The Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder outlasted the Orlando Magic 128-92 on Tuesday night.
Isaiah Hartenstein had his first profession triple-double with 12 factors, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists in 23 minutes, turning into the tenth Thunder participant to document a triple-double.
Isaiah Joe scored 22, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander dropped 20 factors and 9 assists, Lu Dort added 18, and first-time All-Star Chet Holmgren had 16 factors and had 10 rebounds for the Thunder.
The Thunder performed with out Jalen Williams, who missed his eighth straight sport with a hamstring damage, and Ajay Mitchell sat out his sixth sport in a row with stomach pressure.
Jalen Suggs led the Magic with 20 factors, Paolo Banchero added 17, whereas Orlando’s main scorer, Franz Wagner, missed his fifth straight sport with a excessive left ankle sprain.
It was the Thunder’s fourth annual HBCU Evening, a part of the workforce’s Black Historical past Month celebration, and the workforce fed off an energized crowd.
Joe hit a three-pointer on the first-quarter buzzer to provide the Thunder a 39-14 lead.
The Thunder guard’s left-handed throwdown on Banchero within the second quarter ignited the gang as he accomplished the three-point play for a 56-24 lead.
The Thunder led 68-41 at halftime,
Nonetheless, Oklahoma’s concern for Gilgeous-Alexander was whether or not his streak of video games with not less than 20 factors would attain 121. He started the second half with 12 factors and didn’t get to twenty till he made a free throw with 2:14 left within the fourth quarter.
The reigning MVP is inside 5 of tying Wilt Chamberlain’s document of 126 straight video games with not less than 20.
The Magic will host the Nets on Thursday, whereas the Thunder will go to San Antonio on Wednesday.
