{"id":569158,"date":"2026-03-28T03:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T03:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/569158\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T03:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T03:19:11","slug":"thunder-use-22-0-run-to-pull-away-from-bulls-extend-shai-gilgeous-alexanders-historic-scoring-streak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/569158\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunder use 22-0 run to pull away from Bulls, extend Shai Gilgeous-Alexander\u2019s historic scoring streak"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> scored 25 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> used a 22-0 second-half run to power a 131-113 win over the Chicago Bulls<\/a> on Friday night.<\/p>\n

The usually efficient Gilgeous-Alexander made just 8 of 24 shots. His teammates picked up the slack and helped the Thunder shoot 46.5% from the field. Gilgeous-Alexander still scored at least 20 points for a record 134th consecutive game.<\/p>\n

Cason Wallace<\/a> added 21 points for the Thunder, who were coming off a loss at Boston that followed a 12-game win streak. Oklahoma City got back on track, despite All-Star forward Chet Holmgren<\/a> sitting out with a bruised right hip.<\/p>\n

It was an important win for Oklahoma City, which is trying to hold off San Antonio for home-court advantage in the playoffs. The Thunder opened the night two games ahead of the idle Spurs with nine games to play and San Antonio holding the tiebreaker.<\/p>\n

It was Thunder forward Jalen Williams<\/a>\u2019 first home game since Jan. 13. He had missed most of the past two months with a bruised right hip. The 2025 All-Star had 18 points, eight assists and six rebounds.<\/p>\n

Collin Sexton<\/a> scored 22 points, Tre Jones<\/a> scored 21 and Isaac Okoro<\/a> added 20 for the Bulls, who have lost four of five.<\/p>\n

Former Thunder guard Josh Giddey<\/a>, who averaged 17.6 points for the season, scored just five. He had 11 assists, but made just 1 of 11 shots and had five turnovers.<\/p>\n

Sexton scored 16 points in the first half to help Chicago take a 67-62 lead.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City chipped away, and a 3-pointer by Jaylin Williams<\/a> put the Thunder up 89-88. The Thunder closed the third quarter on a 15-0 run and took a 95-88 lead into the fourth.<\/p>\n

By the end of Oklahoma City\u2019s run, the Thunder led 102-80 and Chicago had gone nearly seven minutes without scoring.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Bulls: Visit Memphis on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Thunder: Host the New York Knicks<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 25 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder used a 22-0 second-half run to power a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":569159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-569158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}