On April 10, Beijing time, the Thunder played at home against the Kings, and the Thunder successfully defeated the Kings 112-105 at the end of the game. The Thunder has been in poor condition recently due to injuries, so the Thunder once suffered 3 consecutive defeats, and then the Thunder defeated the Hornets to successfully stop the team's decline, in this case, the Thunder ranked third in the West, and the Thunder and the Timberwolves, the first in the West, are 1 win apart, so the Thunder still have hope of competing for the first place in the West, but then the Thunder need to work hard to win, as for the current situation of the Kings is also very difficult, although the Kings have returned to the eighth place in the West, but they are only 0.5 wins ahead of the Lakers in the ninth place in the West, so the Kings do not have much margin for error.
Fox started the first half to help the Kings score, but the Thunder were able to bite the line with the play of Isaiah Joe and Holmgren, and the Thunder trailed by three points at the end of the first quarter. However, the Thunder performed badly in the second quarter, on the other hand, Fox and Mitchell maintained their offensive state to help the team play a wave of offensive climax to open the score, Alexander struggled to support, but Murray and others continued to play, and the Kings led by 19 points at the end of the half. In the second half of the game, Alexander found an offensive state and led the Thunder to play a wave of 18-4 to chase the score, but fortunately, Barnes and others responded, so the king maintained a slight lead, but as the game progressed, Keady and Wallace also began to find an offensive state, and the Thunder also took advantage of the situation to complete the overtake, and the next game Alexander took over the game, and finally the Thunder reversed the king by 20 points to win the game.
It was really not easy for the Thunder to win the game, after all, the Thunder once trailed by 20 points in this game, but Alexander's outburst in the second half helped the Thunder tremendously, especially in the fourth quarter at the critical moment Alexander really showed his superstar ability, scoring 6 points in a row at the last moment to help the Thunder lock up the win, and at the end of the game, Alexander bombarded 40 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. Other Thunder players, Jay Wei got 11 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, Dort got 18 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, and Holmgren got 15 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.
The king suffered a reversal really too much, you must know that every game is very important for the king now, not to mention that the king once occupied a big lead in this game, in this case the king lost the game is even more uncomfortable, but the king lost the game is really not wronged, after all, this game Sabonis pulled the crotch, this game Sabonis did not have the previous magical performance, not to mention, in this game Sabonis also had a lot of mistakes, so the king played quite passive in the game, the game ended Sabonis 7 in 2 got 8 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 turnovers。
Although Fox had a good performance in this game, one thing to say was that in the fourth quarter of the game, Fox was too anxious to shoot too many three-pointers, which also affected the Kings, and in the end, the Kings lost the game, and Fox slashed 33 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists. The Kings lost the game and the Lakers also received a big gift, the Kings were originally 0.5 wins ahead of the Lakers, and now the Kings lost the game, although they are still ranked eighth in the West, but there is no win difference between the Kings and the Lakers, it can be said that if the Lakers can continue to win in the next game, then the Lakers will have a chance to come to the eighth place in the West again, and such a thing is obviously what the Kings do not want to see.