![]() ![]() Jalen Williams: 20 points, six rebounds, four assists and four steals. Dort also got going offensively, shooting 4-of-9 from three. Markkanen was limited to 20 points on 14 shots. Dort, giving up seven inches, did a heck of a job. Mark Daigneault matched Lu Dort’s playing time minute for minute with Jazz All-Star Lauri Markkanen. The Thunder outscored the Jazz 32-6 in points off turnovers.Īll of those Utah turnovers led to a huge disparity in field goal attempts: 104 for the Thunder, 78 for the Jazz. ![]() “We had them in a crowd most of the night,” Daigneault said. Utah committed 25 turnovers, tying the most by a Thunder opponent this season.Ĭredit OKC’s defense, which swarmed the ball. The Jazz did not take care of the basketball. He’s a great guy, great competitor, and just an opportunity to get a guy we liked in our building and in our uniform and be around him every day.” Thunder wins turnovers game I spent time with Jared, both in Chicago (at the combine) and in OKC, so I was familiar with him. “I know that from our draft process two years ago. “Sam was a big Jared Butler fan in the draft,” Daigneault said before the game. His only shot, a reverse layup, was blocked. “I told him to dress, because why not, and I told him he probably wouldn’t play but to be ready circumstantially.”īutler logged four minutes late in the fourth quarter. “There was no crash course,” Daigneault said. By 7 p.m., Butler was suited up and ready to go against the Jazz, the team that drafted him with the 40th pick in the 2021 draft. Friday that it signed Butler to a two-way contract. The Thunder officially announced at 3 p.m. 14 jersey as he stood at the scorer’s table, ready to make his Thunder debut. More: Thunder forward Kenrich Williams expected to miss rest of season with wrist injury Jared Butler makes Thunder debut “I just liked his aggressiveness tonight. “He’s able to jump onto the moving belt because of how he’s prepared. “It’s like when you’re off the treadmill, and your feet are on the side, then you jump onto the moving belt,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said. The 19-year-old from France is going to get plenty of run down the stretch with the Thunder after getting minutes with the Blue. He shot 4-of-8 from the field.ĭieng’s best moment came early in the fourth quarter when he made a high-effort putback. Thunder rookie Ousmane Dieng, who’s been playing with the G League Blue, got his first NBA action in a month.ĭieng had nine points, four rebounds and two assists in 21 minutes off the bench. More: What to know about OKC Thunder, NBA broadcasts if Bally Sports heads toward bankruptcy Regardless of the position I’m put in, the role I’m put in, the minutes I get, I just want to be out there and help my team get a win, however that may be.” Wiggins played it cool after the game Friday when asked about his role. More opportunities might open up for Wiggins in the absence of Kenrich Williams, who’s out for the season with a wrist injury. ![]() Wiggins has been in and out of the rotation this season. “Transition is an easy way to get points.” “When the opportunity presents itself, I’m confident in the way that I can finish around the rim,” Wiggins said. He was on the finishing end of several Thunder fastbreaks. He shot 12-of-16 from the field, including 9-of-10 at the rim. It was the Thunder’s first win since the All-Star break.įive Thunder players scored at least 17 points: Isaiah Joe (17), Josh Giddey (18), Lu Dort (19), Jalen Williams (20) and Aaron Wiggins, who led all scorers with 27 points - one shy of his career high. OKC (29-34) led Utah wire-to-wire to snap its five-game skid. The Thunder, up 18 points at the time, took no mercy in its 130-103 win against the Jazz on Friday night at Paycom Center. The Thunder came out of a third-quarter timeout and unleashed a full-court press that flummoxed the Jazz into an eight-second violation. Watch Video: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander talks about Thunder's best dunkers ![]()
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