The last time a player scored 40 against the Thunder in the regular season was December 23, 2023 when LeBron James scored exactly 40 points against them in a game that the Lakers won.

Jokic did score 40+ twice in the second round of the playoffs last year.

Kenneth Lofton Jr. is (somehow) one of the 5 most recent players to do this and he isn’t even in the league anymore.

Just historic defense by OKC

https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/last-player-to-score-40-points-in-a-game-against-the-thunder-in-the-regular-season

ThePlainWhiteTees | Nuggets

190 | 6 hours ago

Julian Strawther, the world will be watching you tonight brother

Safe-Union-4600 | Lakers

37 | 6 hours ago

remember when aaron gordon was on that crazy heater early in the season like ¹⁰⁄₁₁ from 3?

scratch_seeker_003 | Thunder

17 | 6 hours ago

I’m pretty sure he had like 15 in the first 5 minutes the last time Denver and OKC played (the shai game winner game). He was on pace for 120 points or something like that there for a bit.

Safe-Union-4600 | Lakers

1 | 6 hours ago

ah yeah i remember that

RyouBestGirl | Japan

7 | 5 hours ago

Injuries fucking suck man

We were robbed of Aaron’s breakout season

OSUBoglehead | Thunder

13 | 6 hours ago

Lol. If Jokic played tonight he could probably break Bam’s 83 point.

Julian definitely has a chance at 40 against this OKC lineup.

lethalizered | Thunder

22 | 6 hours ago

Jokic usually only goes for high scoring mode in close games so don’t think that’d happen.

For these kinda blowouts he usually has like a 15-12-12 line and calls it a day as the game goes out of reach quickly.

ilikekittens2018 | Nuggets

7 | 4 hours ago

Knowing the Nuggets it would end up in double OT after Nikola Topic dropped a 40 point triple double on us on ¹¹⁄₁₃ from 3

oldasshit | Nuggets

0 | 3 hours ago

Yeah, can we have one game where the other team doesn’t go bananas from 3? That would be great.

ghostofabhelmet | Thunder

1 | 4 hours ago

Yeah these record breaking games for super stars seem to only come in close games. Generally it feels like blow outs won’t have too many big numbers.

small-with-benefits | Thunder

93 | 6 hours ago

If someone starts cooking Dort they switch Wallace on him. When he gets tired they switch Caruso on him. Then you have Jdub available. A mixture of this works really well.

E_boiii | Thunder

36 | 5 hours ago

There was a funny video about Luka vs okc and it was like “Luka finally started to figure out Cason Wallace on defense, what’s his reward you ask? Cason to the bench and a fresh Alex Caruso instead”

Pony2013 | Mavericks

-39 | 5 hours ago

And he still cooked their ass that series.

E_boiii | Thunder

41 | 5 hours ago

Caruso wasn’t even on the team yet ?

Zoratth | Clippers

23 | 4 hours ago

And Chet/Jdub were rookies weren’t they? Hardly the same as the current Thunder team.

Parallel-Quality

11 | 4 hours ago

Thunder lost to the Mavs bigs getting free lobs all game long because a rookie Chet was the only Thunder big on the floor most of the game.

That and MJ Washington going nuclear.

Small-Tourist-7429

12 | 5 hours ago

Dont think caruso played that series bro

ThinReply2047 | Thunder

13 | 3 hours ago

Luka averaged 24/10/8 on 56% true shooting. I wouldn’t classify that as “cooking their ass.” In fact he was quite bad that series and they only won because of MJ Washington shooting 47% from 3.

Shai on the other hand averaged 32/8/7 on 60% true shooting. I’d classify that as “cooking their ass.” OKC shot 34% from 3 as a team while the Mavs shot 40%. Shai wins that series with that Mavs team too.

imbutawaveto | OKC

4 | 2 hours ago

Hell yeah that’s his championship

fattymcdabs | Thunder

3 | 2 hours ago

Cooked himself a nice big meal lmao

CoolAsTheUnthawed | OKC

1 | 26 minutes ago

You mean that series where he wasn’t really cooking

WaltzOk9421

34 | 5 hours ago

Also they have two 7 footera lurking behind them in case they get past lol

linux_ape | Thunder

0 | 2 hours ago

I remember the game 7 where TJ was putting in fucking work on us and then got stopped cold when mark dropped Chet on him

Tijenater | IND

-2 | an hour ago

Yeah its easy to stop a guy cold when your players are allowed to hold his offhand wrist 6 feet in front of the ref

Professional-Play-38 | Pistons

43 | 5 hours ago

Damn sengun probably could’ve broken that if he made one of his free throws in opening night

AnkitPancakes | Thunder

18 | 5 hours ago

Mark Daigneault is a defensive genius who knows how to make it hard for your best player to get his

AoO2ImpTrip | Thunder

3 | 3 hours ago

Man, I remember when Daigneault was hired and thinking “Alright, so we tank for a couple years and then bring in someone after the rebuild.”

I’m pretty sure most people figured he’d just be a Tank Commander.

Definitely never expected “NBA Champion Coach Mark Daigneault”

Arkrobo | Thunder

3 | 2 hours ago

That’s NBA Champion Coach of the Year Mark Daigneault to you, good sir.

2coolcaterpillar | Thunder

13 | 4 hours ago

Bruh of course MJ Washington is one of the 5 most recent guys to do this. Back when he was on Charlotte no less. He freaking hates us

Responsible-Bass4020 | Thunder

3 | 3 hours ago

there isn’t a random role player I hate, but also respect his hate of us, more than him

Artistic_Buffalo_715 | Celtics

12 | 6 hours ago

Fucking impressive

Kuro_ow123

6 | 6 hours ago

Holy Shit man

zebrainatux |

5 | 5 hours ago

I completely misread that for a moment and thought it was no team scored 40 and was so confused

ellymarba

4 | 6 hours ago

Pretty impressive to say the least.

Few_Astronaut5230

1 | 4 hours ago

Bam: “BBQ chicken”

swizznastic

-1 | 3 hours ago

I hope caruso and dort’s whistle is a little worse this postseason, then Jokic wouldnt have to score 40 off the double team

fattymcdabs | Thunder

2 | an hour ago

I have bad news for you

swizznastic

2 | an hour ago

What, caruso just got nail extensions? Dort’s gonna come out with nosferatu hands?

WorldChampionNuggets | Nuggets

-14 | 5 hours ago

Gotta specify regular season because Jokic dropped 40+ on them twice within 10 days.

sj0307 | Nuggets

25 | 5 hours ago

I mean he did specify regular season and then mention Jokic’s 40s in the post.

delta-red-14

0 | an hour ago

I think you misread “Gotta specify” thinking he said “You didn’t mention regular season”, but he meant it like “You needed to specify”

WorldChampionNuggets | Nuggets

-15 | 5 hours ago

Yeah, that’s what I said?

Mediocre-Fennel4812

12 | 4 hours ago

Thanks for your riveting input sir.

Arkrobo | Thunder

1 | 2 hours ago

You miss 100% of the shots someone else takes

-Wayne Gretzky

-Michael Scott

fattymcdabs | Thunder

3 | an hour ago

Tell me which Oklahoma high school you dropped out of

nbaistheworst

-11 | 5 hours ago

In the LeBron game, the Lakers shot 16-32 from three, SGA scored 34 but was 1-5 from three (OKC 13-⁴¹⁄₃₂% from 3) was +1 in ftas head to head, lakers were +4 ftas, and OKC lost by 9.

In the Jokic playoff games, he scored 42 in the game 1 win with 13 ftas to Shai;s 33 pts and 9 ftas (Nuggets +5 ftas in a 2 pt win), and in the game 5 loss 44 pts with 5 ftas tp Shai’s 34 with 6 ftas, with OKC being +10 in a 7 pt game.

Just examples of how foul calls impact which team wins.

ilikekittens2018 | Nuggets

5 | 4 hours ago

In other news water is wet? (or is it)

budubum | Thunder

4 | 3 hours ago

Yes teams that get more free points tend to win games more often. What point are you trying to make?

fattymcdabs | Thunder

2 | an hour ago

This guy is borderline illiterate, I don’t think he ever has a real point to make.

twovles31

-28 | 6 hours ago

It’s sad that is an accomplishment in today’s no defense NBA.

viktorfbg9 | Rockets

26 | 6 hours ago

Defense and offense have never been better

OSUBoglehead | Thunder

12 | 6 hours ago

They really are. I’m over the hill, and the NBA competition level has never been better. People are just nostalgic, or have only watched highlights from the old days.

Or they’re a fan of a tanking team and have no idea what the rest of the league is doing right now. But every time someone says defense isn’t being played is not watching any OKC game. The Ben Wallace Pistons are the only team I remember watching that looked as dominant on defense as OKC today.

BuccaneerJames

18 | 6 hours ago

Stop watching wizards games, bro.

MetroBS | Suns

8 | 5 hours ago

This has always been an accomplishment. You think folks weren’t dropping 40 in the 90’s?

cursedchocolatechip | Thunder

7 | 6 hours ago

Sorry gramps

RedditUsersCrying

7 | 5 hours ago

why is it always a twolves fan?

xXEliteEater500Xx

2 | 2 hours ago

They inherited CTE basketball from their team

Iamkonkerz | OKC

2 | an hour ago

Like coach , like fans..

They have to be equally insufferable lmao

Nobody has scored 40 points against the Thunder in the regular season since December 23, 2023. OKC has gone 217 straight games without a player scoring 40 against them.