Thunder go on Late Run to Beat Magic 102-94.
If Tuesday night was any indication, the Oklahoma City Thunder is starting to come together. The Thunder used a 14-7 run in the last five minutes of tonight's game to close out the Orlando Magic 102-94. The Magic were down one (88-87) with under five minutes to go when Shai Gilgeous-Alexander nailed at a 26-foot jump shot to make it 91-87.
At that point, Chris Paul, Danilo Gallinari, and Gilgeous-Alexander would lead Oklahoma City to its third win of the season.
Gallinari would show just how talented and committed to the Thunder he is when, with 1:29 left to go, he would lose one of his sneakers. With said sneaker in hand, Gallinari attempted to rebound an Evan Fournier pull up jumper. Gallinari would say he thought holding the shoe would make him a little taller than the 7'0 Nikola Vucevic, so he "tipped it up."
Four of the Thunder's five starters would finish in double figures including Steven Adams (11 points, 11 rebounds) who was making his first start after missing the last two games with a knee contusion. Darius Bazley came off the bench to score 10 including two from beyond the arc. Worth noting, Hamidou Diallo and Terrance Ferguson each played just over 22 minutes. Ferguson ended up with five fouls on the night but was still a plus 10.
Prior to tonight's game, the Thunder paid tribute to the April, 19th, 1995 bombing survivors. In the video above Chris Palu discusses his parent's trip to the memorial.
