{"id":338226,"date":"2025-12-11T04:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T04:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/338226\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T04:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T04:03:08","slug":"gilgeous-alexander-scores-28-as-thunder-tie-nba-record-for-best-start-with-138-89-blowout-of-suns-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/338226\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilgeous-Alexander scores 28 as Thunder tie NBA record for best start with 138-89 blowout of Suns | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"

But Phoenix star Devin Booker missed his third straight game with a strained right groin. He scored 21 points in the previous matchup and said in the postgame that the \u201csecret is out\u201d about the Thunder\u2019s league-leading defense.<\/p>\n

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It appears the Suns have more to learn. They shot 39.3% from the field and scored a season-low point total. Dillon Brooks led the Suns with 16 points, but he made just 4 of 16 shots. It was the fewest points Oklahoma City has allowed this season.<\/p>\n

Jalen Williams hit a 3-pointer at the halftime buzzer to give the Thunder a 74-48 lead. Gilgeous-Alexander scored 17 points in the first half despite just eight shot attempts.<\/p>\n

It was Gilgeous-Alexander\u2019s 96th straight game with at least 20 points. The Canadian guard reached the total on a breakaway dunk that put the Thunder up 84-50 with 9:15 left in the third quarter.<\/p>\n

Phoenix guard Grayson Allen was ejected after he shoved Holmgren and knocked him to the floor. The Thunder led 94-58 with 5:18 left in the third quarter when the two collided while Holmgren appeared to be setting a screen. Allen extended both arms<\/a>, knocking Holmgren to the floor, and was called for a Flagrant 2. <\/p>\n

Up next:<\/p>\n

Suns: Host the Golden State Warriors next Thursday.<\/p>\n

Thunder: Advanced to the semifinal on Saturday against the Los Angeles Lakers or San Antonio.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

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

Cliff Brunt, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"But Phoenix star Devin Booker missed his third straight game with a strained right groin. He scored 21…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,459,44,2464,2465,2466,82],"class_list":["post-338226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-nba","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338226","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=338226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}