Shai lights up the Thunder, who regain the taste of victory after the defeat against the Mavs

On a night marked by the NFL conference finals, in the run-up to the Super Bowl, the only game on the NBA calendar ended with a 108-118 away victory for the Thunder over the Blazers. After two losses in the last five games, both against the Mavericks without Doncic, the Oklahoma franchise found the key to easily beat the Portland team. They did it with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in charge as usual, who scored 35 points and five rebounds captured.

Also in the outstanding leader club of the Western Conference (37-8), the Canadian point guard was well accompanied by the recently recovered from injury Isaiah Hartenstein (14 points, 11 rebounds and six assists) and his usual partner Jalen Williams (24 points, five rebounds and eight assists).

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At home, the performance of forward Dennis Avdija (28 points, eight assists and eight assists) stood out especially. Nor was the good version shown by Scoot Henderson, second behind Wembanyama in the 2023 Draft, nor the contribution of Toumani Camara (24 points and nine rebounds).