{"id":504201,"date":"2025-10-22T00:01:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T04:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=504201"},"modified":"2025-10-21T23:51:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T03:51:52","slug":"thunder-beat-rockets-125-124-after-double-ot-following-ring-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/thunder-beat-rockets-125-124-after-double-ot-following-ring-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunder beat Rockets 125-124 after double OT following ring ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OKC supporters received everything that they had dreamed about today &#8211; a ring ceremony, a championship banner unveiling, and a triumph vs. former-Thunder leader Kevin Durant and the Houston Rockets.<\/p>\n<p>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the reigning MVP, scored 2 free throws 2.3 seconds before the end of the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> OT to give the Thunder a 1250124 victory. Shai had notched only 5 points at halftime, but ended the match with 35.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OKC GETS THE STOP.<\/p>\n<p>THEY WIN AN INSTANT CLASSIC.<\/p>\n<p>FINAL: Thunder 125, Rockets 124 in 2OT. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gkMmw7hrNv\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/gkMmw7hrNv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1980831951599890719?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kevin fouled the reigning MVP with Houston leading 124-123 in the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> extra period. The fans at the venue were very happy as Durant exited the match after receiving his 6<sup>th<\/sup> personal foul. The Oklahoma City superstar converted both free throws for the triumph of his team. Rocket\u2019s \u00a0Jabari Smith Jr. missed a 19-foot jumper as he tried to give the victory for his team with the final shot in the game, and Oklahoma City survived the campaign opener for both organizations.<\/p>\n<p>OKC supporters still hate Durant for choosing to leave the team to sign with the Golden State Warriors in 2016. Kevin finished with 23 points and 9 boards in his 1<sup>st<\/sup> match with the Rockets after being traded in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Chet Holmgren scored 28 points and grabbed 7 boards for Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">History: Made. Banner: Raised. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aipg6AwDTJ\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/aipg6AwDTJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/okcthunder\/status\/1980781581829546243?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OKC supporters received everything that they had dreamed about today &#8211; a ring ceremony, a championship banner unveiling, and a triumph vs. former-Thunder [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4225,"featured_media":504202,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17044,16786],"news_category":[16706,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[18346,17840],"acf":{"news_source":"","link_picture":"","announce":"Oklahoma won dramatically against Houston in the opening match of the new season.","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\/504201"}],"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\/4225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504201"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/504201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":504204,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/504201\/revisions\/504204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504201"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=504201"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=504201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}