On the 13th, Beijing time, the Thunder visited the Celtics, and Kyrgyz Alexander scored a game-high 34 points in this game, leading the team to repel the Green Shirts 118:112, and only lost 1 in the last 9 games. With today's win, the Thunder became the first team in the West to advance to the NBA playoffs.
SGA scored 34 points and led the team to the playoffs
The Western Conference leader Thunder traveled to Boston today to play at the gym and took a small lead by three points at the end of the first half. In the third quarter, the Thunder led by a brother Kyrgyz Alexander who scored consecutive three-pointers to take a 12-point lead.
However, the Celtics relied on Tatum to complete a three-pointer before the end of the third quarter to tie the game before the tiebreaker. The two teams went back and forth in the final quarter, and the Thunder both maintained a small lead, and J. Brown, who was not in good form today, had to temporarily retire from the break due to foul trouble.
Brown staged a dunk show after returning to the court, which once drove the momentum, but unfortunately he then swallowed the sixth foul and left, and most of the Green Shirts who continued to chase could only rely on Tatum to steal points alone; 2 minutes before the end,Carson WallaceSoaring into a three-pointer and scoring 5 points in a row by cutting in, the Thunder continued to expand their lead, which also made the Green Shirts unable to reverse, and the home fans even left the game early, swallowing defeats against the Thunder twice this season.
Seven Thunder players scored double-doubles today, Kyrgyz Alexander scored a game-high 34 points and 7 assists, and Holmgren had 23 points and 15 rebounds; For the Celtics, Tatum scored a team-high 33 points, 8 rebounds, and 8 assists, followed by White with 22 points.