104 - 129

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Paycom Center

Officials: JB DeRosa, Mitchell Ervin, and Jonathan Sterling

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Philadelphia 76ers	29	33	24	18	104
Oklahoma City Thunder	32	32	38	27	129

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Philadelphia 76ers	104	35-83	42.2%	17-43	39.5%	17-21	81.0%	13	45	21	22	5	23	5
Oklahoma City Thunder	129	50-87	57.5%	10-28	35.7%	19-25	76.0%	9	51	27	18	12	13	6

PLAYER STATS


Philadelphia 76ers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Paul George^SF	29:14	12	4-11	4-7	0-0	0	4	4	3	1	0	4	1	-19
Dominick Barlow^PF	25:26	2	1-4	0-2	0-0	2	2	4	2	0	0	2	1	-7
Andre Drummond^C	17:33	4	2-4	0-0	0-0	2	2	4	0	0	0	4	4	-14
VJ Edgecombe^SG	33:55	10	3-16	2-7	2-4	2	0	2	5	0	0	2	4	-23
Tyrese Maxey^PG	36:24	28	10-18	2-7	6-7	0	2	2	5	4	0	4	2	-22
Quentin Grimes	22:26	13	3-10	3-9	4-4	0	2	2	3	0	0	1	4	-22
Adem Bona	28:22	11	3-4	0-0	5-6	6	2	8	1	0	4	2	3	-10
Jared McCain	23:18	10	4-6	2-4	0-0	0	4	4	1	0	0	3	1	-3
Justin Edwards	19:50	12	4-9	4-7	0-0	0	5	5	1	0	1	1	2	-5
Jabari Walker	03:30	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Gordon	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Lowry	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MarJon Beauchamp	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Johni Broome	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joel Embiid	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kelly Oubre Jr.	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trendon Watford	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oklahoma City Thunder	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Jalen Williams^SF	32:03	14	4-10	0-1	6-7	1	3	4	6	3	0	2	2	21
Chet Holmgren^PF	29:25	29	12-17	2-4	3-4	3	6	9	1	0	4	6	4	22
Isaiah Hartenstein^C	19:39	5	2-6	0-0	1-1	0	3	3	3	1	1	2	4	13
Luguentz Dort^SG	23:02	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	7
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander^PG	29:01	27	10-13	0-2	7-9	0	2	2	5	2	0	1	0	19
Isaiah Joe	05:12	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-8
Alex Caruso	15:37	7	3-5	1-3	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7
Cason Wallace	25:37	9	4-8	1-3	0-0	2	2	4	4	2	0	0	1	18
Ajay Mitchell	20:08	13	5-9	2-4	1-2	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	4	16
Aaron Wiggins	22:58	15	6-8	2-4	1-2	0	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	8
Kenrich Williams	07:05	3	1-3	1-2	0-0	2	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	2
Branden Carlson	05:31	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0
Chris Youngblood	04:41	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brooks Barnhizer	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ousmane Dieng	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas Sorber	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nikola Topić	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jaylin Williams	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Vnaux | OKC

223 | 11 hours ago

Ajay has been the top 3-5 player of this team.

patscelticslions | Celtics

89 | 11 hours ago

yeah not a household name yet but he’s basically the only guy on OKC other than SGA or JDub who can really create off the dribble. I expect him to be an X-factor for the Thunder’s repeat hopes, hopefully the ankle injury isn’t too bad

TxBobcat67 | Thunder

43 | 10 hours ago

It’s unfortunate that Topic is dealing with cancer, him and Ajay would have been great to play off of each other and help create offense for the rest of the team.

AcceptableHamster419

20 | 10 hours ago

I hope he at least gets some minutes in the regular season. Doubt he’ll be in the playoff rotation regardless

Vnaux | OKC

17 | 10 hours ago

fs, although I would like if Dub plays more off-ball and let Ajay be the primary when Shai sits.

Lmnhedz | Thunder

11 | 10 hours ago

Same. JDub been shakier with the ball this season since being back.

Luciolover345 | Thunder

3 | 7 hours ago

Building him back up with lots of reps might help him find a rhythm but could also knock his confidence.

I really feel he should’ve been brought back in a much more staggered manner, slowly building his role back up. I understand his fitness was fine but he was jumping straight into a juggernaut of a squad that had found its grove, while he himself was rusty.

Come June he’ll be fine though, which is all that matters.

FitTune5515 | Supersonics

10 | 10 hours ago

Jalen Williams isn’t even thaattt consistent in half court creation tbh. He was just hot last playoffs and he popped off when the Pacers started to pressure full court because it allowed him to go downhill

Lmnhedz | Thunder

14 | 10 hours ago

Agreed. He’s great at attacking space and making the right play against a breaking defense, but Ajay looks more consistent versus a set defense.

Luciolover345 | Thunder

3 | 7 hours ago

He needs to be more comfortable moving off-ball as well. He’s a super athletic forward but he doesn’t cut nearly enough to move around the defence.

Tbh I think the whole Thunder offence needs to involve more cuts. We had 1-2 moments with the bench guys out there in the 4Q today against the 76ers that I quite liked from the saviour of basketball (no surprise) and I’d love to see more of it.

Maybe even utilising some of those Stephon Castle, Dylan Harper cuts to the rim that they used against us when Wemby had the ball on the edge of the paint. Give I-Hart the ball there more in his distributor role and add more of a lob threat to pair with his floater in a kind of big man version of what Trae Young does with his floater.

Luciolover345 | Thunder

1 | 7 hours ago

J-Dub is one of the best transition players in the league so I never understood why the Pacers full court pressed on him. Shai is equally good in transition, but he can still kill you in the half-court, J-Dub can’t to the same extent at all.

He also wasn’t really that hot in the playoffs, mostly put down to his hand injury. He did however turn it up just enough when we needed it, which is all that mattered in the end.

ConorOblast | Thunder

1 | 9 hours ago

Please let Chet know this. It’s cute when he tries to create off the dribble though.

TripleThreatTua | Thunder

1 | 6 hours ago

JDub honestly isn’t great at creating off the dribble and it’s the team’s biggest weakness by far. He can do it in a bind but we have to rely on him far too much when SGA is on the bench

wcooper97 | OKC

17 | 11 hours ago

He plays so hard, I was shocked when he split up that lob to Bona.

Vnaux | OKC

9 | 11 hours ago

he’s been great defensively too. Hopefully, those injuries aren’t bad because he’s been helpful in letting Shai and Dub breathe offensively.

AcceptableHamster419

6 | 11 hours ago

Yep. He needs more minutes somehow.

Headlesshorsman02 | Thunder

3 | 9 hours ago

He will get them

Swaggamuffins | 76ers

2 | 6 hours ago

Signed a super nice contract for the team this summer too. Aaron Wiggins and Ajay Mitchell are going to cost less than $10mil each of the next three years, that’s incredible depth to go along with their stars and picks

Veserius | NBA

204 | 11 hours ago

The Thunder 9 game winstreaking until the next San Antonio matchup on jan 13th would be some good stuff in terms of entertainment value.

wcooper97 | OKC

67 | 11 hours ago

First Cavs matchup vibes last season

revisioncloud | Thunder

33 | 10 hours ago

Wembanyama ruined my ¹²⁄₂₅ and ¹⁄₁₃

vitalique

10 | 10 hours ago

Kryptonite

AntEdwardsBallSweat | Thunder

139 | 11 hours ago

Thank god it wasn’t the Spurs (best team to ever exist)

NoShape0 | Spurs

129 | 11 hours ago

Technically the Jazz are now the best team ever 😭

BrotherSeamus | Thunder

107 | 11 hours ago

Wrong.

Second 3-peat Bulls
Current Spurs when facing the Thunder
1-game under 500 Hawks

Tapwater_enthusiast | Thunder

69 | 11 hours ago

1 game under .500 Hawks is the power of the universe correcting itself, nothing can compare to that

jimfreak13 | Celtics

8 | 9 hours ago

Literal plot armor

HitboxOfASnail | Thunder

121 | 11 hours ago

NBA so corrupt they allowed OKC to play a team other than the Spurs just so they could win again. fuckin rigged

here_for_the_lols | Thunder

93 | 11 hours ago

Nice to back in the W column.

Also, have we only played 5 games against the east this year? The second half of our season must be east heavy

MarketingFragrant523

39 | 11 hours ago

Just looked at the schedule and giggled a little. We have a 5 game stretch in January, 5 game stretch in February, and a 8 game stretch in March against the east.

lethalizered | Thunder

23 | 11 hours ago

Yeah it’s just weird scheduling this time around. Last season we already had 9 games against the East before the new year.

Mzt1718 | Thunder

17 | 11 hours ago

What happens when the league actually wants in you in primetime games. Also why we don’t play the Nuggets for the first time till like February or something.

OurHorrifyingPlanet | Spurs

7 | 10 hours ago

They wanted to group team matchups relatively closely together to create these mini in-season series. I think it works pretty well (no specific reason why 😇)

ALameDuck405 | Thunder

4 | 9 hours ago

I like it as well, even after our series. It really pushes narratives going into the post season. This is a pretty smart comment honestly, despite the (earned) snark.

OurHorrifyingPlanet | Spurs

3 | 9 hours ago

Cheers mate, looking forward to the coming matchups, it’s always fun competitive games against you guys

BrotherSeamus | Thunder

3 | 9 hours ago

The NHL had to do some compression/adjustment due to the Winter Olympics. This created imbalances in the schedule for NBA teams that share facilities with NHL teams. I presume a lot of our east coast games will fall in the Olympic window.

hickok3 | Raptors

2 | 11 hours ago

It’s due to the NBA cup. Because all those games are intre-conference, you will play at least 2 games against each group opponent. Then to try and cut down on travel, the schedulers will match you up against other teams nearby your group opponents. Generally that means more teams in your conference.

Today’s game against GSW is the Raps 7th game against a western opponent, after we played 3 of our first 5 against western teams.

lethalizered | Thunder

1 | 11 hours ago

I mean it’s a good theory but we were NBA Cup finalists last year and still had more games against the East last year upto this point. Sometimes, the schedule is the schedule.

hickok3 | Raptors

1 | 11 hours ago

Something I noticed this year is the Raps played all 4 of our cup opponents before playing them in cup games. I don’t remember that being a thing last year(it could have been, and I just didn’t notice) and during the games the announcers were hyping up the upcoming cup games.

I think it was a Minnesota or Denver thread where one of their fans also noticed that they played a west heavy schedule this year, and when I looked at their games they also played games against their group teams before playing their cup games too. It may have been a change the NBA did this year to try and build up more “hype” and “rivalry” for the games.

wcooper97 | OKC

3 | 11 hours ago

Tonight was also Philly’s first time traveling west of the Mississippi. Lots of travel in their future.

Simple-Citrus-7222 | Thunder

66 | 11 hours ago

Maxey is so much fun to watch

Firm-Conference-7047

22 | 11 hours ago

I LOVEEE Maxey! He’s a joy to watch. His character is also so sweet and he genuinely is so entertaining to watch

PeeledGrapePie

8 | 11 hours ago

I was excited for this game because of him and he did not disappoint

muskox-homeobox | Thunder

8 | 10 hours ago

Maxey always looks like he’s the player you are controlling in 2K

ilikekittens2018

6 | 9 hours ago

He was the only thing holding the 76ers in the game in the first half, it was like magic the stuff he was doing to OKC’s tried and tested defense.

DeadDay | OKC

63 | 11 hours ago

Let this be a lesson not the Spurs to the league that youre not the Spurs.

Big_Advertising1632 | Thunder

58 | 11 hours ago

People saying the spurs gave the league the blueprint on how to beat OKC while neglecting the fact that there’s only ONE Wemby

DeadDay | OKC

35 | 11 hours ago

We made jokes about getting a ring before Wemby. They weren’t jokes apparently.

wcooper97 | OKC

21 | 11 hours ago

Glad we got one before this mf rattles off 8 straight Bill Russell style.

mangabalanga | Thunder

14 | 11 hours ago

I’m still hopeful we turn him into Wilt and Chet into Russell

Darthmalak3347 | Thunder

8 | 7 hours ago

chet needs some fuckin MASS though. dude is bullied by 6’4 guards in the paint.

lethalizered | Thunder

22 | 11 hours ago

It’s not even about Wemby as a one man unit, Barnes was great and the trio of Castle Fox and Harper as a trio is hard to match up against.

Not every team employs three good ball handlers with great inside finishers to boot.

whatssenguntoagoblin | Alperen Sengun

16 | 11 hours ago

I honestly think it has more to do with the Spurs guards than Wemby. I mean obviously Wemby does a lot but the Thunder are struggling more on the defensive end on them. Spurs have Fox, Castle, Harper. All fast or big good ball handlers that the Thunder can’t bully to create turnovers and transition offense from. And then the rare times they do get a transition offensive play going the Spurs are so young and good defensively they can keep up and minimize the damage.

lethalizered | Thunder

4 | 10 hours ago

That’s kinda basically what I said but a good extension to my comment yeah

taterwiggles | Thunder

0 | 8 hours ago

Yeah, a lot of people haven’t mentioned either that the Spurs shot 55% from the field in both of those blow out wins and fairly decent from 3. Thats not unheard of but I would expect closer to 45% on an average night. So when they don’t turn the ball over and shoot a high percentage those guards are dangerous, but the sky’s not falling for the rest of the NBA like everyone will have you believe.

MeBadNeedMoneyNow | Thunder

12 | 11 hours ago

then the spurs ass it up against the jazz lol

whatssenguntoagoblin | Alperen Sengun

12 | 11 hours ago

I mean tbf the Thunder ain’t the Jazz

BrotherSeamus | Thunder

8 | 9 hours ago

Jazz figured out the mystery of how to hit wide open threes

whatssenguntoagoblin | Alperen Sengun

7 | 9 hours ago

The secret is don’t have Caruso shoot 12 3’s

MeBadNeedMoneyNow | Thunder

6 | 10 hours ago

i mean

to be FAIR

OurHorrifyingPlanet | Spurs

2 | 10 hours ago

Classic hangover game lol

Darthmalak3347 | Thunder

2 | 7 hours ago

you forgot to have every guard you have shoot 50% from 3, wemby didn’t really do much against us in his wins besides juts stand there, which to be fair, is probably worth 10 D-rating by itself. but still. Fox and keldon (13 ppg) johnson murdered us back to back games.

i_like_thingstoo

55 | 11 hours ago

Is this the first win with the championship starting 5?

AcceptableHamster419

27 | 11 hours ago

Yep

Tecla_SAP | Brazil

56 | 11 hours ago

The demise of the Oklahoma City Thunder has been greatly exxagerated

Physical-Savings-986 | Thunder

21 | 10 hours ago

Haters have been waiting for them just to lose a regular season game. Mostly nuggets and wolves flair whose own teams aren’t nowhere near but they were happy to see them lose some games finally

ilikekittens2018

12 | 9 hours ago

Unironically. As a Nuggets fan I hate-watch y’all (gotta get value out of league pass somehow and you’re a relevant team) and am always impressed with how good you are. Few teams have felt so solid and oppressive, even without SGA out there Jdub and the rest made it feel like the poor 76ers were still playing a 25 win team. I was hoping you’d lose to complete the great NBA peasant uprising that happened last night in the west, but… OKC back to OKCing. Looking forward to our games.

OK_HS_Coach | Thunder

8 | 9 hours ago

The Thunder rarely play down to their competition. It’s one of my favorite things about them.

ilikekittens2018

3 | 7 hours ago

Yeah, besides the obvious kryptonite matchup it feels like the Thunder always control the game. The Nuggets feel the same… when Jokic is out there. Istg, I’d kill for a GM as competent as yours to get that depth in the non-star minutes that the Thunder can rely on.

itsnotyellowfever | MEM

2 | 7 hours ago

OKC getting gems like Ajay Mitchell late second round and playing Dieng and Carlson late in first quarters for shits and giggles while Denver has to draw a hard line at Zeke Nnaji minutes because he’s the death of that roster

captainkhyron | OKC

3 | 8 hours ago

Respect

trezzy1242 | Thunder

53 | 11 hours ago

Reddit would have you thinking thunder would never win again

Responsible-Bass4020 | Thunder

62 | 11 hours ago

our own sub acting like we wouldn’t win during a tie game

YouStillTakeDamage | Heat

42 | 11 hours ago

If you were to get NBA analysis solely through team subs after losses, you’d think there’s never been a good player in the league.

trezzy1242 | Thunder

12 | 11 hours ago

Bandwagons

wcooper97 | OKC

9 | 11 hours ago

We’ve always had the “flip the switch” on defense. Think it’s about to get even more pronounced now that 74-wins is looking more and more unrealistic.

RetlocPeck | Thunder

2 | 9 hours ago

This subreddit when OKC won’t make a record breaking 74 wins

heat_fan_ | Raptors

47 | 11 hours ago

Chet had a great game

SGA just putting up his casual numbers

PeeledGrapePie

19 | 11 hours ago

As a Thunder fan Chet was incredibly frustrating this game. He had great moments but really bad turnovers and needs to be so much faster/process better as he gets the ball. If he turns up his aggression and decision making another step that’ll be great for the offense

Simple-Dingo6721 | Thunder

12 | 10 hours ago

Yeah the 6 turnovers is unacceptable no matter how good his other stats are. Those are Westbrook numbers and we all know what happened to his reputation.

ALameDuck405 | Thunder

2 | 9 hours ago

Chets had an underated season IMO.

Top-boy-og

40 | 11 hours ago

103 consecutive games with 20+ points for SGA, 24 more to go

residentevilgoat | 76ers

37 | 10 hours ago

Beating a team when you got their draft pick probably feels like crack.

Lonely-Medicine-8832

20 | 11 hours ago

Sixers’ defence kinda disappeared after the first half

BrotherSeamus | Thunder

12 | 11 hours ago

Their defense was ass the whole game. Their offense is incredible. The only thing that changed is they cooled off from 3 in the 3rd quarter.

ilikekittens2018

8 | 9 hours ago

It really was a case of “they’re keeping up, but for how long?” And then we found out

Bobskidat | Thunder

18 | 11 hours ago

Chet might be the greatest center of all time when he’s not facing Wemby

Less_Sample235 | Mavericks

21 | 11 hours ago

SGA having the efficiency he does AS A GUARD is even more impressive than Jokic honestly.

I have this weird feeling that the MVP race isn’t even close to complete.

Spemanz92 | Thunder

8 | 11 hours ago

Its not. Hasnt even began

Longjumping_Split_53 | Thunder

7 | 11 hours ago

If SGA breaks the 20+ point game streak I think he wins easily and if he doesn’t, I think Jokic wins.

The streak shouldn’t matter that much but I think it could impact the vote a lot.

interested_commenter | Thunder

4 | 8 hours ago

Yeah that streak would mean a lot, even if logically one game scoring 18 instead of 20 means nothing for the season. Any season where the stats are close it comes down to hype/narrative, and breaking a Wilt record is a pretty big narrative.

metalhead252

2 | 6 hours ago

20 point game streak vs Jokic all-time triple double leader

Longjumping_Split_53 | Thunder

2 | 6 hours ago

I didn’t realize he was as close to passing Russ as he is.

BrotherSeamus | Thunder

6 | 11 hours ago

Jokic has it just as hard IMO. The Nuggets cannot really protect him on defense, especially with AG out. So he has to be extra careful with his fouls. Shai can afford to play more freely due to our guard depth.

SGA has probably had to bear a little more of the scoring burden than Jokic so far this season, however.

KirbyLoreHistorian | 76ers

15 | 11 hours ago

Drummond is such a hit or miss guy. I want him to succeed and he has played well at times this year. But when he is off he is useless.

adolfhitlerdablord | Thunder

2 | 5 hours ago

So insane too for a guy that’s a 15 year (?) vet

Renegadeforever2024 | Raptors

12 | 11 hours ago

SGA is him

a_pot_of_chili_verde | Thunder

12 | 11 hours ago

Ah we don’t suck.

Good bounce back win for the squad!

Tapwater_enthusiast | Thunder

14 | 11 hours ago

95% of this sub punching the air rn

VersionCool588 | Thunder

4 | 11 hours ago

Never did matchups are a scary thing

dwrek24 | Spurs

10 | 10 hours ago

Turns out the defending champs are who we thought they were. Didnt let the 76ers off the hook.

VersionCool588 | Thunder

9 | 11 hours ago

Atlanta 😀👀

MeBadNeedMoneyNow | Thunder

6 | 11 hours ago

woohoo

MeBadNeedMoneyNow | Thunder

8 | 11 hours ago

how does this feed into the mainstream conspiracy for OKC? Are we likeable enough? How about ethical? Can we talk about the LAKERS BTW??!?!?!?

AnkitPancakes | Thunder

6 | 11 hours ago

nice little get right game with some good emphasis on half court offense. made good use of the dunker spot tonight. defense took a bit to get going, but the second half was more of what the thunder expect to be

ezp252 | Trail Blazers

3 | 9 hours ago

man its crazy at the start of the season VJ was the ROY contender

huyexdee

3 | 7 hours ago

Not VJ’s night, or really any 76ers’ night other than Maxey

thered90 | Spurs

2 | 7 hours ago

We gotta stop talking about OKC losing the 1 seed, theyre easily the most consistent team. Blowing out pretty much every under or around .500 team they verse. Spurs etc will all loose plenty of these games before the season ends.

TrollOdinsson | Nuggets

2 | 3 hours ago

Bro how is Paul George this bad??

AshenSacrifice | Clippers

-11 | 11 hours ago

Every team the thunder beat that isn’t the spurs, just proves how goated Wemby actually is. His impact is something we have never ever seen before

Mzt1718 | Thunder

4 | 11 hours ago

I really don’t want this to be something that minimizes Wemby, because he is going to be generational if isn’t already, but I chalk up all 3 losses to Coach Dag. We adjusted our defense to put smalls on Wemby before we even played the first time, and never adjusted our minutes or matchups to account for Wemby coming off the bench. It was frustrating to see that we never forced them to beat us playing our way, and we adjusted to account for them.

Taddles | Thunder Bandwagon

2 | 7 hours ago

I think Mark is smart enough not to play them the way we anticipate playing them in the playoffs. I think the lack of adjustments points to that. Don’t want to put it on tape.

At least I hope so because if not we’re in for a bad time in the playoffs.

The Oklahoma City Thunder (27-5) defeat the Philadelphia 76ers (16-14), 129-104.