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The Cleveland Cavaliers may have surprised everyone last week when they beat Oklahoma City Thunder, but it didn’t OKC long to exact revenge.
The Thunder absolutely embarrassed the Cavs on Thursday night almost from tip off and ended the game with a 134-114 victory.
Shai-Gilgeous Alexander led a 22-2 RUN to end the first quarter for the Thunder and things didn’t get any better for the Cavs from there.
SGA scored 40 PTS, 3 REB, 8 AST, 2 STL, 65% FG in THREE QUARTERS and OKC were up by 38 points headed into the fourth.
The scary part is, OKC are still without big men Isaiah Hartenstein and Chet Holmgren.
The internet is acting accordingly, with the best reactions below.
OKC took that loss last week very personal! Sheesh!
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) January 17, 2025
The Thunder don’t have either big – Chet or Hartenstein – yet against the Mobley-Allen Cavs THEY’RE UP 75-49 AT HALF! OKC IS GOING TO WIN THE WEST. SGA MVP.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) January 17, 2025
I just know Adam Silver shaking his head at this OKC Thunder vs Cavs game pic.twitter.com/8FXHpQZuDQ
— . (@pritchardera) January 17, 2025
It’s crazy to think that the best team in OKC Thunder franchise history might be a team that didn’t have Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, or James Harden.
— Roosh (@RooshWilliams) January 17, 2025
OKC to the Cavs rn
pic.twitter.com/dM6ogqstdI
— PrizePicks (@PrizePicks) January 17, 2025
The Okc thunder to the Cleveland Cavs right now:
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— ⁶𓅓²³ (@tronhoops) January 17, 2025
Cavs getting destroyed by Okc pic.twitter.com/DabIsOwIi7
— LEROY_SZN (@10gotgame) January 17, 2025
Beating the cavs without chet and ihart….noticing pic.twitter.com/T2D36WKOyi
— OKC enthusiasts (@okcenthusiasts) January 17, 2025
If I owned an NBA team I’d send Sam Presti a blank check, tell him to fill in the zeros and stay out of his way. What Oklahoma City has built — and the draft capital it has to keep building — is truly remarkable.
— Chris Mannix (@SIChrisMannix) January 17, 2025
OKC just spawned a white sniper off the bench???? pic.twitter.com/4SDBSmuiSr
— Niko (@nikotaughtyou) January 17, 2025
ring us pic.twitter.com/KrvfEGfopA
— 𝙎𝙠𝙮𝙚𝙙 🇦🇺 (@SkyedOKC) January 13, 2025
OKC just created a player and he’s hitting threes who tf is Branden Carlson pic.twitter.com/uRS0fTwnXY
— ᴱᴸᴵᴶᴬᴴ 🎯 (@Eesus_Christ) January 17, 2025
The OKC Thunder have now won 19 of their last 20 games and move to 34-6 on the season.
Since it was such a blowout, some of the Thunder’s lesser known players got to have a run, like Adam Flagler.
But not everyone could have a night like Shai.
Thunder Players With 8+ 3-point Attempts in a Quarter
Carmelo Anthony: Jan 15, 2018 3Q – 3 for 8Paul George: Jan 5, 2017 3Q – 4 for 8Adam Flagler: Jan 16, 2025 4Q – 0 for 8
Flagler went 0-8 from 3, which might be a Thunder record that stands forever.
SGA just keeps cementing his MVP status.
Shai over the last 9 games:
40 PTS – 3 REB – 2 AST29 PTS – 3 REB – 8 AST33 PTS – 4 REB – 7 AST33 PTS – 11 REB – 6 AST31 PTS – 5 REB – 4 AST39 PTS – 3 REB – 2 AST27 PTS – 7 REB – 4 AST32 PTS – 3 REB – 9 AST40 PTS – 3 REB – 8 AST
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