The Oklahoma City Thunder had a comeback for the ages on Wednesday. Despite trailing 56-30 to the Los Angeles Lakers in the second quarter, the Thunder found a way to back into the game, and ended up beating the Lakers 123-115. After trailing the Lakers by 26 points, the Thunder outscored the Lakers by 34 points, 93-59.
Six Thunder players reached double digits in scoring. Canadian Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led Oklahoma City with 27 points. Meanwhile, Darius Bazley had 20 points, Josh Giddey had 18 points, Canadian Luguentz Dort had 17 points, Derrick Favors had 15 points, and Isaiah Roby had 13 points. Roby’s 13 points came off the bench, while Giddey had a double-double as he had 10 assists.
This was the second time in franchise history that the Thunder came back from a 26-point deficit. The first time came on February 9, 2019, in a 117-112 Oklahoma City win over the Houston Rockets. In this contest, the Rockets were actually leading the Thunder 68-42 before blowing their 26 point lead.
The game on Tuesday was more of an embarrassing loss by the Lakers than an impressive win by the Thunder. Los Angeles is loaded with talent at the moment and future Hall of Famers (LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, and Anthony Davis) are in southern California now to win their second NBA Finals in three years. The fact that a Lakers team gave up 123 points to a rebuilding Thunder team, let alone, blow a 26-point lead is unfathomable.
In the early stages of the 2021-22 NBA season, it is taking time for these Lakers to gel. After five games, the Lakers are at two wins and three losses, and have given up 119.6 points per game at the moment, the most in the entire league.
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