The Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Memphis Grizzlies, 131-80, in Game 1 of their Western Playoff series on Sunday, the fifth biggest margin of victory in the history of NBA Postseason.
Jalen Williams scored 20 points and Chet Holmgren had 19 points and 10 rebounds.
Oklahoma City, who ended the normal Season with a competition-best 68-14 record, Bit saw from the part of an Ovell No. 1 seed.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander from Oklahoma City, the score champion of the competition with almost 33 points per match, scored only 15. The Thunder still shot 50.5% of the field.
Yes Morant scored 17 points for Memphis on Jus 6 -for -7 shooting. Years Jackson Jr., who had a little more than 22 points on average in the regular season, scored four points on 2-out-13. Marvin Bagley III also scored 17, but the Grizzlies generally only shot 34.4%.
There were two 58-point play-off margins in NBA history: Denver defeated New Orleans, 121-63, on April 27, 2009, and the Minneapolis Lakers defeated the St. Louis Hawks, 133-75, on March 19, 1956.
The Los Angeles Lakers defeated Golden State with 56 (126-70) on April 21, 1973, and the Chicago Bulls defeated the Milwaukee Bucks with 54 (120-66) on April 30, 2015.
And now, 51-point game where the Thunder had a good control early in the second quarter.
This was the first play -off game of Memphis under Interim -Coach Tuomas Iisalo. I have coachet only nine NBA competitions in the regular season before the play-in games.
Game 2 is on Tuesday.
Reporting by the Associated Press.
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