{"id":491797,"date":"2025-04-01T02:28:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T06:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=491797"},"modified":"2025-04-01T02:28:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T06:28:46","slug":"thunder-strike-again-oklahoma-crushes-bulls-for-10th-straight-win","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/thunder-strike-again-oklahoma-crushes-bulls-for-10th-straight-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunder strike again: Oklahoma crushes Bulls for 10th straight win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander delivered a stellar performance with 27 points and 12 assists in just 27 minutes, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a dominant 145-117 win over the Chicago Bulls on Monday night. This victory marked the Thunder\u2019s 10th consecutive win.<\/p>\n<p>Isaiah Joe made a significant impact off the bench, scoring 31 points while hitting eight 3-pointers. Jalen Williams also contributed 23 points as Oklahoma City took control, leading by as many as 43 points. The Thunder showcased their offensive firepower by shooting 53% from the field and 53.5% from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Oklahoma City Thunder have officially clinched the best record against an opposing conference in NBA history. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/njzQXGzse4\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/njzQXGzse4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StatMuse (@statmuse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/statmuse\/status\/1906893680666894442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With this win, Oklahoma City improved to an impressive 63-12 record. Earlier in the season, the team had achieved a 15-game winning streak. Josh Giddey returned to action with 15 points, 10 assists, and eight rebounds, while Jevon Carter led the Bulls\u2019 bench with 17 points, including five 3-pointers.<\/p>\n<p>The loss marked Chicago\u2019s second consecutive defeat, following a four-game winning streak, pushing them back behind Miami into 10th place in the Eastern Conference, the final spot for the play-in tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma City continued its dominance against Eastern Conference teams, improving to 28-1 against the East, including a perfect 14-0 record at home. They have one remaining game against an opponent from the opposite conference.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j7m-kITyw6s?si=aSKoIQOPhp6x_GUw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander delivered a stellar performance with 27 points and 12 assists in just 27 minutes, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":491799,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16719,16786,18636],"news_category":[16706,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[18347,17840,22872],"acf":{"announce":"Gilgeous-Alexander shines as Thunder dominate Bulls in 145-117 blowout","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\/491797"}],"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=491797"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/491797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":491798,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/491797\/revisions\/491798"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491797"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=491797"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=491797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}