Chet Holmgren scored 23 factors within the second half because the Thunder overcame a 29-point deficit to take a 3-0 sequence lead over the Grizzlies on Thursday evening, 114-108.
The highest-seeded Thunder overcame the most important halftime deficit (26) and the second-largest deficit (29) in NBA playoffs historical past, trailing solely the Clippers’ 31-point burst towards the Warriors in Recreation 2 of their first-round sequence within the 2019 NBA playoffs.
By the way, Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was a rookie on that Clippers group that accomplished the inconceivable comeback six years in the past. On Thursday, he skilled the identical feeling once more.
“I utterly forgot about that [game], so it did not cross my thoughts, however that’s loopy,” Gilgeous-Alexander stated, via ESPN’s Tim McMahon. “If they might construct it, we might erase it. That is how we see it. That is what we did.”
