{"id":482830,"date":"2024-05-08T02:10:50","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T06:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=482830"},"modified":"2024-05-08T04:10:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T08:10:56","slug":"gilgeous-alexander-amazes-again-leads-thunder-to-117-95-mavs-win","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/gilgeous-alexander-amazes-again-leads-thunder-to-117-95-mavs-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilgeous-Alexander amazes again, leads Thunder to 117-95 Mavs win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander delivered an outstanding all-around performance, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to 117-95 victory over the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/dallas-mavericks\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/dallas-mavericks\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/dallas-mavericks\/\">Dallas Mavericks<\/a><\/a><\/a> in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>Gilgeous-Alexander nearly got a triple-double with 29 points, nine rebounds, and nine assists.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SGA \u26a1\ufe0fvs the Dallas Mavericks<\/p>\n<p>\u26c8\ufe0f 29 Points<br \/>\n\u26c8\ufe0f 9 Assists<br \/>\n\u26c8\ufe0f 9 Rebounds<br \/>\n\u26c8\ufe0f 50%3PT<br \/>\n\u26c8\ufe0f 3 Stocks<\/p>\n<p>10 Game winning streak and 5-0 in the playoffs \u26c8\ufe0f\u26c8\ufe0f\u26c8\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>COME OUTSIDE MFFL \u2757\ufe0f\u2755\u2757\ufe0f\u2755<\/p>\n<p>THUNDER UP 1-0 \u26a1\ufe0f\u26a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iU2m8Ek9Ch\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/iU2m8Ek9Ch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GilgeousSzn\u26c8\ufe0f (@GilgeousSZN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GilgeousSZN\/status\/1788056998493233463?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In his first career second-round playoff game, Gilgeous-Alexander efficiently contributed with 8-of-19 shooting from the field and an impressive 11-of-13 from the free-throw line as the Thunder made history as the youngest team ever to win a conference semifinal game, signaling their potential and resilience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/kyrie-irving\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/kyrie-irving\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/kyrie-irving\/\">Kyrie Irving<\/a><\/a><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/luka-doncic\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/luka-doncic\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/luka-doncic\/\">Luka Doncic<\/a><\/a><\/a> led the Mavericks&#8217; efforts with 19 points each, but it wasn&#8217;t enough. Despite Dallas narrowing the gap to one point early in the third quarter, the Thunder responded with great play to secure the victory.<\/p>\n<p>Chet Holmgren contributed significantly with 19 points, seven rebounds, and three blocks, while Lou Williams added 18 points and Aaron Wiggins provided a spark off the bench with 16 points, including 12 in the second quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma City capitalized on Dallas&#8217; turnovers, scoring 22 points off 16 Mavericks&#8217; turnovers. Additionally, the Thunder&#8217;s solid defense limited the Mavericks to just 39.3 percent shooting, while Oklahoma City shot 44.9 percent from the field.<\/p>\n<p>With Game 2 set for Thursday in Oklahoma City, the Thunder aim to maintain their momentum and extend their series lead, while the Mavericks seek to bounce back and even the series.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uz7DYOD832s?si=dvoMRjpyN_vQueWu\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander delivered an outstanding all-around performance, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to 117-95 victory over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 1 of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":482841,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16748,16786,18636],"news_category":[16706,14084],"gn_keywords":[17975,17840,22872],"acf":{"announce":"Oklahoma superstar almost clinched a triple-double in Game 1 of their semifinal series","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\/482830"}],"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=482830"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":482842,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482830\/revisions\/482842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482830"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=482830"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=482830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}