honest, helped. The timing of them was insensitive.”
SGA has 453 unassisted field goals this season. Luka is 2nd with 376. Jaylen Brown is 3rd with 371.
[Russo] The LA Clippers are the 8-seed after tonight’s win and Golden State’s loss. Both teams are 32-32. Clippers have the current head-to-head tiebreaker (2-1). They meet on the final day of the regular season.
Lu Dort with another bad hit on Jokic
Mazzulla ran on the court to try and get the ball inbounded before the challenge
[Highlight] Nikola Jokić nails the three and draws the foul for a potential four-point play as OKC challenges the call
Mikal “5 first round picks” Bridges in a loss against the Clippers: 7 points | 3-8 FG | 1-3 3PT | Benched in 4th quarter
[Highlight] Aaron Gordon knocks down the handoff three, scoring 13 of Denver’s 17 points and forcing an OKC timeout
Christian Braun has averaged 10.6 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 29 games this season. Christian Braun signed a 5 year, \(125,000,000 contract with the Denver Nuggets, including \)125,000,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $25,000,000 which will start in 2026-2027.
[Highlight] Jokic hits the 3 for a one point game with a foul
[NBA] Victor Wembanyama, Tyler Herro named NBA Players of the Week
[Highlight] Shai Gilgeous-Alexander spins and scores in transition, forcing a Denver timeout as OKC extends its lead to 12
[Highlight] Shai Gilgeous-Alexander drives and finishes at the rim, forcing Denver to call a timeout
Jokic in the loss to OKC: 32/14/13 on 12⁄19 FG and 3⁄6 3PT