There is no one who can handle them Oklahoma City Thunderwho were chained before the Dallas Mavericks his fourteenth in a row (132-111) and they continue to rule with an iron fist at the beginning of the NBA season with a superlative balance of 22 wins and only one defeatwhich they harvested just a month ago, on November 6, in Portland and for only two points (121-119).
With that baggage already They have surpassed the second best start in the history of the league that worked in the power of the Knicks of the 1969-70 season (20-1) and the Rockets of the 1993-94 season (20-1). They are just three wins away from matching the Warriors' best-ever start to the 2015-16 season, which began the campaign with 24-0 record until they lost their first match (25-1).
Arguments of the new dynasty
Los Thunderin case anyone doubted it, they are the main favorites to win their second consecutive ring and continue with what points to the beginning of a new dynasty due to talent, defensive intensity, offensive resources and youth of its squad.
Not in vain, they boast the best defense in the NBA (107.1), the second best offense (122.7), only behind Nikola Jokic's Nuggets (125.5), and the biggest point difference in their games with an average of 15.6 points, which demonstrates the sufficiency with which this team wins its games, which has not yet lost at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma (11-0).
Nth recital by the Canadian MVP
The umpteenth victim of this basketball machine were the impoverished Mavericks' Naji Marshall (18) y Cooper Flagg (16+2+2)unable to stop the barrage of play from the NBA leader, commanded one more day by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who finished with 33 points (8/10 t2, 2/2 t3 and 11/12 tl), 5 rebounds, 6 assists and a block in three quarters (29 minutes).
The Canadian MVP, supported by Jalen Williams (15+8+5) y Chet Holmgren (15+8+1), scored 17 points in the first half to lead his team's escape into the break (63-48). And he contributed 16 in the third with 5/6 tc and four free throws to secure the victory with a partial of 41-26 (104-74).
Matches Antetokounmpo and goes after Chamberlain
It is the ninth game this season that Shai scores at least 30 points in 30 minutes or lessequaling a record held Giannis Antetokounmpo, who also did something like this nine times in the 2019-20 campaign, but the Greek from the Bucks It took 63 games to achieve it and the Canadian He has done it in 23 games.
Gilgeous-Alexander has scored at least 20 points in 95 games in a rowthe second-longest streak in NBA history, surpassed only by Wilt Chamberlain's 126 between 1961 and 1963. They remain 31 parties to be able to match the record of the legend that seemed impossible for anyone to surpass, but seeing how these Thunder spend their time and that Shai is at full capacityit can be at your fingertips.
