December 19, 2012. Kevin Durant experiences an offensive eruption with 41 points in Atlanta, while Russell Westbrook signs a solid double-double (27 points and 11 assists). And the Thunder records a 12th victory in a row to fuel their cannon start (21v-4d). This record for consecutive victories fell last night.
By beating the Clippers, the Thunder signed a 13th victory in a row in the regular season, setting a new franchise record in this area (the NBA Cup final, lost at the heart of this series, does not count in the balance sheet ).
This is officially the longest winning streak since the team left Seattle after the 2007/08 season to move to Oklahoma City.
“ It's cool… It's always nice to be part of history, in a good way. We didn't see it like 13 matches, we try to win every night and we were focused on that. And then we take a look at it and this is the result. We hope that this will continue. But yeah, it's cool. We must stay the course, not get distracted “, reacts Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
He once again set an example this night with his 29 points and 8 assists in a match where OKC had no trouble breaking away from a California team deprived of James Harden. This record? “ It means a lot to do this, especially for the city, for the fans », Remarks Isaiah Hartenstein, author of 11 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists.
And still no Chet Holmgren
He adds: “ It's just about being present, moving forward day by day, working on ourselves and I think we're doing a good job of that. » It’s an understatement to say it because the Thunder (28 wins – 5 losses), the best team in the West, has a string of successes with… an average gap of 16.3 points, while being deprived of Chet Holmgren, on the sidelines. before this series starts.
A great feat when we know the exploits of the Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, James Harden and Serge Ibaka generation.
“ The teams that came before us, for whom we have great respect, set a high standard. But we're not here to count records or winning streaks. We attack what is in front of us. We did it well tonight with our preparation for this match », appreciates Mark Daigneault.
But tomorrow is another day. “ We will wake up tomorrow with a streak of zero victories. We have to prepare to face a very, very good team who are also playing very well at the moment », Adds the coach, aiming to host the Knicks next night, before a new shock on Sunday against the Celtics.
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | 32 | 34.5 | 52.8 | 35.0 | 87.8 | 0.8 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 31.3 |
| Jalen Williams | 32 | 32.4 | 47.9 | 35.5 | 79.0 | 0.9 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 21.0 |
| Chet Holmgren | 10 | 26.5 | 50.5 | 37.8 | 77.6 | 1.6 | 7.1 | 8.7 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 16.4 |
| Isaiah Hartenstein | 17 | 30.1 | 57.6 | 0.0 | 68.0 | 2.9 | 9.5 | 12.4 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 12.7 |
| Luguentz Dort | 31 | 29.5 | 39.9 | 39.3 | 80.0 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 9.7 |
| Aaron Wiggins | 32 | 19.8 | 45.1 | 37.9 | 83.3 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 8.9 |
| Isaiah Joe | 30 | 20.4 | 39.0 | 34.9 | 70.6 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 8.2 |
| Cason Wallace | 31 | 26.8 | 41.2 | 29.2 | 81.8 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 6.5 |
| Kenrich Williams | 22 | 13.4 | 56.7 | 42.9 | 100.0 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 6.4 |
| Ajay Mitchell | 32 | 16.4 | 50.6 | 43.8 | 81.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 6.2 |
| Alex Caruso | 20 | 19.9 | 37.7 | 26.2 | 77.8 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 5.5 |
| Jaylin Williams | 5 | 12.0 | 42.1 | 41.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 4.6 |
| Ousmane Dieng | 19 | 10.6 | 31.3 | 23.7 | 63.6 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 2.9 |
| Dillon Jones | 25 | 8.2 | 32.8 | 19.4 | 60.0 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.1 |
| Alex Reese | 1 | 1.9 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Adam Flagler | 11 | 3.6 | 25.0 | 26.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.4 |
| Branden Carlson | 6 | 3.6 | 12.5 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| Malevy Leons | 6 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Alex Ducas | 4 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
