Thunder won’t waste the Raptors candy and will continue to be a leader

There’s no place like home.of oklahoma city thunder canadian Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Luguentz Dort They defeated the Toronto Raptors without any major problems. 103-123The Canadian team lost nine straight games, making it difficult for them to even participate in the play-ins.

The Raptors haven’t lost this many games in a row since 2012, but injuries and absences have had a lot to do with this bad streak, and the team may have no choice but to give up on the season and try to make a last-minute bid.gift campaign

With 12 games remaining until the end of the regular season, the option of stepping into the ring and making the playoffs is looking increasingly remote, and physical issues among the team’s mainstays do not inspire optimism. scotty burns (Left hand injury) Jacob Poeltl (little finger ligament rupture), chris boucher (right knee injury), RJ Barrett (I’m currently on vacation due to the recent death of my younger brother) Immanuel Quickley (personal reasons) and Gary Trent Jr. I missed the game (due to a back injury)…and Victory may already be over in Canada.

Such was the panorama of Toronto, the most outstanding being rookie Grady Dick, who scored 21 points on 4/6 triples and was never afraid.

However, the top scorer in this game was SGA with 23 points. Chet Holmgren He finished the night in Toronto with a double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds, once again becoming a key piece on the West’s best team. OKC leads the conference with 49 wins and 20 losses, while the Raptors sit in 12th place in the Eastern Conference with 23 wins and 47 losses.

All this despite the fact that the match got off to a good start for the home team. The Raptors started the game 7-0 and led by 11 points at 20-9. The visiting side was nervous…until SGA calmed down a bit and the Thunder took control of the game.

After dominating the first quarter (35-28), the Thunder turned the game around in the second quarter (37-38) and were no longer behind.

raptors stacked The 27 turnovers are the most since 1997. And as the minutes passed, the disadvantages continued to increase.

In the third quarter, even though the hometown team was within six points at 88-94, OKC went up 64-84 after decisively breaking the game 0-12 due to the return of Shai Gilgeous. They had a 20 point lead. – Alexander on the court has always been synonymous with points for the Thunder and ended the match very easily and calmly.