On January 3, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued today, in a game that just ended, the Thunder at home narrowly defeated the league's No. 1 Celtics, ending the opponent's 6-game winning streak At the same time, the Thunder themselves won 5 consecutive victories and continued to sit in the second place in the West.
In the opening stage of this game, the Thunder who played at home were full of vitality, although the scores of the two teams were very tight, but the Thunder was always the leading side, until the game entered the middle and late second quarter, the Celtics relied on Tatum's three points to take the lead for the first time, and at the end of the half, the Thunder trailed by 3 points 58-61.
In the third quarter, the situation changed abruptly, the Thunder side is all the people inside and outside the flower, and the Celtics have a decline in the offensive end, the Thunder won by 15 points 40-25 in a single quarter; at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Thunder hit three consecutive points to stretch the difference to 18 points, but then the Celtics finally found their state, relying on three points and continuous defensive counterattacks to narrow the gap to 2 points in less than 2 minutes of the game, and at the last moment Porzingis's three-point step on the line, the Thunder relied on solid free throws to lock up the victory, and finally the Thunder narrowly defeated the Celtics 127-123。
In terms of personal data, the new version of the Thunder performed well, Alexander 36 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, Jalen 16 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 3 steals, and scored consecutive points at key moments in the fourth quarter; Holmgren only scored 14 points, but hit two key three-pointers in the fourth quarter. On the Celtics' side, Porzingis had 34 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists, Tatum had 30 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists, Brown was 4 of 18, and 0 of 8 three-pointers had 15 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.
It is worth mentioning that after winning this strong conversation, the Thunder has achieved an 8-1 record in the last 9 games, and more importantly, the gold content in the 8 games won is very high, in addition to today's Celtics, there are 2 wins over the Nuggets, 1 win over the Clippers, 1 win over the Timberwolves, 1 win over the Knicks, and the only loss is the Lakers.