The same team of OKC Thunder that had started the season by losing their games back to back has now found the way to winning them and that too against the insurmountable odds.
Dennis Schroder scored 31 points to lead OKC Thunder as they overcame the deficit for 24 points to win over Memphis Grizzlies by 126-122.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Danilo Gallinari both scored 20 points each for the tea while Cris Paul added in his 18 points for the OKC Thunder as they made a late rally fo26 points to win over the Chicago Bulls earlier on Monday.
As per the franchise, the OKC Thunder are the only team in NBA for the last 20 years who have overcome the deficit of 24 points minimum in their consecutive games to win them both. Thunders will be taking these wins but they will avoid the drama that comes with them.
Schroder said, “It feels really good. Two of them. You cannot rely on it. We have just need to come to pout better in the 1st quarter. But these wins were still good. We can now go home and enjoy this time but we need to be better for the first 48 minutes of a game.”
During this game, Schroder scored 22 points in the 2nd quarter.
Paul said of Schroder, “I think Dennis was, not to gas him up or something like that, he was really inspiring tonight. On the night where we sort of did not have any energy and were lacking our mojo, he was playing really hard and forced us all to get on the board.”
From Memphis Grizzlies’ side, Brandon Clarke took the lead of team as he scored hi 27 points along with Jonas Valanciunas scoring 24 points and Ja Morant adding his 22 points.
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Up ext, Grizzlies will have a road game against the Cleveland Cavalier while OKC Thunder will take on Phoenix Suns.
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