The end of the regular season is a fierce race to earn a good place before the Playoffs, to make or perfect (or find) your adjustments for the most important and exciting time of the year in the NBA. But for some franchises it is also and above all an opportunity to lose matches give newbies play time, the opportunity to do some tests for the future and make moms proud. For that some do rap, and others play basketball.
The home stats of this Kings – Thunder as pleasant as it is useless in the race for the Playoffs is right here!
What to remember from this match? Not a novel either, but still. Of the Kings who did the job, the opposite would have been quite shameful, thanks in particular to the quartet De’Aaron Fox / Harrison Barnes / Domantas Sabonis / Trey Lyles, also thanks to a Donte DiVincenzo who finally put a few shots off the bench. The Kings resuming their march forward, talk about a march, thus breaking a series of four defeats in a row before going to challenge the Pelicans tomorrow evening in the (François) bay (r) or. Opposite ? A Thunder sure of his choices, namely officially back in the tanking period, leaving a few Luguentz Dort or Josh Giddey to rest, suddenly leaving the keys to the truck and the whole keychain to a Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in wonderful shape since his return, and around him to a whole bunch of kids eager to make this end of the season a launching pad for a better tomorrow. Shay? 32 points at 13/22 for his comeback on Thursday, after about a month of absence, then 36/8/5/2/3 the next day against the Pacers, and therefore… 37 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists tonight in Sacramento , at 12/16 in shooting including 3/3 from the parking lot and 10/14 in throws, excuse us Mr. Clean.
A huge game from the Thunder leader, but tonight it was with a beret and rolling the Rs that we watched this game with one eye. Why ? Already because Théo Maledon continues to grab his playing time and do something useful with it (good defense, distribution, address and even… the second dunk of his NBA career, why not), Théo who will end his match with 9 points, 4 assists and 3 interceptions in 19 minutes, and a nice budding complicity (and interview earlier in the season in the G League) with… Oliver Sarr. Olive and Theo, basketball version of Olive and Tom, freaky version too, and therefore one more Frenchie who enjoys this night the career record of the great Olivier. 12 points and 4 rebounds for the former Kentucky Bachelor, a native of Niort and its famous Place de la Brèche, 5/8 in shooting and even a big bucket from the parking lot on a serve from whom you knowThéo who had also entertained Olive before with the result of a nice right hand hook from the one who is still more bégé than Isaiah Roby who looks like my neighbor Chantal.
First NBA three-pointer for @sarr_olivier! pic.twitter.com/4p2rVnZd1m
— OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) March 1, 2022
We get lost we get lost, but Olivier Sarr therefore scored points last night, literally and figuratively, and seeing him gain responsibility in this truncated end of the season is perhaps not a utopia in this team. young passing troubadours (has anyone seen Vit Krejci’s wolf tattoo?…..). There’s size, elasticity and a little softness, we’re not talking about toilet paper but about an interior that’s both powerful and silkywhich will therefore be closely monitored in the coming weeks.
we’re bringing the jump hook back ????@sarr_olivier | #ThunderUp pic.twitter.com/3gRnkYTHlV
— OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) March 1, 2022
Théo Maledon and Olivier Sarr on the front of the stage at OKC, pronounce henceforth “o broke”, it is therefore one of the good news of the night in Oklahoma and in the NBA. To be continued, or rather “to continue”.
