{"id":257696,"date":"2025-11-03T00:11:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T00:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/257696\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T00:11:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T00:11:07","slug":"shai-gilgeous-alexander-scores-30-points-to-help-keep-oklahoma-city-thunder-unbeaten-new-orleans-pelicans-winless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/257696\/","title":{"rendered":"Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 30 points to help keep Oklahoma City Thunder unbeaten, New Orleans Pelicans winless"},"content":{"rendered":"

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) \u2014 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> had 30 points and seven assists in three quarters, and the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> defeated the New Orleans Pelicans<\/a> 137-106 on Sunday to extend their season-opening winning streak to seven games.<\/p>\n

Gilgeous-Alexander made 8 of 14 field goals and all 13 of his free throws in 30 minutes to keep the Pelicans winless.<\/p>\n

Isaiah Hartenstein<\/a> had 14 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists for the Thunder, who shot 56% from the field and had eight players score in double figures. Oklahoma City\u2019s largest lead was 36 points in the fourth quarter. <\/p>\n

The Thunder entered the game ranked last in the NBA in 3-point percentage at just under 30%, but made 20 of 48 (41.7%) against the Pelicans. <\/p>\n

Oklahoma City dominated despite three starters from last season\u2019s championship team missing the game. Thunder guard Lu Dort was out with an illness, forward Chet Holmgren<\/a> missed his third straight game with a lower back sprain and guard\/forward Jalen Williams<\/a> hasn\u2019t played this season as recovers from offseason surgery on his right wrist. <\/p>\n

None of that stopped the Thunder from winning their 11th straight matchup with the Pelicans. The Thunder equaled their 7-0 start from last season, when they won the NBA title. Oklahoma City is the third team in league history to start 7-0 in back-to-back seasons, joining the Boston Celtics<\/a> (1963-65) and Houston Rockets<\/a> (1993-95).<\/p>\n

Zion Williamson<\/a> had 20 points and nine rebounds and Trey Murphy III<\/a> added 19 points for New Orleans, which fell to 0-6.<\/p>\n

Former Oklahoma star Jeremiah Fears<\/a>, a rookie, scored 16 points for the Pelicans after getting a warm reception when he was introduced during starting lineups.<\/p>\n

The Thunder made 13 of 24 3-pointers in the first half to take a 75-52 lead. Jaylin Williams<\/a> tied a career high with four 3-pointers in the first half.<\/p>\n

The Thunder led 114-90 in the fourth when Kevon Looney<\/a> hit Oklahoma City\u2019s Ajay Mitchell<\/a> in the face as Mitchell drove to the hoop. After review, Looney was called for a Flagrant-1. Mitchell made both free throws, then hit a floater on the extra possession to make it 118-90.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

The Thunder visit the Los Angeles Clippers<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The Pelicans host the Charlotte Hornets<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/NBA<\/p>\n

Cliff Brunt, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) \u2014 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 30 points and seven assists in three quarters, and the Oklahoma…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-257696","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}