Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 30 points and Chet Holmgren had 28 points and eight rebounds as the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder routed the Cleveland Cavaliers 136-104 on Monday afternoon.
On a Martin Luther King Jr. Day mid-day matchup, the Oklahoma City Thunder throttled the Cleveland Cavaliers, 136-104, Monday at Rocket Arena. The Thunder used a 45-point fourth quarter to pull away with a dominant win.
Behind 30 points from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and 28 from Chet Holmgren, the Oklahoma City Thunder (36-8) flexed its muscle in a 136-104 road win over the Cleveland Cavaliers (24-20).
Before Monday's matinee matchup with Cleveland even tipped off the Oklahoma City Thunder were short-handed. Down a pair of starters as All-NBA swingman Jalen Williams is nursing a right hamstring strain and Isaiah Hartenstein is still in street clothes as he deals with a right soleus strain.
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