{"id":5209,"date":"2023-01-07T03:39:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T03:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/thunder-completes-series-sweep-of-beerless-wizards-127-110\/"},"modified":"2023-01-07T03:39:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T03:39:07","slug":"thunder-completes-series-sweep-of-beerless-wizards-127-110","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/thunder-completes-series-sweep-of-beerless-wizards-127-110\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunder completes series sweep of Beerless Wizards, 127-110"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"1b9af3b1-d593-5312-a3fd-df3288979b35\" overlaytype=\"article\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\" data-v-dccbf392=\"\">  <!----> <\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) \u2014 Shay Gilgeous-Alexander scored 30 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder completed their regular season sweep with a 127-110 win over the Washington Wizards on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">Josh Guiddy had 20 points, 9 assists and 5 rebounds for Oklahoma City, shooting 51 percent from the field, and 45.9 percent (17 of 37) from 3-pointers. The Thunder dominated the first quarter, taking the lead as he outscored the Wizards 35-17, with nine Oklahoma City players making at least one of his 3-pointers.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">Kyle Kuzma had 23 points, Daniel Gafford had 15 points and 9 rebounds, and Kristaps Porzingis had 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Wizards without top scorer Bradley Beal. Biel was diagnosed with a low-grade left hamstring strain on Thursday and will not be re-evaluated for at least a week.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">Oklahoma City needed a last second basket from Gillies Alexander to win 121\u2013120 in Washington on November 16, but the Thunder mostly cruised in the rematch, leading by as much as 27 points.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">A 14-2 run early in the first quarter gave Oklahoma City a 21-9 lead, and the Thunder&#8217;s lead didn&#8217;t drop below double digits for the rest of the game. Oklahoma City scored the final eight points of the first half to take a 68\u201342 lead. This was the Thunder&#8217;s biggest halftime lead of the season.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">The Wizards scored 38 points in the 3rd quarter, but only scored 18 points. That&#8217;s the good part, as they also allowed the Thunder 35 points during the period.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">Washington pulled within 14 points, 117-103, with Gafford in the basket with 4:55 left, but rookie Jaren Williams hit two free throws and Gilgeous-Alexander put the basket in with 3:49 left. to end the threat. Washington has made seven of his 24 three-point attempts (29.2%).<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">Tips:<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">Wizards: Beal has missed 16 of Washington&#8217;s 40 games this season due to a variety of illnesses.  \u2026 Washington had a season-low first-half point total of 42.  \u2026 It was Porzingis&#8217; 13th double-double of the season.  \u2026 Forward Taj His Gibson was able to play despite a sore left groin but saw no action.  \u2026The Wizards had won his four of his last five games with the Thunder and his six of his eight by Friday.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">Thunder: Williams missed a double-double with 18 points and 9 rebounds.  \u2026 Rugenz Dort scored 18 goals.  \u2026center Mike Mascara made his second start this season in his 10-season career in the NBA, and made his 31st start. He finished with 10 points and 5 rebounds.  \u2026 His 17 points for Washington were the fewest points in the first quarter the Thunder conceded this season.  &#8230; As far back as last season, Gilgeous-Alexander recorded his 30-point performance of 32 in his last 47 games played.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">next:<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">Wizards: Home on Monday to host the New Orleans Pelicans.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">Thunder: Host the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p displaynav=\"true\" class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\">AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba and https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP_Sports<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <\/p>\n<hr class=\"story-section-divider\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\"\/>\n<hr class=\"story-section-divider\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\"\/> <!----> <\/p>\n<hr class=\"story-section-divider\" data-v-1f556a34=\"\" data-v-dccbf392=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiYGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmZveHNwb3J0cy5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZXMvbmJhL3RodW5kZXItY29tcGxldGVzLXNlcmllcy1zd2VlcC1vZi1iZWFsbGVzcy13aXphcmRzLTEyNzExMNIBAA?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) \u2014 Shay Gilgeous-Alexander scored 30 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder completed their regular season sweep with a 127-110 win over<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-sports","two-columns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SiteShareImage.vresize.1200.630.high_.0.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}