On Wednesday night, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points to help the Oklahoma City Thunder defeat the Denver Nuggets 105-100 in a Western Conference battle. Nikola Jokic, a Denver star, was sidelined due to lower back problems. Oklahoma City capitalized on the absence of the two-time league MVP by restricting the defending champion Nuggets to 39.8%…
Wednesday night in the NBA featured eight games, with only one game going to the wire. Jerami Grant made an amazing bank shot from beyond the arc to force OT in Houston, and Portland held on to win. It’s “rivalry week” in the NBA, but the remaining games were lackluster. The Suns blew out the…
On Wednesday, the San Antonio Spurs hosted the Oklahoma City Thunder at the Frost Bank Center, which was broadcast live on national television. And, as the headliner to ESPN’s “Rivalry Week,” rookie studs Victor Wembanyama and Chet Holmgren did not disappoint, but they had no impact in what turned out to be a blowout. Shai…