{"id":482316,"date":"2024-04-25T02:27:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T06:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=482316"},"modified":"2024-04-25T02:29:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T06:29:40","slug":"gilgeous-alexander-score-33-thunder-strikes-again-vs-pelicans","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/gilgeous-alexander-score-33-thunder-strikes-again-vs-pelicans\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilgeous-Alexander scores 33, Thunder strikes again vs Pelicans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the charge with 33 points as the top-seeded Thunder dominated the New Orleans Pelicans 124-92, extending their lead to 2-0 in the first-round Western Conference playoff series.<\/p>\n<p>Chet Holmgren contributed 26 points and seven rebounds, while Jalen Williams chipped in 21 points for the Thunder, who shot an impressive 59% from the field and sank 14 of 29 attempts from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander from BEHIND the backboard \ud83d\ude32<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1xlSvKA2ko\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/1xlSvKA2ko<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClutchPoints\/status\/1783323343443390499?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On the Pelicans&#8217; side, Jonas Valanciunas was the best with 19 points, supported by Herb Jones and Brandon Ingram with 18 points each.<\/p>\n<p>In Game 1, Valanciunas dominated the boards with 20 rebounds, including nine offensive rebounds, leading the Pelicans to a 52-44 rebounding advantage. However, in Game 2, the Thunder controlled the glass, outrebounding New Orleans 37-35 and limiting them to just eight offensive rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>The absence of top scorer Zion Williamson, sidelined with a strained left hamstring, continued to pose challenges for the Pelicans on offense. Ingram, the team&#8217;s second-highest scorer in the regular season, struggled to find his rhythm in Game 2, with Lu Dort&#8217;s tight defense restricting him to just 10 field goal attempts. Ingram managed to convert only 5 of 17 field goals in Game 1.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Chet Holmgren on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s too humble to say it, but this is the MVP right here\u201d \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vn6immEHH7\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/Vn6immEHH7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClutchPoints\/status\/1783346974705791432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the Thunder capitalized on New Orleans&#8217; turnovers, converting them into 22 points.<\/p>\n<p>The series now shifts to New Orleans for Game 3 on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dZoXqU3TVeA?si=v2CwpKB10hamS0fa\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the charge with 33 points as the top-seeded Thunder dominated the New Orleans Pelicans 124-92, extending their lead to 2-0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":482317,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17204,16786,18636],"news_category":[16706,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[18565,17840,22872],"acf":{"announce":"Oklahoma extend their lead to 2-0 in the playoff as Game 3 is on Saturday in their home","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\/482316"}],"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=482316"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":482320,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482316\/revisions\/482320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482316"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=482316"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=482316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}