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Oklahoma City Thunder at Houston Rockets: game recap

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Oklahoma City Thunder 89, Houston Rockets 116. Final.

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FinalToyota Center (Houston)
Oklahoma City ThunderOKC89
Houston RocketsHOU116
  1. 1st 10:552HOUAmen Thompson makes dunk (Fred VanVleet assists)0–2
  2. 1st 10:172HOUAmen Thompson makes 1-foot dunk (Alperen Sengun assists)0–4
  3. 1st 10:062OKCAjay Mitchell makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot2–4
  4. 1st 9:352OKCIsaiah Hartenstein makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot4–4
  5. 1st 9:022OKCAjay Mitchell makes two point shot6–4
  6. 1st 8:512HOUAmen Thompson makes 1-foot two point shot6–6
  7. 1st 8:132OKCJalen Williams makes driving layup (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)8–6
  8. 1st 7:592HOUAmen Thompson makes dunk (Alperen Sengun assists)8–8
  9. 1st 7:302HOUAlperen Sengun makes dunk8–10
  10. 1st 7:172HOUAmen Thompson makes dunk (Fred VanVleet assists)8–12
  11. 1st 6:501HOUKevin Durant makes free throw 1 of 38–13
  12. 1st 6:501HOUKevin Durant makes free throw 2 of 38–14
  13. 1st 6:501HOUKevin Durant makes free throw 3 of 38–15
  14. 1st 5:372HOUJabari Smith Jr. makes 1-foot two point shot (Alperen Sengun assists)8–17
  15. 1st 4:553HOUTari Eason makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot8–20
  16. 1st 4:412HOUTari Eason makes 1-foot dunk (Marcus Smart assists)8–22
  17. 1st 3:352HOUKevin Durant makes 7-foot fade away jump shot (Reed Sheppard assists)8–24
  18. 1st 3:072HOUReed Sheppard makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Clint Capela assists)8–26
  19. 1st 2:083OKCShai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 25-foot three pointer11–26
  20. 1st 1:362OKCShai Gilgeous-Alexander makes dunk (Bennett Stirtz assists)13–26
  21. 1st 1:252HOUTari Eason makes 3-foot two point shot13–28
  22. 1st 58.13HOUReed Sheppard makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tari Eason assists)13–31
  23. 1st 36.01OKCShai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 1 of 214–31
  24. 1st 36.01OKCShai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 2 of 215–31
  25. 1st 28.22HOUClint Capela makes 1-foot dunk (Amen Thompson assists)15–33
  26. 2nd 11:322OKCJared McCain makes running layup (Aday Mara assists)17–33
  27. 2nd 11:043OKCJalen Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alex Caruso assists)20–33
  28. 2nd 10:402OKCJalen Williams makes running dunk (Alex Caruso assists)22–33
  29. 2nd 10:192HOUAlperen Sengun makes 3-foot two point shot (Amen Thompson assists)22–35
  30. 2nd 9:542OKCAday Mara makes dunk24–35
  31. 2nd 8:561OKCJared McCain makes free throw 1 of 225–35
  32. 2nd 8:561OKCJared McCain makes free throw 2 of 226–35
  33. 2nd 8:342HOUAmen Thompson makes 1-foot reverse dunk (Alperen Sengun assists)26–37
  34. 2nd 7:132OKCJalen Williams makes 9-foot two point shot28–37
  35. 2nd 6:133OKCShai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot31–37
  36. 2nd 5:503HOUTari Eason makes 22-foot three point jumper (Fred VanVleet assists)31–40
  37. 2nd 5:392OKCAlex Caruso makes layup (Isaiah Hartenstein assists)33–40
  38. 2nd 5:391OKCAlex Caruso makes free throw 1 of 134–40
  39. 2nd 5:262HOUAlperen Sengun makes driving dunk34–42
  40. 2nd 4:322HOUAlperen Sengun makes tip shot34–44
  41. 2nd 4:182OKCIsaiah Hartenstein makes 11-foot floating jump shot (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)36–44
  42. 2nd 3:532OKCIsaiah Hartenstein makes 1-foot dunk (Ajay Mitchell assists)38–44
  43. 2nd 3:382HOUKevin Durant makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Marcus Smart assists)38–46
  44. 2nd 3:172OKCShai Gilgeous-Alexander makes driving layup40–46
  45. 2nd 3:171OKCShai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 1 of 141–46
  46. 2nd 3:002HOUAlperen Sengun makes 2-foot dunk (Kevin Durant assists)41–48
  47. 2nd 2:482OKCAjay Mitchell makes 10-foot two point shot43–48
  48. 2nd 1:583OKCJalen Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)46–48
  49. 2nd 1:322HOUKevin Durant makes running dunk (Fred VanVleet assists)46–50
  50. 2nd 1:151OKCAjay Mitchell makes free throw 2 of 247–50
  51. 2nd 34.32HOUKevin Durant makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Amen Thompson assists)47–52
  52. 2nd 1.22HOUJabari Smith Jr. makes two point shot47–54
  53. 3rd 11:383HOUBogdan Bogdanovic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Amen Thompson assists)47–57
  54. 3rd 10:433HOUBogdan Bogdanovic makes 24-foot running pullup jump shot47–60
  55. 3rd 10:253HOUBogdan Bogdanovic makes 24-foot running jump shot (Fred VanVleet assists)47–63
  56. 3rd 9:413HOUFred VanVleet makes 24-foot three pointer (Alperen Sengun assists)47–66
  57. 3rd 9:262OKCJalen Williams makes 17-foot two point shot49–66
  58. 3rd 8:352OKCShai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 18-foot pullup jump shot51–66
  59. 3rd 8:182HOUAlperen Sengun makes layup (Fred VanVleet assists)51–68
  60. 3rd 7:462OKCJalen Williams makes driving layup53–68
  61. 3rd 6:342HOUAlperen Sengun makes two point shot (Fred VanVleet assists)53–70
  62. 3rd 5:481OKCShai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 1 of 254–70
  63. 3rd 5:481OKCShai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 2 of 255–70
  64. 3rd 4:292OKCAday Mara makes two point shot57–70
  65. 3rd 4:041OKCJalen Williams makes free throw 1 of 258–70
  66. 3rd 4:041OKCJalen Williams makes free throw 2 of 259–70
  67. 3rd 3:282OKCAday Mara makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Bennett Stirtz assists)61–70
  68. 3rd 2:432OKCKenrich Williams makes layup (Aday Mara assists)63–70
  69. 3rd 2:272HOUFred VanVleet makes two point shot63–72
  70. 3rd 1:522HOUTari Eason makes tip shot63–74
  71. 3rd 1:462OKCBennett Stirtz makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot65–74
  72. 3rd 1:383HOUReed Sheppard makes 29-foot three point jumper (Fred VanVleet assists)65–77
  73. 3rd 1:102OKCJared McCain makes 8-foot fade away jump shot67–77
  74. 3rd 56.22HOUFred VanVleet makes 7-foot two point shot67–79
  75. 3rd 35.72OKCJared McCain makes 13-foot step back jumpshot69–79
  76. 4th 11:413HOUReed Sheppard makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jae'Sean Tate assists)69–82
  77. 4th 11:042OKCBrooks Barnhizer makes two point shot (Kenrich Williams assists)71–82
  78. 4th 10:412OKCKenrich Williams makes 5-foot two point shot73–82
  79. 4th 10:263HOUIsaiah Crawford makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jae'Sean Tate assists)73–85
  80. 4th 10:062OKCBrooks Barnhizer makes 1-foot layup (Kenrich Williams assists)75–85
  81. 4th 9:443HOUBruce Thornton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Reed Sheppard assists)75–88
  82. 4th 9:243HOUIsaiah Crawford makes 23-foot running jump shot (Reed Sheppard assists)75–91
  83. 4th 8:272OKCJosh Dix makes 16-foot step back jumpshot (Brooks Barnhizer assists)77–91
  84. 4th 8:002HOUJae'Sean Tate makes 10-foot two point shot (Oscar Tshiebwe assists)77–93
  85. 4th 7:032HOUOscar Tshiebwe makes 1-foot layup (Bogdan Bogdanovic assists)77–95
  86. 4th 6:503OKCBennett Stirtz makes 27-foot three point jumper (Christoph Tilly assists)80–95
  87. 4th 6:161HOUIsaiah Crawford makes free throw 1 of 280–96
  88. 4th 5:592OKCBrooks Barnhizer makes 1-foot layup (Anthony Pritchard assists)82–96
  89. 4th 5:353HOUBogdan Bogdanovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Oscar Tshiebwe assists)82–99
  90. 4th 5:133HOUBogdan Bogdanovic makes 30-foot running pullup jump shot82–102
  91. 4th 4:292OKCBrooks Barnhizer makes 6-foot two point shot (Anthony Pritchard assists)84–102
  92. 4th 3:113HOUJulian Phillips makes 26-foot three point jumper (Sean Pedulla assists)84–105
  93. 4th 2:442HOUBruce Thornton makes 11-foot pullup jump shot84–107
  94. 4th 2:282OKCJosh Dix makes layup (Christoph Tilly assists)86–107
  95. 4th 2:173HOUSean Pedulla makes 25-foot three point jumper (Quadir Copeland assists)86–110
  96. 4th 2:071OKCBrooks Barnhizer makes free throw 2 of 287–110
  97. 4th 1:493HOUJulian Phillips makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jae'Sean Tate assists)87–113
  98. 4th 1:291HOUQuadir Copeland makes free throw 2 of 387–114
  99. 4th 32.12HOUJae'Sean Tate makes running layup (Julian Phillips assists)87–116
  100. 4th 14.82OKCAndrew Holifield makes 1-foot layup (Brooks Barnhizer assists)89–116

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Game recap

Preseason. Final. Quarters: Oklahoma City Thunder 15, 32, 22, 20; Houston Rockets 33, 21, 25, 37.

Jalen Williams 18 points, 7 rebounds. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 17 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists. Brooks Barnhizer 9 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists

Bogdan Bogdanovic 15 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists. Alperen Sengun 14 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists. Amen Thompson 12 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists

Sources: ESPN NBA scoreboard · ESPN WNBA scoreboard

Team stats

StatOKCHOU
Field Goal %4145
Three Point %1432
Assists1934
Steals313
Blocks35
Turnovers178
Fast Break Points1522
Points in Paint5054

Leaders

  • PointsBogdan Bogdanovic · HOU · 15
  • AssistsFred VanVleet · HOU · 8
  • ReboundsAlperen Sengun · HOU · 7
  • PointsJalen Williams · OKC · 18
  • AssistsShai Gilgeous-Alexander · OKC · 3
  • ReboundsAday Mara · OKC · 9

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