The OKC bench put on a masterful performance today. Scoring “76” points off the bench ties them for 5th all-time in playoff bench points ever. This is especially impressive considering OKC scored 123 points total (47 points from starters). Moreover, this was achieved against a Wemby-led defense.

Note: Interestingly, the Wolves bench scored 76 points against the Nuggets this year as well.

https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/most-bench-points-by-nba-team-in-a-playoff-game

https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401873199

Truth_Strong

129 | 16 hours ago

meanwhile 76ers with their 0 bench forced to play maxey 47 minutes a game lmaooo

SplitOk186

33 | 15 hours ago

Yup that’s the brutal thing about all of this McCain is exactly the type of player they could use

Their offense is incredibly top-heavy outside of their top few guys they have 0 scoring

BBallHunter | Thunder

123 | 16 hours ago

76 you say?

TonyGSalsa

36 | 16 hours ago

Obligatory sold high

WurstDayEver_7 | Thunder

7 | 15 hours ago

Country Roads take me home!

vbvahunter | Wizards

6 | 15 hours ago

76 is 6-7 for adults

New_Essay_4869 | Thunder

82 | 16 hours ago

I love Jared McCain

homefree122 | Thunder

31 | 16 hours ago

The entire state of Oklahoma loves this man and everything he’s about. Yes, on and off the court.

ithasfourtoes | 76ers

55 | 16 hours ago

Sixers are a fucking trash organization.

Master-Wonton | Celtics

12 | 16 hours ago

☝️😭

Sartheking | Warriors

37 | 16 hours ago

76 eh

Parallel-Quality

35 | 16 hours ago

This stat is skewed by how little their starters shoot.

Dort 1 shot
Hartenstein 4 shots
Mitchell 5 shots
Chet 7 shots

They start defense first lineups, and the 3 point snipers come off the bench later.

ASS_MY_DUDES

18 | 15 hours ago

It is what it is. 76 is crazy off the bench

Diorstrikestwice

10 | 15 hours ago

Yea mccain took more shots then all 4 combined

Lmaobruh4465 | Toronto Huskies

6 | 15 hours ago

Was not expecting 21 McCain FGA. He was making shots but the 3s were Iceman cold no Drizzy

Kitchen_Roof7236 | Thunder

2 | 15 hours ago

There were only like 2 3s that had me thinking man why’d you do that tbf, his shot selection was nice as hell most of the game regardless of the missed, you def would not have expected him to be ³⁄₁₀ watching it live haha

Upstairs_Baby8424 | Lakers

31 | 16 hours ago

Spurs bench is virtually unplayable. It was so obvious the Spurs were gonna be gassed out after game 1. OKC is just wearing them down. It’s unfair how deep they are.

Aggravating_Low3019 | Thunder

8 | 15 hours ago

I still think we’re gonna go to a 7 game series. I just don’t see us taking them down easily and leaving virtually unscathed from the series

pikajewijewsyou | Thunder

1 | 12 hours ago

We really blew our chance to take absolute control of the series game 1. All good though we got dogs

Suspicious-Nobody744 | Timberwolves

23 | 16 hours ago

76…sounds familiar

Ordinary-Possible-99 | Spurs

17 | 16 hours ago

OKC has more like a 10 starter rotation.

RedditUsersCrying | Thunder

5 | 14 hours ago

Endless wave of bodies and 3 point shooters

pikajewijewsyou | Thunder

3 | 12 hours ago

Tsunami of dogs

FormalDisastrous2467 | Thunder

1 | 4 hours ago

Yeah, the bench arguably has 3 of the best players on the team.

willpelts | OKC

15 | 16 hours ago

This occurring after Ajay slides into a starting role due to Dub’s injury just makes it more bonkers

pikajewijewsyou | Thunder

3 | 12 hours ago

Ajay also got hurt and barely played. Only got 17 minutes from him

Costa_Rican_GOD | Thunder

7 | 16 hours ago

Jesus Christ

ZeroCiipheR | Nets

7 | 16 hours ago

What makes this even more impressive is the fact that it wasn’t a throwaway game where the team got gapped early and a call was made to conserve the starters. They gave the bench the keys because OKC is really just that deep.

pikajewijewsyou | Thunder

2 | 12 hours ago

Our bench wanna drive da boat

D3struct_oh | Rockets

7 | 16 hours ago

Yea so look, there’s no excuse for letting OKC’s bench out score the starters if you’re the Spurs lol.

That’s just nasty work all around. No excuses for it.

ThunderTime_1

6 | 15 hours ago

What a beautiful tribute to Daryl Morey

KaraDealer | Lakers

4 | 16 hours ago

76ers catching stray! 👀

BlueHaze464 | Warriors

4 | 16 hours ago

Yeah SA is getting killed by both benches

They have zero wing depth

Capable-Look3177 | Thunder

2 | 15 hours ago

It’s pretty much always some record being broken whenever these two teams matchup against each other.

MichaelZZ01 | Clippers

1 | 16 hours ago

The memes write themselves

2ChainzThirdChain | Supersonics

1 | 15 hours ago

It’s on sight when I see Morey

Capable-Look3177 | Thunder

1 | 15 hours ago

That’s literally the majority of our points lmao wtf

CanadianGenerationX

1 | 12 hours ago

OKC bench is insanely good. I am not a fan of OKC and even I have to admit this. It’s as if they have 2 groups of starting lineups. I can’t believe the Sixers just gave away MaCain. As a Raptors fan, I have to wonder why the Raptors management was asleep. He is exactly what the Raptors need.

JizzyJ85

1 | 3 hours ago

Spurs fans are finding out how much winning the regular season series means in the playoffs. Nothing. And Daryl Morey is finding out what his foot tastes like.

LeftDefinition5180

-15 | 16 hours ago

This is why you can’t take the “Sga is the best player in the world” convos seriously. These are his teammates I mean come on. Dude doesn’t even need to try and wins games.

Fulmizant | Cavaliers

17 | 16 hours ago

He’s getting 40 the moment they stop doubling him

LeftDefinition5180

-15 | 15 hours ago

Yes the double teams are the reason he shot ⁶⁄₁₇ and couldn’t make a shot good job man you really were watching the game!

Josiah-32 | Thunder

12 | 15 hours ago

Umm yeahhh….thats pretty much the whole point of doubling him?

LeftDefinition5180

-10 | 15 hours ago

He was missing shots…I expect a Thunder fan at least to watch the game

Witty-Newt9466

10 | 15 hours ago

Are…are you dumb? Why do you think he was missing shots? Do you understand the defensive strategy of doubling a player?

LeftDefinition5180

-2 | 15 hours ago

The shots he took were not while he was doubled clearly genius this isn’t that difficult to understand.

Witty-Newt9466

7 | 15 hours ago

Ok buddy keep speaking into the void

Capable-Look3177 | Thunder

3 | 15 hours ago

He doesn’t even have to be doubled every single shot attempt for the doubles, sometimes triples to be effective… It’s all about making him work harder every possession and throwing him off his rhythm. No one’s saying he can’t be better, but let’s not act like what we all saw with our own eyes didn’t happen lmao.

JawKneeSense

2 | 8 hours ago

Fuck, I pity you for having been born brain damaged. Poor fella.

Melonballs__ | Suns

13 | 16 hours ago

They literally get to play 4 on 3 bc San Antonio is terrified of Shai

Flimsy_Promise_9559

1 | 15 hours ago

Lowk true. Doubled most of the game

Supergold_Soul | United States

3 | 15 hours ago

He had 12 assists tonight from the spurs overcommitting on him. He had 2 turnovers despite being attacked on every possession. He honestly played well despite missing shots. Its a tough series for him because he can’t really get to the rack with Wemby present. He’s finding the right guy every play and creating 4v3s to give his team all the space to shoot.

LeftDefinition5180

1 | 15 hours ago

Ah nice and the Lakers series was tough for him because of Ayton? It’s always an excuse for him.

Supergold_Soul | United States

2 | 15 hours ago

He’s legitimately getting doubled every single possession. The lakers were doubling him too.

LeftDefinition5180

1 | 15 hours ago

Is he the first superstar to deal with double teams? The “mvp” should figure it out.

matt_saracen_ | Thunder

3 | 15 hours ago

They have lost 1 game so far the entire playoffs, and it was in 2OT. What more do you really want him to do?

Successful-Living928

2 | 15 hours ago

I think he wants him to average a triple double and lose in the first round like some other guy or be the one that did not even play in the playoffs.

samhit_n | Lakers

3 | 16 hours ago

It makes sense why SGA and Tatum are the most hated players. They don’t look like the best player in the NBA when you watch them, but are in the conversation because of their team depth and success.

The OKC Bench scoring 76 points against the Spurs is tied for 5th All-time bench points in an NBA Playoff Game ever.