111 - 146

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Paycom Center

Officials: James Capers, Tre Maddox, and Suyash Mehta

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Utah Jazz	25	29	27	30	111
Oklahoma City Thunder	40	35	33	38	146

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Utah Jazz	111	43-100	43.0%	14-39	35.9%	11-15	73.3%	14	50	29	13	11	16	3
Oklahoma City Thunder	146	54-92	58.7%	24-45	53.3%	14-16	87.5%	8	51	40	13	8	15	8

PLAYER STATS


Utah Jazz	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Cody Williams^SF	36:23	8	3-11	0-2	2-2	0	4	4	5	3	0	1	1	-27
Oscar Tshiebwe^PF	20:10	4	2-4	0-0	0-2	1	3	4	2	0	0	2	2	-39
Kyle Filipowski^C	37:34	20	10-25	0-5	0-1	7	7	14	6	0	1	2	4	-17
Ace Bailey^SG	33:27	14	6-14	2-6	0-0	1	3	4	2	1	2	3	2	-47
Brice Sensabaugh^PG	43:14	34	11-19	6-10	6-6	0	4	4	5	1	0	2	2	-26
Svi Mykhailiuk	23:28	17	6-16	5-14	0-0	1	3	4	1	1	0	3	1	-2
Kennedy Chandler	19:48	5	2-4	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	1	-4
John Konchar	25:56	9	3-7	0-1	3-4	4	5	9	3	5	0	2	0	-13
Isaiah Collier	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Elijah Harkless	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Love	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bez Mbeng	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keyonte George	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blake Hinson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jaren Jackson Jr.	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Walker Kessler	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lauri Markkanen	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jusuf Nurkić	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	25:40	15	5-9	1-2	4-4	1	1	2	7	0	0	1	0	31
Chet Holmgren^PF	22:13	21	8-11	4-5	1-2	1	6	7	1	0	4	1	1	30
Isaiah Hartenstein^C	18:58	10	4-5	0-0	2-2	2	6	8	3	0	1	1	0	19
Luguentz Dort^SG	21:13	13	5-7	3-5	0-0	0	4	4	2	1	1	1	1	24
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander^PG	23:37	20	7-10	2-3	4-5	0	4	4	7	1	0	3	0	26
Cason Wallace	21:57	16	6-10	4-5	0-0	0	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	20
Jaylin Williams	12:23	6	2-5	2-4	0-0	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	3	10
Isaiah Joe	14:26	9	3-5	2-4	1-1	1	1	2	1	1	0	2	2	10
Ajay Mitchell	18:47	7	3-9	1-4	0-0	0	1	1	7	1	0	2	1	15
Alex Caruso	13:16	5	2-4	1-3	0-0	0	4	4	0	1	0	1	1	7
Jared McCain	15:05	3	1-4	1-4	0-0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	-1
Branden Carlson	08:06	11	5-6	1-2	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	-4
Aaron Wiggins	08:06	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	-4
Kenrich Williams	08:06	8	3-3	2-2	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	-4
Nikola Topić	08:06	2	0-1	0-0	2-2	2	0	2	4	0	0	1	1	-4
Brooks Barnhizer	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Payton Sandfort	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

SGA_is_Lukas_Father

86 | 8 hours ago

Carlson deserves a role on a less deep team getting 15-20 mins a night. He is a quality player too good for 2 way

AdComfortable4677 | Thunder

49 | 8 hours ago

Yep. Same deal with Ousmane. Good player just not enough minutes to be found.

LukeNullHypothesis | Hornets

11 | 8 hours ago

What’s Carlson’s fatal flaw that I’m not seeing? Is he not athletic enough or terrible at defense? He seems like the kind of player a team would take a flyer on

SGA_is_Lukas_Father

46 | 8 hours ago

Too slow to be a 4 but too small to guard 5s

LeopardRoyal2450

2 | an hour ago

That shit is slightly acceptable if you can tune that 3PAr high af

AdComfortable4677 | Thunder

16 | 8 hours ago

He’s doesn’t really have one, just not better than the people in front of him.

xzadetechnoHD | Thunder

10 | 8 hours ago

I mean he struggled quite a lot when he did get a run with our injuries this season he unfortunately just isn’t a very good defender

AdComfortable4677 | Thunder

7 | 8 hours ago

I think he’s pretty average as a defender. It just stands out on a contender.

small-with-benefits | Thunder

3 | 7 hours ago

He just barely misses every block lol. Seems to be athletiosm. His timing seems good and he knows what’s coming but he just misses by a tiny bit every time.

OKC89ers | Thunder

7 | 8 hours ago

He’s the kinda guy that would look pretty solid on a bad team

Jaded-Sapphire3546 | Thunder

10 | 8 hours ago

He’s awful defensively. Aside from having heavy feet and stiff hips, it doesn’t seem like he maps the floor well at all. He is constantly in the wrong location and over-rotates to compensate.

Given his size and lack of lateral mobility, you’re basically forced to play him as a drop big, but he never gets the right depth on the drop. If the offense sets the screen high, he doesn’t adjust, stays too deep, and gives up floaters. Despite being close to the basket on almost every defensive possession for the aforementioned reasons, he isn’t a very good rebounder because he has slipper hands. His center of gravity is too high and his lower body isn’t strong enough to effectively box out.

I truly don’t understand the portion of the Thunder fanbase that acts like he’s this gem in the rough. He’s basically exactly what you’d expect from a two-way contract player.

SGA_is_Lukas_Father

8 | 8 hours ago

Your analysis is correct but the 3 level shot making and roaming ability would get him real minutes on bottom 10 teams. He isn’t a much worse player than deing and look how hes doing

Jaded-Sapphire3546 | Thunder

4 | 8 hours ago

He’s a sub-34% three point shooter. He’s got a very strange three part motion on his three point shot that doesn’t make me think he’ll every substantially improve in that area.

I’d also question what it means that the best he could do is get minutes on a team actively trying to lose. He wouldn’t have a role in that team’s future because his defense at the center position is and will always be untenable. So basically he’d be getting minutes because he helps them lose. I don’t really think that’s an argument in his favor. I think Carlson is a markedly less useful player than Dieng given their respective positions. He’s just not an NBA quality player.

cpfb15 | OKC

2 | 7 hours ago

Cue Ether

darnclem | OKC

4 | 8 hours ago

The thing is, people act like every player has to be compared to Jordan. We like him because he’s a solid “enough” player for his price.

That’s literally it, he’s better than like 90% of the people who would collect the same pay check.

Strange1130 | Thunder

3 | 4 hours ago

I truly don’t understand the portion of the Thunder fanbase that acts like he’s this gem in the rough. He’s basically exactly what you’d expect from a two-way contract player.

That’s what we do for every crappy player we get :P I mean look at all the posts about Dieng lol

AnkitPancakes | Thunder

6 | 7 hours ago

It’s unreal that nobody signed him lol. Did not expect to sign him to another two-way. Very much deserves a guaranteed deal

Appropriate_Book_591

1 | 8 hours ago

They are not letting him go unless 4 1st.

Wallace will get more time if Dort is priced out and gets moved.

penn3y | Thunder

16 | 8 hours ago

Wrong player lol

SGA_is_Lukas_Father

5 | 8 hours ago

4 1sts for carlson? Huh? I mean I wish but what are you talking about brother lol

Appropriate_Book_591

7 | 8 hours ago

thought I saw Cason first

FlashAndPoof | Thunder

2 | 8 hours ago

Wish they’d expand the number of roster spots for all the teams. I wanna keep them all!

LugNutsDort | Thunder

83 | 8 hours ago

Largest spread in NBA history at 25.5

Not sure if that says more about the Jazz or the Thunder

Misdirected_Colors | Thunder

14 | 8 hours ago

Tanking culture sucks and the league needs to fix it

LaggOuTX | Hawks

13 | 8 hours ago

Is it really tanking if you’re just a god awful team?

AnonimousMn471 | Bucks

18 | 7 hours ago

Lauri Markennen got 0 minutes and Jusuf Nurkic couldnt play due to a nose-job.

LaggOuTX | Hawks

2 | 7 hours ago

Lauri has a hip injury and Nurkic had surgery on his nose. In plus theres like 4 games left. Absolutely no reason to risk anything now

prismasol2

2 | 8 hours ago

Okc did the exact same thing less than 5 years ago

Misdirected_Colors | Thunder

3 | 8 hours ago

I stand by my point tanking is ass and should be punished. Idc if we benefited it’s shitty and bad for the league.

At this point like ¹⁄₃ of the league is tanking

Lowl58 | Lakers

15 | 8 hours ago

Pull up the ladder baby!

ThundermifflinTFU | Thunder

8 | 7 hours ago

Not in my back conference!

Striking-Medium2360

7 | 7 hours ago

That’s just nonsense. Theres plenty of parity in the league and tanking built several small market contenders. Without the ability to build through the draft, big markets are gonna dominate the league.

Fedcom | Raptors

0 | 7 hours ago

Why do teams need to lose in order to build through the draft?

The logic of rewarding the shittiest teams is backwards, the NBA should be rewarding the middling teams that just don’t have enough star power to go deep into the playoffs. Like reward the teams that are actually trying to be competitive and put on a good show. You don’t want a handful of dynasties constantly winning anything, so let the teams right on the cusp have a chance.

Why is there even a single game scheduled where one team is trying to lose?

Also speaking of parity, the tanking incentive basically ensures that teams have to cycle between win-now mode and rebuilding mode. So yeah theoretically it lets every team have a chance at win now mode, but it also means you have like the bottom 30% of the league not even trying to get an upset. Which of course is shitty for parity.

prismasol2

-1 | 8 hours ago

So it would only be fair you give up chet then, right? Since that would be their punishment?

Ornstein90 | Thunder

5 | 6 hours ago

Talk to Presti he’ll make a deal that you’ll initially like

Misdirected_Colors | Thunder

2 | 7 hours ago

Now hold on a minute there maybe we could trade a Dort, Topic, and Sorber for Chet. Let’s not get carried away here.

BrotherSeamus | Thunder

70 | 8 hours ago

So-called ‘clutch player of the year’ Shai Gilgeous-Alexander once again totally disappears in the fourth quarter.

vindictivejazz | Thunder

24 | 8 hours ago

SGA hasn’t missed a 4th quarter shot since like March 17th

darnclem | OKC

21 | 7 hours ago

Well he didn’t hit a single one tonight.

ThinReply2047 | Thunder

13 | 7 hours ago

Didn’t miss one either.

poopballs | Thunder

7 | 7 hours ago

He makes 100% of the shots that go in the bucket

TheTrollingThug | Thunder

51 | 8 hours ago

Could’ve been an email

Elyx_117

9 | 8 hours ago

Right?! 😂

hoopslawyer | Thunder

50 | 8 hours ago

I like the Oklahoma City Thunder

MeBadNeedMoneyNow | Thunder

21 | 8 hours ago

Yeah but people live in Oklahoma haven’t you heard? *angry gutter franchise noises*

WhatIsLiIe2020 | Thunder

7 | 6 hours ago

I thought…i thought…those people all lived in Texas???

Oklahoma is propaganda!

cbunny21 | Thunder

31 | 8 hours ago

Thunder shooting 53% from three against a tanking Jazz team, this wasn’t fair

bromosabeach | Thunder

26 | 8 hours ago

Forget an email that could have been a Slack.

RCA1202 | Thunder

20 | 8 hours ago

The Jazz starters finally found a way to get 4th quarter minutes, just get absolutely obliterated

FERFreak731 | Jazz

8 | 8 hours ago

They better have enjoyed those minutes as with the Jazz last 3 games this season being tough games to lose, Bez Mbeng might get 48 minutes in those 3 games, and the Jazz starters today might be on the injury report for the last 3 games of the season

Parallel-Quality

18 | 8 hours ago

This game could’ve been an email.

OKC beats Utah in blowout win. SGA continues his 20 point streak.

FERFreak731 | Jazz

18 | 8 hours ago

If Brice and Flip play like this next season, and more leaps from Zay, Cody, and Ace, and with Jaren, Lauri, Key, and Walker playing, and the Jazz are a playoff lock next season

Brice and Flip dominate against other teams bench units, and that’s what they will be doing every game next season

RCA1202 | Thunder

7 | 8 hours ago

Your lineup looks really nice for next season I won’t lie

I think it could be a low end playoff team

MrFulla93 | Thunder

3 | 8 hours ago

cody needs to get in the gym with his brother. NAW isn’t SGA, but he’s a damn good player. would love to see Cody take a leap next year

IhamAmerican | Jazz

1 | 7 hours ago

I agree, Cody has tightened his handle and worked on his shooting a ton but he still just doesn’t look big enough for his frame

heat_fan_ | Raptors

15 | 8 hours ago

Sga had to get that 20 point before going out but it’s for the records

OK_HS_Coach | Thunder

12 | 8 hours ago

Did the Jazz insult Carlson’s mother or something?

Appropriate_Book_591

10 | 8 hours ago

He is from Utah if I remember them mentioning it in the 1st match up he played in. He lit them up.

vindictivejazz | Thunder

10 | 8 hours ago

Could’ve been an email.

OKC outscored the Jazz by 101 points across 4 games this year

crustydemonburgers | Thunder

7 | 8 hours ago

Two more wins to clinch that 1 seed

Elyx_117

5 | 8 hours ago

Could’ve just been an email instead.

Appropriate_Book_591

4 | 8 hours ago

2 more wins and they clinch. Beat the LA teams and rest up should be very possible.

Inoimispel | Thunder

3 | 8 hours ago

I think a technically that was a basketball game. Probably should have been an email.

Familiar-Mix3546 | Thunder

2 | 8 hours ago

I love our “villians”!

Chickachic-aaaaahhh | Thunder

1 | 8 hours ago

B2A

MakeCocktailsNotWar | Thunder

1 | 8 hours ago

Well, nice to see our 3pt shooting coming around, hope it lasts another 2 months! lol

MeBadNeedMoneyNow | Thunder

1 | 8 hours ago

nice

AnkitPancakes | Thunder

1 | 7 hours ago

I missed the game. Did Shai/the starters play the second half lol

Fantastic-Boot-684 | Bulls

1 | 7 hours ago

This could’ve been a 2k Simcast

fenrir1208 | Thunder

-1 | 8 hours ago

This game should’ve been left to a 2K sim. It would’ve been healthier for the players.

thepeachgod | Celtics

-5 | 8 hours ago

Yall remember when Ace Bailey thought he should go over Edgecombe and Knueppel?

The Oklahoma City Thunder (61-16) defeat the Utah Jazz (21-57), 146-111.