{"id":137319,"date":"2024-12-15T13:09:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T06:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137319"},"modified":"2024-12-15T13:09:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T06:09:05","slug":"shai-gilgeous-alexander-guides-thunder-to-nba-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137319","title":{"rendered":"Shai Gilgeous-Alexander guides Thunder to NBA Cup final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\"><span class=\"timestamp \">Dec 14, 2024, 11:50 PM ET<\/span><\/div>\n<p>LAS VEGAS &#8212; <a data-player-guid=\"4dcec409-3ff9-2881-2bc3-b4289ce6c36d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4278073\/shai-gilgeous-alexander\">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> scored 20 of his 32 points in the second half, and the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"bd458c44-2d33-47eb-cebc-35d3d4ac595c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/okc\/oklahoma-city-thunder\">Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> pulled away late Saturday night to defeat the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"78113ad4-1ac7-0c04-dada-388a6ff4e15e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/hou\/houston-rockets\">Houston Rockets<\/a> 111-96 and advance to the NBA Cup championship.<\/p>\n<p>The Thunder take a five-game winning streak into Tuesday night&#8217;s final against the Bucks. Milwaukee defeated the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"15096a54-f015-c987-5ec8-55afedf6272f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/atl\/atlanta-hawks\">Atlanta Hawks<\/a> 110-102 in the Eastern Conference semifinal. The title game does not count in the league standings.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/40544747\/2024-nba-season-tournament-format-schedule-groups\" class=\"img-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/photo\/2024\/1215\/r1428031_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&amp;w=130&amp;h=130&amp;scale=crop&amp;location=center\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/42972866\/giannis-dominates-leads-bucks-nba-cup-title-game\" class=\"img-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/photo\/2024\/1215\/r1427979_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&amp;w=130&amp;h=130&amp;scale=crop&amp;location=center\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Saturday night&#8217;s semifinal pitted two of the top three defenses in the league against each other and both offenses struggled in the first half. However the Thunder, led by Gilgeous-Alexander, found their groove in the second frame, scoring 70 points to pull away after trailing 42-41 at halftime.<\/p>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"1b8bb909-9b5c-2498-030f-1e5140c6eec8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4222252\/isaiah-hartenstein\">Isaiah Hartenstein<\/a> added 21 points for the Thunder, <a data-player-guid=\"2381f346-9247-3ba1-b632-fcef378a2799\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4593803\/jalen-williams\">Jalen Williams<\/a> scored 20 and <a data-player-guid=\"7f199b67-58d7-790d-458c-29e62293032b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4397020\/luguentz-dort\">Luguentz Dort<\/a> finished with 19 points and nine rebounds.<\/p>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"d46a44b0-75e5-3475-a977-c64be5aaec40\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4684740\/amen-thompson\">Amen Thompson<\/a> led Houston with 19 points, one of six Rockets in double figures, and <a data-player-guid=\"dad4f5fb-9739-38ac-b3b5-5d7937c29232\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4871144\/alperen-sengun\">Alperen Sengun<\/a> had 13 points and 11 rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>The Rockets and Thunder have two of the three best records in the Western Conference, making Saturday&#8217;s second semifinal a potential playoff preview.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Associated Press contributed to this story. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/42976269\/shai-gilgeous-alexander-guides-thunder-nba-cup-final\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dec 14, 2024, 11:50 PM ET LAS VEGAS &#8212; Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 20 of his 32 points in the second half, and the Oklahoma City Thunder pulled away late Saturday &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137319\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=137319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=137319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=137319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=137319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}