Oklahoma City Thunder 102, Memphis Grizzlies 99 — Recap

December 20, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Oklahoma City Thunder 102, Memphis Grizzlies 99. Scoring by quarter: Q1 OKC 16-28 MEM; Q2 OKC 31-22 MEM; Q3 OKC 27-22 MEM; Q4 OKC 28-27 MEM.

Top performers (box score): Desmond Bane (MEM) 25 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) 23 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists on 8-of-19 shooting; Josh Giddey (OKC) 19 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-16 shooting; Dillon Brooks (MEM) 19 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-23 shooting; Ja Morant (MEM) 16 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MEM

Desmond Bane

25 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 5 3PM · 10-20 FG

Scoring · OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

23 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST · 8-19 FG

Scoring · OKC

Josh Giddey

19 PTS, 5 REB, 11 AST, 3 3PM · 7-16 FG

Season highs

Josh Giddey · Season-high 11 assists

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
OKC	16	31	27	28		102
MEM	28	22	22	27		99

🧮 How They Scored

OKCMEM

36Points in the paint54

16Fast-break points12

15Second-chance points22

10Points off turnovers21

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

49.4%Effective FG%44.1%

12.7%Turnover %10.1%

20.9%Offensive rebound %30.9%

0.333Free-throw rate0.129

Box Score

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G	37	23	5	4	3	0	1	8-19	0-5	7-8	-2
Luguentz Dort G	36	12	6	1	1	1	1	4-15	3-11	1-2	+13
Josh Giddey G	30	19	5	11	1	0	3	7-16	3-8	2-6	0
Darius Bazley F	24	10	7	1	0	4	4	4-7	1-3	1-4	-14
Kenrich Williams G-F	23	13	3	1	1	0	2	5-6	1-1	2-2	+3
Aleksej Pokusevski C	21	3	5	2	0	1	1	1-3	1-2	0-0	+5
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl F	18	5	5	1	0	0	1	2-4	1-2	0-0	-6
Derrick Favors F-C	17	6	5	1	1	1	0	3-7	0-1	0-0	-6
Mike Muscala F-C	15	9	1	0	0	0	0	1-3	1-3	6-6	+17
Tre Mann G	14	2	4	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	-3
Aaron Wiggins G	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+8

Memphis Grizzlies

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Desmond Bane G	36	25	7	2	1	0	1	10-20	5-9	0-0	-8
Dillon Brooks G-F	35	19	2	2	1	0	1	9-23	1-7	0-1	-7
Jaren Jackson Jr. F-C	34	15	6	0	2	0	3	5-15	3-6	2-2	+5
Ja Morant G	28	16	6	8	2	1	4	6-12	1-1	3-5	+2
Kyle Anderson F	22	4	7	2	0	0	0	2-6	0-0	0-0	-16
De'Anthony Melton G	21	4	4	5	1	1	0	1-8	0-4	2-2	-8
Xavier Tillman F	20	8	2	0	1	0	1	4-7	0-1	0-0	+8
Steven Adams C	20	3	14	3	0	0	2	1-5	0-0	1-1	-3
John Konchar G-F	13	5	1	2	1	0	0	1-4	1-3	2-2	+14
Killian Tillie F-C	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

Oklahoma City ThunderTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Bench	37	23	51.1	27.3	-1.3	15.8
Josh Giddey	Bench	30	19	51.0	29.7	-4.7	14.1
Kenrich Williams	Bench	23	13	94.5	15.8	+7.8	12.8
Luguentz Dort	Bench	36	12	37.8	20.0	+17.6	2.0
Darius Bazley	Bench	24	10	57.1	23.2	-30.2	11.8
Mike Muscala	Bench	15	9	79.8	13.9	+53.1	16.5
Derrick Favors	Bench	17	6	42.9	17.5	-20.6	7.6
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	18	5	62.5	11.6	-13.4	11.0
Aleksej Pokusevski	Bench	21	3	50.0	8.5	+15.9	9.9
Tre Mann	Bench	14	2	33.3	12.1	-10.7	6.3
Aaron Wiggins	Bench	6	0	0.0	6.3	+60.0	10.0

Memphis GrizzliesTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Desmond Bane	Bench	36	25	62.5	23.1	-7.9	17.1
Dillon Brooks	Bench	35	19	40.5	26.7	-9.5	3.9
Ja Morant	Bench	28	16	56.3	23.4	+0.1	16.5
Jaren Jackson Jr.	Bench	34	15	47.2	21.1	+4.1	4.0
Xavier Tillman	Bench	20	8	57.1	16.0	+16.1	6.6
John Konchar	Bench	13	5	51.2	15.6	+54.6	5.7
Kyle Anderson	Bench	22	4	33.3	10.9	-35.6	9.8
De'Anthony Melton	Bench	21	4	22.5	18.4	-16.4	6.7
Steven Adams	Bench	20	3	27.6	14.3	-9.6	16.3
Killian Tillie	Bench	11	0	0.0	4.2	-5.0	-6.7