On January 3, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Thunder team hosted the Lone Ranger team, the Thunder core Alexander triggered the health and safety agreement to miss the game, and the Lone Ranger's Porzingis also missed the game.
Doncic, who missed 10 games, returned from the game, and under his leadership, the Lone Ranger led by 15 points in the second quarter and took the initiative afterwards. The Thunder trailed by six points in the final quarter, but the Lone Ranger's Kleber shot three points at a crucial moment, and in the end, the Lone Ranger narrowly defeated the Thunder 95-86 to win two consecutive games.
Field data
Thunder: Gidey 17 points, 13 rebounds and 14 assists, 19 years old and 85 days old he broke the previous three-goal record of the youngest triple-double in history at 19 years and 140 days. Jerome had 12 points, Wiggins 10 and Robbie 12.
Lone Rangers: Doncic 14 points, 9 rebounds and 10 assists, Brunson 12 points, Hardaway 15 points, Smith 10 points, Chris 15 points.
The Star of the Field
The comeback Doncic had a quasi-triple-double of 14 points, 9 rebounds and 10 assists, laying the groundwork for the Lone Ranger to win.
Highlight moments
The Wonderful Tale of Donchi
Doncic hit a three-pointer
Game replay
In the first quarter of the game, Brunson hit a jumper, and Geddy, Wiggins blossomed inside and outside for the Thunder to also in color. Doncic assisted Powell's air-to-air dunk and then hit another three-pointer. The two sides competed, and Ray rained three points to overtake the score. The Lone Ranger blossoms multiple points to regain the lead. Brown took consecutive penalties, Hardaway hit a three-pointer, and Gidey also made a throw. At the end of the first quarter, the Lone Ranger led 26-22.
Entering the second quarter, both sides played, with Doncic and Chris shooting three points to lead the Lone Ranger to an attack wave to lead by 12 points. Edwards hit a three-pointer for the Thunder, Smith, Powell and Doncic scored in succession, giving the Lone Ranger a 15-point lead at 49-34. The two sides played against each other, and the Thunder narrowed the point difference slightly. At the end of the first half, the Lone Ranger led 51-39.
Yi Bian fought again, Jerome scored five points for the Thunder, the Lone Ranger's Brunson broke through, and Smith made two free throws and one shot. Robbie dunked, Pokushevsky took a dunk, and the Thunder chased a difference of 6 points. Smith scored 7 points to stop the bleeding, Robbie still felt hot, the Thunder continued to chase points, after Maledon and Pokushevsky blossomed inside and outside, the Thunder trailed by 4 points 57-61. The Lone Ranger once again blossomed at multiple points to open up the point difference, with the Thunder's Favors and Maledon playing each other, and Doncic also scored three points. The third quarter ended with the Lone Rangers leading 73-64.
In the final quarter, Chris hit a three-pointer and the Lone Ranger led by 12 points. Favors also attacked, Hardaway hit a jumper for the Lone Ranger, and Favors made up a basket to continue chasing points for the Thunder. Chris hit a three-pointer, Doncic made a step-back jumper, and the Lone Ranger continued to take the lead. Powell hit a three-pointer, and the Thunder's Geddy and Wiggins each played to chase a 10-point difference. Doncic broke through to stop the bleeding for the Lone Ranger, and the Thunder blossomed inside and outside to chase the difference of 7 points. Doncic missed three points and Robbie made two free throws and one. Lone Ranger Smith missed a three-pointer, Robbie hit a layup, and the Thunder trailed by four points in the last 41.3 seconds. Kléber hit a three-point shot for the Lone Ranger, who led by seven points in the final 24 seconds and the Thunder failed to fight back. In the end, the Lone Ranger narrowly defeated the Thunder.
Both sides started
Thunder: Robbie, Wiggins, Jerome, Gidey, Pokushevsky
Lone Rangers: Doncic, Powell, Kléber, Brunson, Finney Smith