Aussie younger gun Josh Giddey hit his personal season-high because the Oklahoma City Thunder set a brand new scoring report in a 150-115 flogging of the NBA-leading Boston Celtics.
In the absence of normal go-to man Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who missed the match via sickness, Giddey stepped up scoring 25 factors, his greatest effort this season, within the large dwelling victory.
Giddey’s effort included 17 third-quarter factors as OKC racked up its largest whole since shifting to Oklahoma City from Seattle earlier than the 2008-09 season.
“It felt contagious from the jump, we shot the lights out of it,” the 20-year-old mentioned.
“We flowed, moved the ball well, got good looks and made a lot of them.
“If we continue to play like that … obviously we‘re not always going to shoot like that, but the principles of getting those looks and defend the way we did, will help us.”
Giddey’s season-best effort was additionally a team-high with Lu Dort scoring 23 factors and Jalen Williams, Tre Mann and Isaiah Joe every added 21 factors for the Thunder.
The Celtics gave up large 88 factors throughout the second and third quarters because the Thunder, who stay twelfth within the western convention and nonetheless three wins exterior the finals zone, gained by greater than 16 for the primary time this season.
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored a career-high 55 factors in a return from a one-game absence and Milwaukee defended dwelling courtroom in opposition to Washington 123-113, snapping the Wizards‘ five-game successful streak.
