Thunder outgun Curry-less Warriors for 13th straight win, 21-1 record

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 38 points while leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 124-112 win over the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday (Wednesday, December 3, Manila time) in San Francisco.

The Thunder have won 13 consecutive games, their second-longest winning streak since the franchise moved to Oklahoma City. The franchise record of 15 victories in a row was set last season.

Oklahoma City has won 21 of its first 22 games. The Warriors, playing without Stephen Curry (quad), have lost five of their past seven.

Golden State trailed by as many as 22 early in the third quarter but battled back to tie the game on Seth Curry’s off-balance 3-pointer with just less than 10 minutes remaining.

The Warriors took the lead for the first time since the game’s opening minutes with 8:28 to go, grabbing a 98-97 edge on Gary Payton II’s 3-pointer.

Golden State led with just less than five minutes remaining, but Gilgeous-Alexander hit a pair of shots to fuel an 8-0 run that helped the Thunder take control for good.

Gilgeous-Alexander finished 13 of 21 from the field, 5 of 6 from 3-point range, and had four assists and no turnovers in 36 minutes.

Jalen Williams added 22 points and six assists for Oklahoma City, while Chet Holmgren paired 21 points with eight rebounds.

The Thunder shot 58.2% from the floor.

Oklahoma City led 69-47 less than two minutes into the second half, but the Warriors trimmed the deficit to just 10 in a little more than three minutes.

Even after Draymond Green picked up his fifth foul and headed to the bench with more than five minutes remaining in the third, the Warriors continued their push.

Golden State cut it to a one-point game late in the quarter.

The Warriors forced six turnovers in the third, scoring 10 of their 44 points in the frame off of those turnovers.

Already down Stephen Curry, Golden State also didn’t have Jimmy Butler III available for much of the game. Butler exited in the second quarter due to left knee soreness and did not return.

Brandon Podziemski and Pat Spencer led the Warriors with 17 points each. Seth Curry, who was making his Golden State debut after signing recently, scored 14 on 6-of-7 shooting.

Gilgeous-Alexander scored the last eight points of the first half to give the Thunder a 63-44 lead at the break.

The last came off Williams’ steal and feed to Gilgeous-Alexander for a pull-up jumper as time wound down. – Rappler.com