{"id":399935,"date":"2026-01-10T06:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T06:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/399935\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T06:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T06:11:07","slug":"short-handed-thunder-rally-from-21-point-deficit-to-beat-grizzlies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/399935\/","title":{"rendered":"Short-handed Thunder rally from 21-point deficit to beat Grizzlies"},"content":{"rendered":"

MEMPHIS, Tenn. \u2014 Jalen Williams scored 26 points, Kenrich Williams added 21, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:07 left, and the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> overcame a 21-point deficit in the second half and beat the Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> 117-116 on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Memphis and Oklahoma City were working with short-handed lineups.<\/p>\n

Ajay Mitchell added 23 points for Oklahoma City, which has won 16 straight against Memphis, including a sweep in the first round of last year’s playoffs. Aaron Wiggins finished with 16 points.<\/p>\n

Jaren Jackson Jr. led Memphis with 23 points and seven rebounds. GG Jackson finished with 18 points, and Santi Aldama added 15. Memphis has lost six of seven.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City whittled away and pulled within 80-68 midway through the third, helped by a 15-6 run. Oklahoma City shot 61 per cent in the third period and trailed 94-81 after three quarters.<\/p>\n

The Thunder took the lead with 1:07 left in the fourth quarter when a 3-pointer by Kenrich Williams made it 115-114.<\/p>\n

While Memphis has dealt with absences much of the season, Oklahoma City played without Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a>, Chet Holmgren and Isaiah Hartenstein, among others. While Hartenstein has been out for several games with a soleus strain, Gilgeous-Alexander, Holmgren and Cason Wallace played in Wednesday’s 129-125 overtime loss to Utah.<\/p>\n

Memphis continued to miss primary starters Ja Morant (right calf contusion) and Zach Edey (left ankle stress) among six rotation players on the injury list.<\/p>\n

Thunder: Host the Miami Heat on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Grizzlies: Complete a four-game homestand against the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MEMPHIS, Tenn. \u2014 Jalen Williams scored 26 points, Kenrich Williams added 21, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:07…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-399935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399935","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=399935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}