On January 11, Beijing time, the 2023-24 NBA regular season staged a strong dialogue between East and West, and the Oklahoma City Thunder challenged last season's Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat. The Thunder is the big dark horse in the West this season, currently in second place with 24 wins and 11 losses, only 1With 5 wins, there is still hope of hitting the 1st place in the West. The Heat currently sit in fifth place in the East with 21 wins and 15 losses, but a loss in one game would have dropped them two places in a row.
In the first quarter, the Heat took the lead and took the lead with a round of power from the inside and outside. In this quarter, the Heat scored 4 3-pointers on the outside, and conceded a total of 3 on the inside, with a very high scoring efficiency, and a high score of 35 points in a single quarter! The Heat relied on multi-point flowering, with 8 players scoring in the first quarter, and many of them scoring more than 5 points! Alexander, the main player of the Thunder, still has a lot of firepower, scoring 11 points on 5-of-6 shooting in the first quarter, and another 1 rebound, 3 assists and 1 steal, but there are no other strong points to stand up and continue to fire, and he fell behind by 6 points at 29-35 in the first quarter;
In the second quarter, the two teams felt significantly warmer, and both played high scores. In this quarter, both teams had strong outside firepower, the Thunder made 6 of 8 3-pointers, the Heat made 5 of 9, and in terms of interior scoring, the Thunder shot higher, but the Heat got more free throw opportunities. In this quarter, Alexander made 0 shots and only relied on free throws to score 1 point; But the other players stepped up, and Joe became a wonder man on the bench, scoring nine points on three 3-pointers in the quarter; At halftime, the Thunder trailed by four points at 65-69;
Yibian fought again, and the Thunder began to work hard in the third quarter to open up the difference, and the Heat's hand felt significantly declined. In this quarter, the Thunder mainly relied on the inside line to score, conceded a total of 4 shots, and scored 34 points in a single quarter! Alexander came back in the quarter, scoring nine points on 4-of-8 shooting, along with one rebound and three assists. The Heat's interior shooting rate was quite low, only 2 of 12 shots, 3 of 8 from the outside, and scored 27 points in a single quarter, and at the end of the 3rd quarter, the Thunder led 99-96 to 3 points!
In the final quarter, the Heat did not warm up in this quarter, and the Thunder continued to work hard inside and outside to open up the difference, and the game gradually lost suspense. In this quarter, the Thunder hit 5 3-pointers, and the inside shooting rate exceeded 5 percent; The Heat only had 1 of 8 on the outside, and the inside line also frequently hit the iron, and finally failed to fight back and lost 120-128.
In this game, the Thunder scored 5 double-doubles, including Alexander 28 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists, Jalen Williams 19 points, 9 rebounds and 12 assists, Holmgren 23 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocks, Dort 14 points and 2 boards, Keady 9 points and 7 boards, Isaiah Joe 11 points and 2 boards, Wallace 8 points and 2 boards, Kenrich Williams 7 points and 6 boards, Misic 4 points and 5 assists, Jaylin Williams 3 points and 4 assists;
On the Heat side, six players scored double-doubles, Adebayo 25 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists, Harkes 21 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Jovic 15 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Highsmith 19 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Herro 17 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, Richardson 8 points and 2 assists, Love 12 points and 5 boards, Dunroe 3 points and 2 steals. List of high-quality authors