Thunder 2020-21 Game Notes

OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER 2020-21 GAME NOTES OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER END OF SEASON GAME NOTES (22-50) 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER LAST GAME STARTERS No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate Prior to NBA/Home Country NBA Yr. NO DATE OPP W/L **TV/RECORD 15 Josh Hall** F 6-8 200 10/08/00 Moravian Prep/USA R 1 12/23 @ HOU POSTPONED 22 Isaiah Roby F 6-8 230 02/03/98 Nebraska/USA 2 2 12/26 @ CHA W, 109-107 1-0 9 Moses Brown C 7-1 245 10/13/99 UCLA/USA 2 3 12/28 vs. UTA L, 109-110 1-1 4 12/29 vs. ORL L, 107-118 1-2 17 Aleksej Pokuševski F 7-0 195 12/26/01 Olympiacos/Serbia R 5 12/31 vs. NOP L, 80-113 1-3 6 1/2 @ ORL W, 108-99 2-3 11 Théo Maledon G 6-5 180 06/12/01 ASVEL/France R 7 1/4 @ MIA L, 90-118 2-4 8 1/6 @ NOP W, 111-110 3-4 OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER RESERVES 9 1/8 @ NYK W, 101-89 4-4 10 1/10 @ BKN W, 129-116 5-4 11 1/12 vs. SAS L, 102-112 5-5 7 Darius Bazley F 6-8 208 06/12/00 Princeton HS/USA 2 12 1/13 vs. LAL L, 99-128 5-6 13 Tony Bradley C 6-10 260 01/08/98 North Carolina/USA 4 13 1/15 vs. CHI W, 127-125 (OT) 6-6 44 Charlie Brown Jr. G 6-6 199 02/02/97 St. Joseph’s/USA 2 14 1/17 vs. PHI POSTPONED 15 1/19 @ DEN L, 101-119 6-7 6 Gabriel Deck F 6-8 232 02/08/95 Real Madrid/Argentina R 16 1/22 @ LAC L, 106-120 6-8 5 Luguentz Dort G 6-4 215 04/19/99 Arizona State/Canada 2 17 1/24 @ LAC L, 100-108 6-9 18 1/25 @ POR W, 125-122 7-9 2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G 6-6 181 07/12/98 Kentucky/Canada 3 19 1/27 @ PHX W, 102-97 8-9 8 Jaylen Hoard** F 6-8 216 03/30/99 Wake Forest/France 2 20 1/29 vs. BKN L, 125-147 8-10 21 2/1 vs. HOU L, 106-136 8-11 42 Al Horford C 6-9 240 06/03/86 Florida/Dominican Republic 14 22 2/3 vs. HOU W, 104-87 9-11 16 Ty Jerome G 6-5 195 07/08/97 Virginia/USA 2 23 2/5 vs. MIN L, 103-106 9-12 24 2/6 vs. MIN W, 120-118 10-12 33 Mike Muscala F/C 6-11 240 07/01/91 Bucknell/USA 8 25 2/8 @ LAL L, 112-119 (OT) 10-13 14 Svi Mykhailiuk G/F 6-8 205 06/10/97 Kansas/Ukraine 3 26 2/10 @ LAL L, 113-114 (OT) 10-14 34 Kenrich Williams G/F 6-7 210 12/02/94 TCU/USA 3 27 2/12 @ DEN L, 95-97 10-15 28 2/14 vs. MIL W, 114-109 11-15 **Signed to a Two-Way Contract 29 2/16 vs. POR L, 104-115 11-16 30 2/17 @ MEM L, 113-122 11-17 31 2/19 @ MIL L, 85-98 11-18 OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER STAFF 32 2/21 @ CLE W, 117-101 12-18 33 2/22 vs. MIA L, 94-108 12-19 HEAD COACH Mark Daigneault (UConn) 34 2/24 vs. SAS W, 102-99 13-19 35 2/26 vs. ATL W, 118-109 14-19 ASSISTANT COACHES Dave Bliss (Georgia) 36 2/27 vs. DEN L, 96-126 14-20 Mike Wilks (Rice) 37 3/3 @ DAL L, 78-87 14-21 David Akinyooye (Adelphi) 38 3/4 @ SAS W, 107-102 15-21 39 3/11 vs. DAL W, 116-108 16-21 Mike Miller (East Texas State) 40 3/13 vs. NYK L, 97-119 16-22 PLAYER DEVELOPMENT COACHES Zach Peterson (Michigan State) 41 3/14 vs. MEM W, 128-122 17-22 42 3/16 @ CHI L, 102-123 17-23 Kameron Woods (Butler) 43 3/18 @ ATL L, 93-116 17-24 VP OF HUMAN & PLAYER PERFORMANCE Dr. Donnie Strack (Indianapolis) 1 3/21 @ HOU W, 114-112 18-24 44 3/22 @ MIN W, 112-103 19-24 45 3/24 vs. MEM L, 107-116 19-25 2020-21 RECORDS BY MONTH/DAY 46 3/27 vs. BOS L, 94-111 19-26 2020-21 RECORDS 47 3/29 vs. DAL L, 106-127 19-27 48 3/31 vs. TOR W, 113-103 20-27 RECORD HOME ROAD DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY 49 4/2 @ PHX L, 103-140 20-28 50 4/3 @ POR L, 85-133 20-29 OVERALL 22-50 (.306) 10-26 (.278) 12-24 (.333) 1-3 7-7 6-10 6-7 1-15 1-8 51 4/5 vs. DET L, 108-132 20-30 12-30 (.286) 6-15 (.286) 6-15 (.286) 52 4/7 vs. CHA L, 102-113 20-31 WESTERN 53 4/8 vs. CLE L, 102-129 20-32 10-20 (.333) 4-11 (.267) 6-9 (.400) SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT EASTERN 14 4/10 vs. PHI L, 93-117 20-33 STREAKS W1 W1 L4 6-4 2-9 1-8 5-8 2-5 3-9 3-7 54 4/13 @ UTA L, 96-106 20-34 55 4/14 vs. GSW L, 109-147 20-35 56 4/16 @ DET L, 104-110 20-36 57 4/18 @ TOR L, 106-112 20-37 INFORMATION 58 4/19 @ WAS L, 107-119 20-38 59 4/21 @ IND L, 116-122 20-39 60 4/23 vs. WAS L, 109-129 20-40 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE: Mark Daigneault: DAYG-nalt 61 4/26 @ PHI L, 90-121 20-41 62 4/27 @ BOS W, 119-115 21-41 David Akinyooye: ah-kin-YO-yay 63 4/29 vs. NOP L, 95-109 21-42 Darius Bazley: BAZE-lee 64 5/1 vs. IND L, 95-152 21-43 65 5/2 vs. PHX L, 120-123 21-44 Luguentz Dort: loo-GHENTZ 66 5/4 vs. SAC L, 99-103 21-45 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: shay GILL-juss 67 5/6 @ GSW L, 97-118 21-46 68 5/8 @ GSW L, 97-136 21-47 Théo Maledon: tay-oh mal-eh-DOAN 69 5/9 @ SAC L, 98-126 21-48 70 5/11 @ SAC L, 106-122 21-49 Svi Mykhailiuk: svee mee-HIGH-luke 71 5/14 vs. UTA L, 93-109 21-50 Aleksej Pokuševski: ah-lek-say po-coo-SHEV-ski 72 5/16 vs. LAC W, 117-112 22-50 Isaiah Roby: row-bee Kenrich Williams: ken-rich **All games can be heard on 98.1 FM, the Sports Animal MARK DAIGNEAULT PREGAME 105 minutes prior to the game at HOME and 90 minutes MEDIA AVAILABILITY: prior to the game on the ROAD OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER NOTES Getting Defensive: During the 2020-21 season, the Thunder contested the second-most shots per game in the league (58.8). Oklahoma City held opponents to the fifth-fewest free throw attempts per game (19.8) while grabbing the fifth-most rebounds per contest (45.6). That’s a Tall Order: On 5/11 at Sacramento, Oklahoma City’s starting five measured a combined 408 inches tall, which is good for the tallest starting lineup in Thunder history (Bazley, Brown, Pokuševski, Roby, Williams). The previous record was 406 inches on both 5/9/21 (Bazley, Brown, Maledon, Pokuševski, Roby) and 4/17/13 (Ibaka, Jones, Sefolosha, Thabeet, Westbrook). Hit the Deck: In his first four NBA games, Gabriel Deck increased his career high in scoring (2, 8, 11, 16), making him just the second Thunder player and first Oklahoma City rookie to do so in his first four games with the team (Waiters, 2015). On 5/4 vs. Sacramento, he produced 16 points, three rebounds and three assists, shooting 5-for-7 from the field, 1-for-1 from three-point range and 5-for-6 from the charity stripe. Dort Knox: Luguentz Dort led all NBA players this season in offensive fouls drawn with 57 on the season. He sat well ahead of Garrison Matthews and Kyle Lowry who have 43 and 39, respectively. Three Dimensional: Mike Muscala hit at least one three in 30 of 35 games he has played in of the 2020-21 campaign and Luguentz Dort hit one in 46 of his 52 appearances as well. Dort led the team with 113 makes from beyond the arc while Théo Maledon and Svi Mykhailiuk were right behind him with 105 threes apiece. On 5/2 vs. Phoenix, Maledon passed Alex Abrines for the most threes by a Thunder rookie (Abrines had 94, Harden had 93). Gotta Swat ‘Em All: Thunder rookie Aleksej Pokuševski swatted a block in 24 of his 45 appearances this season, averaging 0.93 per game, which ranked as the third-most among all rookies this season. He ranked second on the Thunder with 42 swats on the season, just behind Moses Brown’s 47. On 4/18 at Toronto, he blocked a career-leading and Thunder rookie record six shots. Dynamic Duo: On 4/7 vs. Charlotte, rookies Théo Maledon and Aleksej Pokuševski led the Thunder as they became the first pair of rookie teammates to each score 25+ points in a game since Tristan Thompson and Kyrie Irving in 2012.

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