The Thunder are dominating the Lakers 70-38 at Halftime… SGA with 18/4/5 on 60% FG and Luka with 11/5/4 on 30% FG
The Thunder are dominating the Lakers 70-38 at Halftime…
Source: https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401810077
32 point lead
In the first half
What the fuck dude
OKC’s so good you use your rest games against them instead of the bad teams
Curry called it a night last night and scored 40 tonight.
Just stay away from our defense.
I watched the okc dubs game and was impressed by the okc defense. The dubs also did shoot poorly and shoulda made more, but okc made it all challenging.
It was pretty amusing to watch Curry run into a human wall. Frustration palpable, felt nice to get one again after Curry sent OKC home sad all those times in the 2010s.
I’d stay away from your offense too. 70 points in the first half LMFAO
This game could have been an email
I guess that happens sometimes when one team is on a back to back. Scheduled loss and all that. Oh wait, nevermind…
I’m so excited to see the inevitable rematch with you guys. Not a fan of either team, I’m a Sixers fan, but I found myself rooting for the Nuggets last year just bc I knew that this OKC dynasty was coming.
I think you guys are significantly better than last year, I think you have a guy who has a chance to be top 5 all time, and I think if you’re going to get another title it’s kinda now or never. Gonna be an awesome series.
Somehow despite being in the same division, the Nuggets don’t play the Thunder at all until February.
Seriously? Wonder if they can get far enough in the NBA Cup to have at least one game.
Nuggets guards dont have a chance vs OKC tbh
i can’t believe i opened the app and saw this. i thought i was missing out on a professional basketball game
Chat should I stay up for the 2nd half?
No
Nah
Rest now, brother
Nah lakers coming back to win it 117-115
Makes sense, Luka doesnt have MJ Washington to carry him against OKC anymore
Fuck that dude 😭
I think he just made another corner three.
That was a clanged FT actually. He’s playing one of the other 28 teams
he’ll crush it wherever we trade him too
Or posed in a scuffle again
It would be wild if the Lakers get him and Gafford from the Mavs fire sale. But knowing Presti, he is gonna move heaven and earth to prevent them from joining Luka at all costs and that means probably he’s using our picks from the PG Trade to ensure that…🙃
Please don’t trigger me with that name. Flashbacks…
Which is the trigger, MJ or Washington?
Washington. Deathly afraid of the Wizards.
Just had a panic attack.
We’ll trade you Ous for MJ Washington
Honestly, attack a couple picks… What does the salary look like?
I was so pissed watching the end of the bucks game the other night. I’ve never seen PJ look that bad, cause I’ve only watched him against us, lmao.
Such sweet memories.
Nico destroyed one of the few teams that could beat Okc.
I am not sure if the 24’ Mavs do well against this Okc team
With Washington who knows, he just somehow beats OKC
He HATES OKC
Someone about to assemble a team of players who always show up against us. Andrew Wiggins, MJ Washington. They’re about to bring LeMarcus Aldridge out of retirement too.
Hartenstein and Caruso on the bench just elevated them.
OKC are the best at appraising the salaries for their players, really squeezing everything out of their lemons.
lol the only the thing that can make this sub celebrate the defending champs and mvp is beating a Lakers team. Lol
Real Stalin vs Hitler energy
Perfect
In communist Oklahoma City - basketball play you!
Lmao I’m dying
Enjoy while it lasts OKC fans lol next game against a reddit fan favourite and this sub will be full of people bitching about how physical OKC is allowed to play and how Caruso is assaulting Jokic lol
This is the beginning of the dynasty. Any OKC fan that can’t handle the hate now should delete social media because it’s only going to be worse when they have a couple more championships in a few years.
The same way people incessantly bring up foul calls for OKC is basically people incessantly bringing up screens during Warriors dynasty
Couple more 🤣
OKC vs Spurs match ups in 2-4 years are going to be epic
I will support OKC so hard for those 4 games against the Lakers.
Lakers are that hated lol
I’m a neutral and have to say, even against the Hornets, those guys tried so hard against you guys first half, I think they got the ‘alright boys enough already tank commander hat on, let’s let it rip offense only!’ talk.
the enemy of my enemy baby
It’s starting to make sense why I saw so many Lakers fans taking up for the Thunder last year. The Lakers are one of the few, or only one that is hated no matter how good or bad you are. We have a long road ahead of us, huh?
Yeah mate get used to the hate lol
Fuck that, I’m still hating. Where are the Nuggets to stop this fuckery?
The best word to describe OKC is “inevitable”
They just do what they’re expected to do with blow-out wins against weaker opponents, and if things are tight against good teams, they’ll eventually break through and power away late to win by 20+
It’s crazy they’re able to shutdown every single player on the opposing team too. Like Laravia and Marcus Smart. They literally give up no easy buckets and are crazy deep to the point they can guard 12 man rotations easily
No JDub and Wiggins today, and they are on a back to back, while we aren’t.
Nor Dort.
Also no Dort or Kenrich
They smoking yall even if you brought Kobe and Shaq back dog.
They clamped Steph Curry and Luka in B2B nights let that sink in
Without 1st team all defense Lu Dort
Or Jdub. I know he has been forgetten already…
Yep our 2nd best player who was playing with a fucked up wrist on his shooting hand all playoffs last year is about to come back healthy. We haven’t even seen this team at full strength yet, the Thunder honestly played like shit most of the playoffs and still won it all lol.
You guys got lucky at turns but that’s what happens sometimes. 2015 GSW had that luck too. The difference is that I think 2026 Thunder is more of a complete roster than 2016 Warriors which says something. You guys have legit 11-12 rotation players that mostly have great chemistry with each other. This 3-4 year run could be legendary.
Yeah it’s going to be extremely interesting to watch. I really didn’t think going into the start of last season that we were ready to win a championship, in my opinion we’re ahead of schedule. It’s wild seeing how dominant we’ve looked to start this season. The sky is really the limit it feels like, just need to stay healthy mostly.
No point in crowning us this year let alone any of the following years.
We are legit an all time great team, but assuming Nuggets and us make it to WCF anything can happen, but we are a significantly improved team.
Chet being so much better offensely and AJ Mitchell emerging as two way 6MOY candidate are probably the two biggest unlocks we could have hoped for. Our 2nd unit has got substantially better even without jDub.
I don’t think we are unbeatable in the Playoffs, but the margin for error is so big that unless Denver is truly a top 5 defense I don’t see how they hang. Murray, Johnson and even Braun are just easy defensive targets.
Honestly though it depends also how the bracket shapes up. Does someone get a GSW-LAL-HOU/DEN or an easier bracket.
Insane
And 3rd team All-NBA/2nd All-Defense J Dub
We saw that last postseason
Jokic is the GOAT for pushing that series to 7
Props to Hali and Siakam as well
Honestly the whole of Pacers were playing out of their minds. Nesmith, Nembhard, Turner and TJ were constantly making plays too.
Special team. Boston another pretty historical team beat them 4-0 the year before but everyone who watched that series know that Pacers were evenly matched with the champs for like 97% of that series.
Pacers have honestly felt like a bit less talented OKC type of built. Every guy that comes in contributes.. No matter how far they go into the bench. Just like OKC.
Them almost being NBA champs wasnt a fluke at all.
As a Thunder fan, absolutely. They were great. Sucks we can’t see a rematch.
Halliburton deserves his flowers for the finals. I know the pacers are injured and lose Myles but looking at their record it’s undeniable how important he is to a team.
Tj McConnell deserves a lot of credit too. That man was undeniable and he always hustled for any ball even remotely close to him
Yeah TJ was a menace for your guys. Just eventually lost steam.
It’s clear that there isn’t going to be a next season slump for the champions. OKC really are still the best team and I hate that the pacers aren’t healthy enough to try them again.
Jdub and Chet were the goats for the Nuggets if we’re keeping it a buck they were trolling
And Murray/Gordon
AG man, insane
Imagine losing to the Thunder. Pathetic.
Lmao
GGs to y’all. That one loss on the record is an eyesore but y’all beat us fair and square
I can’t even be mad lol that was a gutsy win
Trailblazers are the only team that can match OKC’s crackhead swarm defensive energy.
OK C you soon
Blazers are responsible for 66% of the losses of the top 2 teams in the West right now BTW.
Heliocentric ball vs very good balanced team. A tale as old as time.
At least as old as the sun.
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I agree with you. But it’s Reddit, and I just felt like I didn’t trust people to get it 😭
Didn’t they get swept trying that?
Which sucks bc we used to be very heliocentric with Ham relying on LeBron
Then JJ came in and we looked like a real team, passing, cutting, and all that other good shit
Then we get Luka and we go right back to a heliocentric offense. Lakers coaches just cannot resist it
Almost like it’s a Luka can’t play any other way problem
Yeah that probably is the problem, Luka needs to learn how to be better off ball if he ever wants to go further. I feel like Luka is just James Harden again and James Harden is still ringless
The question is, who is willing to be real with Luka and get him to do this? I feel like Luka has way too much power and influence for anyone to force him to do anything he doesn’t wanna do. The last thing you wanna do if you’re Rob Pelinka or JJ Redick is make Luka upset and think twice about wanting to stay with us
When Luka sat it was the same thing with Austin. We have a top 12 at worst player coming back in two weeks. Relax.
Luka is not used to playing wo a lob threat center tbf
Now you’re getting who Luka is.
Floor raiser. Not ceiling raiser.
The rest of the Lakers just can’t generate offense besides Luka. Reaves is good but when his shot is off he has no other redeeming qualities.
Bruh kill me
OKC already did, you just walkin around not knowing it
Lakers run two plays. No ball movement. Luka iso and Austin iso. Dribble dribble shoot rarely works.
Kinda funny because OKC fans know this pretty well from the KD and Russ days of Scott’s Secrit Plays
Media hyped this game up like it’s a great match up. It’s not lmao
The Lakers were 8-3 and have one of the 5 best players in the league on their team. And they’re the Lakers. If you think they shouldn’t be marketing that matchup they can’t market anything.
OKC is just KD Warriors level dominant and at least half of their games are going to be disappointing from an entertainment perspective, even against good teams.
Love it when it happens on ESPN 👌🏽
I remember last year when they played late in the regular season and the Lakers won. Media was completely sold that it meant the Lakers were actually better and would beat them in the playoffs despite OKC being the comfortable 1st seed and not really playing for anything at that point. Funny how absurdly reactionary and short sighted that was.
Ok. I feel a bit better about last night lol
You must feel extra good after Curry spanked the Spurs too.
You can always count on Steph having a bounce back game after a game like last night 😅
Steph went Nuclear tonight at least!
OKC scored 40 in the 2nd quarter and Lakers have 38 in the game LMAO
I prefer not posting stats at half time a lot can change
Bro shut up lmao
It’s not crazy to say it honestly. I still remember when OKC let the mavs go on a 30-0 run a year or 2 ago. Ever since then I never fully trust a lead even in garbage time
ESPN put us at 99% win probability with 4:30 left in the 2nd quarter
In 2020 they gave the thunder a 0.2% chance of making the playoffs
OKC has nearly doubled the Lakers points, it’s over
You have more faith in my team than 90% of my team’s subreddit lmao
Is OKC the GSW of defense?
Yes
This makes the Thunder drubbing us worth it. Glad to see they were nice and rested for tonight.
The Nuggets is the only hope to stop this domination ngl
but what a coincidence , they dont play against each other before february
The only team I truly fear
Ez 4-0
Luka will finally understand how the Suns felt.
Oh damn. I was wondering if the lakers were legit. They are not legit. They should quit
Honestly, I think the Nuggets are the only team that has a chance against OKC. This feels like a 70+ win team in the making.
The lakers dont have Lebron and they’re not playing well in general. Sure I think OKC is better, but one game never dictates how good a team is lol
If the Lakers still have to rely on a 41 year old LeBron, then they weren’t going to win the championship anyway.
I don’t understand this phrasing as if LeBron isn’t literally a reliable 28+ point scorer despite his age
Yeah it’s not like LeBron was able to make that huge difference against Minnesota last post season.
And the thunder are missing an all star, top five defender, and the man that saved basketball.
Take last year, for example, where the Thunder only lost one game to an eastern conference team all regular season (2 if you count the IST championship game) but then lost 3 games to the Pacers alone in the playoffs lol
Lakers have an elite offense but they are one of the worst defensive teams in the NBA. All the moves Pelinka made have been dog shit defensively. Luka’s effort on defense has been great. Applaud him for it. But he’s not All Defense and you can’t expect him to carry the load every night. There’s legit times where I’m watching and saying Luka is the best defensive player right now. on the floor for the Lakers And that’s not good.
I would also trade Vando and Knecht in a heartbeat.
Smart was the only good defensive pickup. Vando is good but he’s literally unplayable on offense
They are Unlegit
The issue for LA is that Reaves doesn’t hold up well against physical ball pressure. Hence, why they need Lebron, who doesn’t get affected by ball pressure at all. Luka is the only dude who can create space against the OKC defenders
Pretty much this. Lebron bullies Caruso, hell he bullies Chet
Unfortunate for Reaves
Idk dude is 41 coming off sciatica. He can only do so much
LeBron averaged under 20 per game against OKC last season, he can’t bully jdub. he’s also going to eventually have to stop being LeBron, he can’t do that forever (I think?).
is that good?
No lakers are bad
Nico wasn’t wrong, just early.
Trading Luka has merit, but the main issue is the package.
Feels like everytime the Lakers get gaslight by the fans and media they have an ahh not so fast my friend game right after.
I think the Lakers are a good team OKC is just on a different level than everyone in the league (except maybe Denver) right now
idk what media you’re subscribing too that hyped them up but you should probably look into others
Reddit
We’re not media, we’re a capitalist captive collective of shitposters.
It’s what I need
OKC good or LAL bad?
Selling yourself short with this answer, the Lakers are a pretty good team. Luka and Reaves have been lights out and their offense is really difficult to stop.
The fact that you can make them look that bad is a testament to your strength, not their weakness. They’re going to win a lot of games and make a lot of other teams look bad.
Sga vs Luka debate might be over already
Yup, it is over. SGA has a better team and the backing of a better front office.
And skinny
It’s been over. Anyone who still has Luka over SGA simply doesn’t watch games
If you swapped their careers this wouldn’t even be a question, it only is still a debate because Luka looks like a lot he could be an older brother to a lot of people on this sub
Not a debate. Shai has an MVP which is something I cant ever remember Luka being seriously in the running for.
How is OKC this good? I mean damn.
they have the feel of one of those teams that won 2 or 3 championships and been on deep runs another 3 or 4 times and just always finds a way to win when they need to and blows you off the court if you arent ready. idk how they feel this experienced and matured already, but they do.
Missing two starters and playoff rotational players too
This might be a sizzling hot take (/s), but maybe, just maybe, the lakers are a good but flawed team, but OKC are the defending champs and are absolute world-beaters.
And since we’re not playing flawless basketball today, we are being surgically picked apart by an absolute juggernaut.
Edit: added sarcasm tag for clarity lol 😆
That shouldnt be a hot take.
Lakers played like poo poo okc was dominant. People are so quick to judge teams from 1 game matchup. This just proves that lakers have lots to work on and okc is a juggernaut.
Godamn I’m not defending the Lakers loss but it boggles the mind to see fellow Lakers fans being such doomers. This is the most fun i’ve had watching the lakers since 2020z
OKC is just stupidly good, offensively and defensively, you can see they have a gameplan and do not mess around. Last time I saw something similar to this domination was the KD Warriors, but OKC is better defensively.
Where is everyone
Looks like OKC are gonna break the Warriors record this year. On top of all that, they might even get another lottery pick
Yeah they are not getting by the OKC in the WCF lol. The lakers is the fakest contender this year
OKC is what and who we thought they were.
The Lakers are, will be a good offensive team.
The Lakers will not be a good defensive team.
They have stars, are in tinsel town and are a storied franchise and they get talked about being a contender by some, but they aren’t just like they weren’t last year and the year before.
I’m not saying the Lakers such, I’m just saying they aren’t a real contender.
Right now this year the Lakers are NOT in the top half of the league in terms opponents points per game.
They are in the bottom half of the league in this. That’s not a contender.
They are 15th in point differential right now and will go down after tonight’s whooping.
And that is with them being 8 and 3 coming into tonights game.
Fools gold.
Go look at ALL the other teams with records around theirs and they are ALL above 5.0 for a point differential and the Lakers are at just 1.6 coming into tonights game.
Yeah, no Bron yet but he’s not great on D anymore, he has to save himself for offense. Sure, he can play great D on some possessions, get a chase down block still but he doesn’t get after it on D anymore possession after possession after possession so he won’t help their D.
Reaves with more turnovers than FGM
All-Star btw
1 bad game invalidates the 8 previous good ones?
that’s how it works
Yeah what a fucking stupid comment lmao as if Reaves hasn’t been amazing
Are you new here?
Luka’s going back to Dallas!!!!!! Huzzah!!
AI generated game this isn’t actually happening
That was a fun half of basketball.
The Thunder are something else guys
12 stocks to 1
Can we cool all the “Luka is OKC’s kryptonite” talk now?
On the 2nd night of a back to back after dismantling the warriors by half to.
Just give the ring to OKC man. Them beating down teams like this should be illegal.
Chrysler 300 looks a lot like a Bentley until a Bentley pulls up
Luka and Reaves were out this game Lakers fans 2 months from
Crazy how much Shai owns Luka when they play each other
I was out and came home to turn the game on. That lasted about 5 seconds once I saw the halftime score. I’m going to sleep.
Quick someone bury this with a Luka dunking/trickshot clip
Thunder are on the second night of a back to back too I seriously freaking hate OKC hedgemony
Guys we don’t even have Vincent or kleber, c’mon
This has more to do with OKC being the best team in basketball than anything with LA.
The thunder are a better team. The lakers championship aspirations disappeared tonight. The new game is will the thunder break the record for fewest losses in the reg season?
The Lakers lacked energy or a sense of urgency lol. I don’t think we did anything too crazy and we put belt to ass tonight
Lacked a good basketball team*
OKC has to win again right? They are this good and they don’t even have their 3rd best player.