OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander racked up 27 factors, and the Oklahoma City Rumbling controlled the Memphis Grizzlies 118-99 on Tuesday evening to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff collection.
Oklahoma City provided a solid follow-up to its record-setting 131-80 win on Sunday in the collection opener. Though Memphis was the group with something to confirm, the Rumbling brought out the power. Oklahoma City opened up with a 9-0 run and held Memphis scoreless for the initial 3 1/2 mins as the Grizzlies missed their initial 10 shots.
The Rumbling led 32-17 at the end of the initial quarter and never ever tracked.
” We never ever ignore our challenger, regardless of what,” Gilgeous-Alexander claimed. “Undoubtedly they’re an excellent group. They would not be below if they weren’t. And we simply wished to make a focus ahead out and win that initial quarter, established the tone for the evening.”
Jalen Williams included 24 factors and Chet Holmgren had 20 factors, 11 rebounds and 5 blocks for the top-seeded Rumbling.
Oklahoma City’s infraction created, regardless of Gilgeous-Alexander making simply 10 of 29 shots.
” Everyone that touched the court had fun with self-confidence, played properly, and we’re mosting likely to require that,” Rumbling trainer Mark Daigneault claimed. “You recognize, in all these video games, it’s mosting likely to be various men on various evenings.”
The Rumbling have actually won all 6 video games versus the Grizzlies this period by dual numbers.
Jaren Jackson Jr. racked up 26 factors and Ja Morant included 23 for Memphis, which will certainly hold Video game 3 on Thursday.
Gilgeous-Alexander, that had actually been off for the initial 5 quarters of the collection, located his shot in the 2nd quarter. He struck 2 3-pointers 55 secs apart to place Oklahoma City up 55-38. Oklahoma City led 70-52 at the break after establishing a group playoff document with 12 3-pointers in the initial fifty percent.
Memphis began warm in the 3rd and reduce its shortage to solitary numbers, however the Rumbling took a 90-79 introduce the 4th.
” The distinction was that we began seriously completing in the 3rd quarter and generally played them to a connection afterwards,” …
