"The Thunder have several players dealing with injuries, including reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (abdominal strain) and 2025 All-Star Jalen Williams (strained right hamstring). Both are to be re-evaluated in the coming weeks. Oklahoma City compensated with balanced scoring. Chet Holmgren scored 15 points, Isaiah Joe had 11 and Isaiah Hartenstein and Lu Dort each added 10. Michael Porter Jr. had 22 points and nine rebounds, and Nolan Traore added 17 points for the Nets."
"Oklahoma City trailed 23-21 at the end of the first quarter, but took control early in the second and broke out to a 38-26 lead. Brooklyn went the first 8 1/2 minutes of the second quarter without a field goal. Dort was fouled on a made 3-pointer with 2:18 left in the second quarter. He made the free throw to put the Thunder up 43-30."
"Oklahoma City led 50-33 at halftime after holding the Nets to 3-for-17 shooting in the second quarter. It was the lowest-scoring half the Thunder have allowed this season, and the 10 points for Brooklyn were a low for an Oklahoma City opponent. Thunder guard Nikola Topic, who recently made his NBA debut after undergoing treatment for testicular cancer, hit a 3-pointer and a finger roll during a 7-3 run that gave the Thunder an 86-70 lead."
Jared McCain scored a season-high 21 points off the bench as the injury-shortened Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Brooklyn Nets 105-86. The Thunder have several players dealing with injuries, including Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (abdominal strain) and Jalen Williams (strained right hamstring), both to be re-evaluated in the coming weeks. Oklahoma City produced balanced scoring from Chet Holmgren, Isaiah Joe, Isaiah Hartenstein and Lu Dort while holding Brooklyn to 36.7 percent shooting. The Thunder dominated the second quarter, led 50-33 at halftime after holding the Nets to 3-for-17, and extended the lead with a late run that included Nikola Topic’s 3-pointer.
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