NBA Captain: Oklahoma didn’t notice Phoenix but was interested in San Antonio Lakers

The last quarter-finals of the NBA in-season tournament took place on the night of December 10-11.

Oklahoma City hosted Phoenix and left no chance to the opponent. Thunder won all quarters of the match by 49 points, 138:89.

The most productive player of the match was Gilgeous-Alexander, who recovered from injury and scored 28 points, while 6 players in Oklahoma scored 11+ points.

The Lakers played at home against San Antonio, which was still without Vembanyami due to injury. However, this did not stop Spurs from leading 70:58 into the first half. In the third quarter, San Antonio further increased its advantage, reaching 17 points (104:87) and then calmly won the match (132:119).

While 5 players in Spurs scored more than 16 points, Castle also had a double-double with 30 points + 10 rebounds.

NBA. In-season tournament. Quarter finals, 11 December

Oklahoma City – Phoenix – 138:89 (38:23, 36:25, 36:24, 28:17)

Oklahoma City: Gilgeous-Alexander (28 + 8 assists), Holmgren (24 + 8 rebounds), Jaylen Williams (15), Dort (12), Wallace (9) – start; Carlson (11), Jeng (11), Mitchell (9), Wiggins (6), K. Williams (5), Caruso (3), Youngblood (3), Jaylin Williams (2 + 6 assists).

Phoenix: Brooks (16), Allen (10), Williams (9), O’Neal (4 + 5 losses), Gillespie (2) – start; Goodwin (15), Buey (14 + 6 assists), Fleming (7), Ighodaro (6), Dunn (4), Maluach (2), Hayes-Davies (0), Richards (0).

Lakers-San Antonio-119:132 (30:39, 28:31, 29:34, 32:28)

Lakers: Doncic (35 + 8 assists), James (19 + 15 rebounds + 8 assists), Reaves (15 + 8 rebounds + 7 assists), Ayton (11 + 8 rebounds), Hachimura (8) – start; Smart (26), Knecht (3), Hayes (2), Thiero (0), James Jr. (0), Vincent (0), Larevia (0).

San Antonio: Castle (30 + 10 rebounds + 6 assists), Fox (20), Barnes (16), Cornet (10 + 8 rebounds), Vassell (8) – start; K. Johnson (17 + 8 rebounds), Shempeny (16 + 7 rebounds), Harper (13), Olynyk (2), McLaughlin (0), Waters (0).