Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the title champion of the NBA Boston Celtics on the road to cement his status as favorites of the championship.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points while Oklahoma City Thunder struck his ticket for the playoffs with an impressive 118-112 victory against the title champion of Boston Celtics in a potential overview of the NBA final.
Gilgeous-Alexander has improved its references as a favorite for the price of the most precious player (MVP) with a superb performance to silence the crowd of Boston TD Garden in an absorbing duel set by a burst of thunder score in the fourth quarter.
The Canadian leader pulled 11 out of 20 on the field to finish with five rebounds, seven assists and 34 points, including 10 out of 11 of the Franc Lunter line.
The victory raised the leaders of the Western Conference Oklahoma City to a 54-12 victory record for the season and guaranteed their place in the playoffs next month.
Wednesday’s victory over a much more experienced Boston range marked another mature display on one thunder side which is the youngest in the league.
Oklahoma City actually sealed the victory at the end of the fourth, moving away to open a two-digit lead with just under two minutes to play after Cason Wallace nailed a superb 24 feet to three points followed by an inverted driving lay-up.
Gilgeous-Aalexander said that the defensive solidity of the Thunder in the middle of a dam of 63 attempts at three attempts from Boston had provided the basics of victory.
“We were able to make stops, and it was the tendency for us recently,” he told ESPN.
“When you go down the section against a good basketball team with good players, you have to find a way, and we did it tonight and we have given a chance.”
While Gilgeous-Alexander made the big score titles, Chet Holmgren imposing attracted attention with a double-double of 23 points with 15 rebounds.
“We all know that player Chet Holmgren is,” said Gilgeous-Alexander about his 22-year-old teammate. “It’s a stallion, and it will be a stallion for a very long time. He will continue to grow and will continue to be special. »»
The Boston score was led by Jayson Tatum with 33 points, while Derrick White had 22.
Despite the lack of Jaylin Williams of the programming, the Thunder finished with seven players marking two -digit against the Celtics.
Oklahoma City has not won an NBA title since 1979, when the franchise was located in the state of Washington and that they called the Seattle Supersonics.
