The Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder beat the Memphis Grizzlies, 131-80, in Sport 1 of their Western Convention playoff collection on Sunday, the fifth-biggest margin of victory in NBA postseason historical past.
Jalen Williams scored 20 factors and Chet Holmgren had 19 factors and 10 rebounds.
Oklahoma Metropolis, which completed the common season with a league-best 68-14 report, appeared each bit the a part of an total No. 1 seed.
Oklahoma Metropolis’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the league’s scoring champion with practically 33 factors per sport, scored simply 15. The Thunder nonetheless shot 50.5% from the sector.
Ja Morant scored 17 factors for Memphis on simply 6-for-17 capturing. Jaren Jackson Jr., who averaged simply over 22 factors within the common season, scored 4 factors on 2-for-13 capturing. Marvin Bagley III additionally scored 17, however the Grizzlies shot simply 34.4% total.
There have been two 58-point playoff margins in NBA historical past: Denver beating New Orleans, 121-63, on April 27, 2009, and the Minneapolis Lakers beating the St. Louis Hawks, 133-75, on March 19, 1956.
The Los Angeles Lakers beat Golden State by 56 (126-70) on April 21, 1973, and the Chicago Bulls beat the Milwaukee Bucks by 54 (120-66) on April 30, 2015.
And now, a 51-point sport — the place the Thunder had it properly in hand by early within the second quarter.
This was Memphis’ first playoff sport beneath interim coach Tuomas Iisalo. He coached simply 9 NBA regular-season video games earlier than the play-in video games.
Sport 2 is on Tuesday.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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