{"id":433155,"date":"2023-04-13T01:38:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T05:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=433155"},"modified":"2023-04-13T01:38:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T05:38:12","slug":"thunder-edge-out-pelicans-123-118-to-advance-in-play-in-tournament","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/thunder-edge-out-pelicans-123-118-to-advance-in-play-in-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunder edge out Pelicans 123-118 to advance in play-in tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Oklahoma City Thunder narrowly defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 123-118 on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Never let up \u26a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z5mVgQWu19\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/Z5mVgQWu19<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/okcthunder\/status\/1646369403825528838?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nShai-Gilgeous Alexander led the Oklahoma&#8217;s charge with 32 points, while Josh Giddey tied his season high with 31 points.<\/p>\n<p>Luguentz Dort had 27 points and registered 8 out of 14 successful shots.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Ingram led the way for the Pelicans with 30 points, 20 of which came in the second half as the New Orleans team had a glimmer of a hope for a comeback.<\/p>\n<p>The Thunder will play Timberwolves\u00a0for the 8th seed in the playoffs as they remain the only team from the Western Conference with a losing record still in contention. 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