{"id":482201,"date":"2024-04-22T02:48:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T06:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=482201"},"modified":"2024-04-22T02:48:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T06:48:26","slug":"gilgeous-alexander-scores-28-points-for-narrow-94-92-win-vs-pelicans","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/gilgeous-alexander-scores-28-points-for-narrow-94-92-win-vs-pelicans\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilgeous-Alexander scores 28 points for narrow 94-92 win vs Pelicans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Oklahoma City Thunder to a thrilling 94-92 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans in Game 1 of their Western Conference first-round playoff series. Gilgeous-Alexander&#8217;s stellar performance saw him scoring 28 points, including crucial baskets down the stretch that turned the tide in favor of the Thunder.<\/p>\n<p>In a tense fourth quarter, the Thunder endured a dry spell of over five minutes without a field goal, allowing the Pelicans to seize a 90-88 lead. However, Gilgeous-Alexander rose to the occasion, knotting the game with a pull-up jumper and then converting a tough floater while drawing a foul. His ensuing free throw gave the Thunder a pivotal 93-90 advantage with just 32.5 seconds remaining.<\/p>\n<p>With the Pelicans trailing by two points and 14 seconds left on the clock, they had an opportunity to either tie or take the lead. However, Oklahoma City&#8217;s Cason Wallace stepped up defensively, applying pressure on CJ McCollum and preventing him from finding an open look. McCollum&#8217;s potential game-winner fell short, securing the Thunder&#8217;s narrow victory.<\/p>\n<p>Trey Murphy III led the scoring for New Orleans with 21 points, supported by McCollum&#8217;s 20-point effort and Jonas Valanciunas&#8217; double-double performance of 13 points and 20 rebounds. Jalen Williams contributed 19 points for the Thunder, playing a crucial role in their Game 1 triumph.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EWerlFd6IVw?si=48oaNcOm6DpHFoW1\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Oklahoma City Thunder to a thrilling 94-92 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans in Game 1 of their Western [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":482202,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17204,16786,18636],"news_category":[16706,14084],"gn_keywords":[18565,17840,22872],"acf":{"announce":"Thunder clinched game 1 with dramatic victory as McCollum's last-seconds shot fell short","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482201"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":482204,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482201\/revisions\/482204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482201"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=482201"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=482201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}