Game ID: 22301012
Oklahoma City Thunder @ Toronto Raptors
Friday, March 22, 2024 at 7:00 PM ET
Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
TOR 35 21 22 25 103OKC 28 35 26 34 123
OKC @ TOR ScoutingOKC @ TOR Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
TOR availability going into 3/13 · 1 day's restOUT Ramsey missed 3 since 3/07, returns tonight: 19 min (112% of 17)
OUT Gueye missed 3 since 3/07, out tonight
OUT Temple missed 12 since 2/12, out tonight
BACK Brown back 3/11 after 4, 38 min since (145% of 26)
BACK Boucher back 3/07 after 2, 27 min since (195% of 14)
BACK Porter back 3/03 after 6, 11 min since (82% of 14)
BACK McDaniels back 3/09 after 3, 22 min since (204% of 11)
NEW Trent Jr. 28 to 35 min over the last 4
NEW Dick 21 to 31 min over the last 5
TOR availability going into 3/15 · 1 day's restOUT Trent Jr. missed 2 since 3/11, returns tonight: 32 min (112% of 28)
OUT Boucher missed 2 since 3/11, out tonight
OUT Gueye missed 4 since 3/07, out tonight
OUT Temple missed 13 since 2/12, out tonight
BACK Brown back 3/11 after 4, 35 min since (136% of 26)
BACK Ramsey back 3/13 after 3, 19 min since (112% of 17)
BACK McDaniels back 3/09 after 3, 22 min since (201% of 11)
NEW Dick 21 to 33 min over the last 5
TOR availability going into 3/17 · 1 day's restOUT Barrett missed 2 since 3/13, out tonight
OUT Freeman-Liberty missed 2 since 3/13, returns tonight: 3 min (15% of 18)
OUT Boucher missed 3 since 3/11, out tonight
OUT Gueye missed 5 since 3/07, out tonight
OUT Temple missed 14 since 2/12, out tonight
BACK Trent Jr. back 3/15 after 2, 32 min since (112% of 28)
BACK Brown back 3/11 after 4, 33 min since (129% of 26)
BACK Ramsey back 3/13 after 3, 19 min since (109% of 17)
BACK McDaniels back 3/09 after 3, 22 min since (201% of 11)
NEW Quickley 33 to 38 min over the last 4
NEW Dick 21 to 32 min over the last 5
TOR availability going into 3/20 · 2 days' restOUT Barrett missed 3 since 3/13, out tonight
OUT Boucher missed 4 since 3/11, out tonight
OUT Gueye missed 6 since 3/07, returns tonight: 13 min (123% of 11)
OUT Temple missed 15 since 2/12, out tonight
BACK Trent Jr. back 3/15 after 2, 31 min since (111% of 28)
BACK Brown back 3/11 after 4, 31 min since (118% of 26)
BACK Freeman-Liberty back 3/17 after 2, 3 min since (15% of 18)
BACK Ramsey back 3/13 after 3, 19 min since (108% of 17)
BACK McDaniels back 3/09 after 3, 17 min since (157% of 11)
NEW Dick 21 to 31 min over the last 5
TOR availability going into 3/22 · 1 day's restOUT Barrett missed 4 since 3/13, out tonight
OUT Boucher missed 5 since 3/11, out tonight
OUT Temple missed 16 since 2/12, returns tonight: 18 min (168% of 11)
BACK Trent Jr. back 3/15 after 2, 32 min since (112% of 28)
BACK Brown back 3/11 after 4, 30 min since (115% of 26)
BACK Freeman-Liberty back 3/17 after 2, 12 min since (65% of 18)
BACK Ramsey back 3/13 after 3, 20 min since (113% of 17)
BACK Gueye back 3/20 after 6, 13 min since (123% of 11)
NEW Agbaji 24 to 30 min over the last 5
NEW Dick 21 to 30 min over the last 5
NEW Porter 14 to 19 min over the last 5
TOR availability going into 3/23 · back-to-backOUT Barrett missed 5 since 3/13, out tonight
OUT Quickley missed 2 since 3/20, out tonight
OUT Boucher missed 6 since 3/11, out tonight
BACK Trent Jr. back 3/15 after 2, 32 min since (112% of 28)
BACK Freeman-Liberty back 3/17 after 2, 18 min since (96% of 18)
BACK Ramsey back 3/13 after 3, 20 min since (113% of 17)
BACK Gueye back 3/20 after 6, 8 min since (76% of 11)
BACK Temple back 3/22 after 16, 18 min since (168% of 11)
NEW Agbaji 24 to 31 min over the last 5
NEW Dick 21 to 29 min over the last 5
TOR availability going into 3/25 · 1 day's restOUT Barrett missed 6 since 3/13, out tonight
OUT Quickley missed 3 since 3/20, out tonight
OUT Boucher missed 7 since 3/11, out tonight
BACK Trent Jr. back 3/15 after 2, 32 min since (115% of 28)
BACK Freeman-Liberty back 3/17 after 2, 19 min since (104% of 18)
BACK Gueye back 3/20 after 6, 8 min since (73% of 11)
BACK Temple back 3/22 after 16, 14 min since (135% of 11)
NEW Agbaji 24 to 32 min over the last 5
NEW Dick 21 to 30 min over the last 5
TOR availability going into 3/27 · 1 day's restOUT Barrett missed 7 since 3/13, out tonight
OUT Quickley missed 4 since 3/20, out tonight
OUT Boucher missed 8 since 3/11, out tonight
OUT McDaniels missed 2 since 3/23, returns tonight: 16 min (152% of 11)
BACK Freeman-Liberty back 3/17 after 2, 21 min since (115% of 18)
BACK Gueye back 3/20 after 6, 9 min since (83% of 11)
BACK Temple back 3/22 after 16, 15 min since (140% of 11)
NEW Agbaji 24 to 31 min over the last 5
NEW Dick 21 to 32 min over the last 5
TOR availability going into 3/31 · 3 days' restOUT Barrett missed 8 since 3/13, out tonight
OUT Quickley missed 5 since 3/20, out tonight
OUT Boucher missed 9 since 3/11, out tonight
BACK Gueye back 3/20 after 6, 10 min since (87% of 11)
BACK McDaniels back 3/27 after 2, 16 min since (152% of 11)
BACK Temple back 3/22 after 16, 18 min since (168% of 11)
NEW Dick 21 to 32 min over the last 5
NEW Freeman-Liberty 18 to 26 min over the last 5
OKC availability going into 3/12 · 1 day's restBACK Jay. Williams back 3/08 after 3, 15 min since (115% of 13)
BACK Dieng back 3/10 after 9, 12 min since (119% of 10)
OKC availability going into 3/14 · 1 day's restBACK Jay. Williams back 3/08 after 3, 12 min since (95% of 13)
BACK Dieng back 3/10 after 9, 12 min since (119% of 10)
OKC availability going into 3/16 · 1 day's restOUT Dieng missed 2 since 3/12, out tonight
BACK Jay. Williams back 3/08 after 3, 12 min since (90% of 13)
NEW Hayward 15 to 21 min over the last 5
OKC availability going into 3/20 · 3 days' restOUT Dieng missed 3 since 3/12, returns tonight: 4 min (41% of 10)
BACK Jay. Williams back 3/08 after 3, 11 min since (85% of 13)
NEW Hayward 15 to 20 min over the last 5
OKC availability going into 3/22 · 1 day's restBACK Dieng back 3/10 after 9, 8 min since (80% of 10)
OKC availability going into 3/24 · 1 day's restBACK Dieng back 3/20 after 3, 4 min since (41% of 10)
NEW Hayward 15 to 21 min over the last 5
OKC availability going into 3/26 · 1 day's restOUT Dieng missed 2 since 3/22, out tonight
OKC availability going into 3/27 · back-to-backOUT Dieng missed 3 since 3/22, out tonight
OKC availability going into 3/29 · 1 day's restOUT Dieng missed 4 since 3/22, out tonight
NEW K. Williams 14 to 20 min over the last 4
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Toronto comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 102 a night and allowing 117, shooting 45 percent and 32 from three, 18 free throws a game; Trent Jr. at 21 and Quickley at 16 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 9 a night. Without Barrett (4 straight). One day's rest. OKC comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 120 a night and allowing 110, shooting 50 percent and 38 from three, 19 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 27 and Jal. Williams at 19 a game. That is 3 straight wins. One day's rest.
So: OKC wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where OKC has been plus-3 a night and Toronto minus-9 and the arc, OKC at 38 percent from three to Toronto's 32. Call it OKC 118, Toronto 111.
3/13 @ DET 104-113 — TOR notes
TOR lost 104-113. TOR shot 44% (41 of 93) to DET's 44%, 9 of 36 from three, and got to the line 19 times to DET's 31. TOR turned it over 11 times to DET's 21. The glass went 37-58 against them. Quickley led with 25 (8 of 19, 2 of 8 from three, 7 of 8 at the line); Olynyk added 19, Brown 17. Q2 was theirs, 30-20, turning a 5-point deficit into a 5-point lead, but the other 3 periods went 93-74 against them. They led by as many as 16. Brown's -16 in 33 minutes was the worst on the floor.
3/15 vs ORL 103-113 — TOR notes
TOR lost 103-113. TOR shot 47% (38 of 81) to ORL's 50%, 14 of 34 from three. Trent Jr. led with 31 (10 of 17, 7 of 11 from three); Nwora added 14, Brown 12. Q1 was theirs, 27-24, but the other 3 periods went 89-76 against them. Dick's -32 in 23 minutes was the worst on the floor.
3/17 @ ORL 96-111 — TOR notes
TOR lost 96-111. TOR shot 44% (37 of 84) to ORL's 51%, 8 of 31 from three. TOR turned it over 18 times to ORL's 13. Nwora led with 18 (7 of 9, 1 of 3 from three); Trent Jr. added 15, Quickley 12. Q4 was theirs, 23-24, but the other 3 periods went 87-73 against them. Dick's -27 in 27 minutes was the worst on the floor.
3/20 vs SAC 89-123 — TOR notes
TOR lost 89-123. TOR shot 41% (33 of 80) to SAC's 52%, 10 of 31 from three. TOR turned it over 21 times to SAC's 15, and SAC turned those into 14 steals. The glass went 31-53 against them. Trent Jr. led with 18 (6 of 17, 4 of 9 from three); Agbaji added 13, Nwora 13. Q4 was theirs, 24-24, but the other 3 periods went 99-65 against them. Brown's -22 in 26 minutes was the worst on the floor.
3/22 vs OKC 103-123 — TOR notes
TOR lost 103-123. TOR shot 53% (40 of 76) to OKC's 51%, 11 of 30 from three. TOR turned it over 27 times to OKC's 15, and OKC turned those into 17 steals. The glass went 36-46 against them. Dick led with 21 (8 of 15, 4 of 7 from three); Olynyk added 16, Agbaji 12. Q1 was theirs, 35-28, but the other 3 periods went 95-68 against them. They led by as many as 11. Olynyk's -21 in 27 minutes was the worst on the floor.
3/23 @ WAS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Washington comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 126, shooting 46 percent and 36 from three, 20 free throws a game; Kuzma at 22 and Poole at 19 a game. It has lost the glass by 6 a night. Without Jones (4 straight), Bagley III (9 straight). One day's rest. Toronto comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 99 a night and allowing 117, shooting 46 percent and 32 from three, 18 free throws a game; Trent Jr. at 21 and Quickley at 16 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 11 a night. Without Barrett (5 straight), Quickley (2 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Washington wins, and the game turns on the defense, Toronto allowing 117 a night to Washington's 126 and the turnovers, Toronto giving it away 18 times a game to Washington's 15. Call it Washington 116, Toronto 114, Toronto keeping it close.
3/25 vs BKN — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Toronto comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 100 a night and allowing 116, shooting 45 percent and 32 from three, 19 free throws a game; Trent Jr. at 24 and Nwora at 13 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 9 a night. Without Barrett (6 straight), Quickley (3 straight). One day's rest. Brooklyn comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 101 a night and allowing 113, shooting 43 percent and 32 from three, 21 free throws a game; Thomas at 24 and Bridges at 16 a game. That is 5 straight losses. One day's rest.
So: Toronto wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Brooklyn has been minus-2 a night and Toronto minus-9 and the turnovers, Toronto giving it away 19 times a game to Brooklyn's 15. Call it Toronto 112, Brooklyn 111, Brooklyn keeping it close.
3/27 vs NYK — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Toronto comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 97 a night and allowing 113, shooting 45 percent and 28 from three, 18 free throws a game; Trent Jr. at 20 and Dick at 12 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 13 a night. Without Barrett (7 straight), Quickley (4 straight). One day's rest. New York comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 102, shooting 47 percent and 36 from three, 17 free throws a game; Brunson at 29 and DiVincenzo at 23 a game. It has won the glass by 5 a night. Without Anunoby (4 straight), Robinson (50 straight). One day's rest.
So: New York wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where New York has been plus-5 a night and Toronto minus-13 and the turnovers, Toronto giving it away 18 times a game to New York's 11. Call it New York 112, Toronto 106.
3/31 vs PHI — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Toronto comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 98 a night and allowing 120, shooting 45 percent and 30 from three, 17 free throws a game; Trent Jr. at 21 and Dick at 15 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 16 a night. Without Barrett (8 straight), Quickley (5 straight). 3 days' rest. Philadelphia comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 106 a night and allowing 108, shooting 44 percent and 36 from three, 18 free throws a game; Maxey at 24 and Harris at 17 a game. That is 3 straight losses. Without Embiid (28 straight), Melton (16 straight), Covington (42 straight). One day's rest.
So: Philadelphia wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where Philadelphia has been plus-2 a night and Toronto minus-16 and the turnovers, Toronto giving it away 18 times a game to Philadelphia's 10. Call it Philadelphia 113, Toronto 109, Toronto keeping it close.
3/12 vs IND 111-121 — OKC notes
OKC lost 111-121. OKC took 10 more shots (99 to 89), fed by 13 offensive rebounds, but shot 43% to IND's 54%, 14 of 37 from three. Gilgeous-Alexander led with 30 (12 of 27, 1 of 7 from three, 5 of 6 at the line); Dort added 18, Holmgren 15. Q3 was theirs, 41-36, the deficit cut from 12 to 7, but the other 3 periods went 85-70 against them. Joe's -19 in 19 minutes was the worst on the floor.
3/14 vs DAL 126-119 — OKC notes
OKC won 126-119. OKC shot 52% (45 of 86) to DAL's 51%, 16 of 39 from three. OKC turned it over 13 times to DAL's 19. Gilgeous-Alexander led with 31 (9 of 16, 1 of 4 from three, 12 of 15 at the line); Jal. Williams added 27, Giddey 18. The hinge was Q1, 33-27: from level to 6 ahead. Gilgeous-Alexander was the night's best plus/minus at +16.
3/16 @ MEM 118-112 — OKC notes
OKC won 118-112. OKC shot 52% (45 of 87) to MEM's 46%, 12 of 35 from three. Jal. Williams led with 23 (9 of 17, 1 of 3 from three); Holmgren added 22, Gilgeous-Alexander 20. The hinge was Q3, 35-24: a lead of 2 became 13. K. Williams was the night's best plus/minus at +18.
3/20 vs UTA 119-107 — OKC notes
OKC won 119-107. OKC shot 49% (43 of 88) to UTA's 44%, 10 of 34 from three, and went to the line 29 times to UTA's 18 — 23 points from the stripe to their 17. OKC turned it over 10 times to UTA's 15. Holmgren led with 35 (12 of 18, 1 of 5 from three, 10 of 12 at the line); Gilgeous-Alexander added 31, Jal. Williams 18. The hinge was Q4, 37-27: a lead of 2 became 12, and the lead reached 19. OKC trailed 53-54 at the half and won the second half 66-53. Jal. Williams was the night's best plus/minus at +28.
3/22 @ TOR 123-103 — OKC notes
OKC won 123-103. OKC shot 51% (48 of 95) to TOR's 53%, 12 of 32 from three. OKC turned it over 15 times to TOR's 27. The glass went 46-36 for them. Gilgeous-Alexander led with 23 (9 of 20, 1 of 5 from three, 4 of 6 at the line); Jal. Williams added 20, Holmgren 18. The hinge was Q2, 35-21: OKC came in trailing by 7 and left it ahead by 7, and the lead reached 22. Holmgren was the night's best plus/minus at +14.
3/24 @ MIL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Milwaukee comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 119, shooting 49 percent and 42 from three, 20 free throws a game; Antetokounmpo at 28 and Lillard at 24 a game. 2 days' rest. OKC comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 119 a night and allowing 112, shooting 49 percent and 36 from three, 21 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 27 and Jal. Williams at 22 a game. That is 4 straight wins. One day's rest.
So: OKC wins, on the road, and the game turns on the arc, Milwaukee at 42 percent from three to OKC's 36 and the glass, where OKC has been plus-4 a night and Milwaukee minus-2. Call it OKC 118, Milwaukee 117, Milwaukee keeping it close.
3/26 @ NOP — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
New Orleans comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 102, shooting 52 percent and 37 from three, 17 free throws a game; McCollum at 23 and Williamson at 23 a game. Without Ingram (2 straight), Daniels (19 straight). One day's rest. OKC comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 112, shooting 48 percent and 33 from three, 23 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 23 and Jal. Williams at 21 a game. One day's rest.
So: New Orleans wins, and the game turns on the defense, New Orleans allowing 102 a night to OKC's 112 and the glass, where New Orleans has been plus-4 a night and OKC minus-2. Call it New Orleans 114, OKC 111, OKC keeping it close.
3/27 vs HOU — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
OKC comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 110, shooting 48 percent and 33 from three, 21 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 22 and Jal. Williams at 21 a game. Second night of a back-to-back. Houston comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 128 a night and allowing 109, shooting 49 percent and 39 from three, 21 free throws a game; Ja. Green at 32 and VanVleet at 16 a game. That is 5 straight wins. Without Whitmore (7 straight). One day's rest.
So: OKC wins, and the game turns on the arc, Houston at 39 percent from three to OKC's 33. Call it OKC 116, Houston 115, Houston keeping it close.
3/29 vs PHX — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
OKC comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 114, shooting 48 percent and 34 from three, 22 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 22 and Jal. Williams at 21 a game. One day's rest. Phoenix comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 105, shooting 53 percent and 47 from three, 14 free throws a game; Booker at 27 and Durant at 25 a game. It has won the glass by 8 a night. Without Okogie (2 straight). One day's rest.
So: OKC wins, and the game turns on the arc, Phoenix at 47 percent from three to OKC's 34 and the glass, where Phoenix has been plus-8 a night and OKC minus-1. Call it OKC 115, Phoenix 114, Phoenix keeping it close.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
TORBB B. Brown
GD G. Dick
GT G. Temple
JF J. Freeman-Liberty
JM J. McDaniels
JN J. Nwora
JP J. Porter
JR J. Ramsey
KO K. Olynyk
MG M. Gueye
OA O. Agbaji
OKCAW A. Wiggins
CH C. Holmgren
CW C. Wallace
GH G. Hayward
IJ I. Joe
JG J. Giddey
JW J. Williams
JW Jal. Williams
KW K. Williams
LD L. Dort
LW L. Waters III
MM M. Muscala
SG S. Gilgeous-Alexander
TOR/OKC the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Gilgeous-Alexander scores 23 as Thunder win 4th straight, hand Raptors 9th consecutive loss
TORONTO -- — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 23 points in his only regular-season trip to his homeland, Chet Holmgren had 18 points and 10 rebounds, and the Oklahoma City Thunder pulled away late to beat the short-handed Toronto Raptors 123-103 on Friday night.
“We did enough to win,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “We weren’t the best version of ourselves tonight. We’re going to look in the mirror and try to figure out how we can do that more often.”
Jalen Williams scored 20 points and Kenrich Williams and Cason Wallace each had 12 as the Western Conference-leading Thunder won their fourth straight and extended Toronto’s season-worst losing streak to nine.
Canada native Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder with eight assists and also had seven rebounds. Josh Giddey and Lu Dort scored 10 points apiece as Oklahoma City improved to 21-13 on the road.
The NBA’s second-leading scorer behind Dallas' Luka Doncic , Gilgeous-Alexander said he enjoys playing close to his home of Hamilton, Ontario, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) from Toronto.
“It’s always fun,” he said. “I grew up coming to games here, watching Chris Bosh and a bunch of NBA legends play in this building. It’s always a surreal moment, and to have my friends and family in the crowd is even more special.”
The Raptors were led by rookie Gradey Dick with 21 points, one shy of his career-best, and Kelly Olynyk with 16.
Before the game, Toronto guard Gary Trent Jr. was ruled out because of a sore lower back. That left the Raptors without seven players, including all five regular starters.
Toronto’s list of absentees also included guard Immanuel Quickley (personal reasons), All-Star forward Scottie Barnes (left hand), center Jakob Poeltl (left pinkie), forward RJ Barrett (personal), forward Chris Boucher (right knee) and guard DJ Carton (right ankle).
Still, Holmgren said the Thunder knew better than to overlook Toronto’s makeshift lineup.
“It’s an NBA game with NBA players,” Holmgren said. “They’re out there for a reason. They have all the motivation in the world to go out there and do what they do. We knew they were going to bring it tonight, so we had to do the same.”
Center Jontay Porter returned for the Raptors after leaving Wednesday’s loss to Sacramento because of an illness.
The Raptors made a season-worst 27 turnovers. Oklahoma City scored 37 points off those miscues, the most Toronto has allowed in any game this season.
“It’s really hard to play when you constantly are having a disadvantage in transition,” Raptors coach Darko Rajakovic said.
The Thunder finished with 17 steals, the third-most by any NBA team this season.
Dick scored 13 points in the first, his highest total in a single quarter, as Toronto led 35-28 after one.
Oklahoma City opened the second with a 15-2 run, taking a 45-37 lead on Giddey’s 3-pointer with 9:08 left in the half.
“The group to start the second quarter really amped the game up physically,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said. “On the defensive end, we strung together a lot of stops at the beginning of that period to get ourselves a lead, get ourselves out on the break.”
The Thunder were up 63-56 at halftime and took an 89-78 lead to the fourth.
UP NEXT
Thunder: Visit the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday night.
Raptors: Visit the Washington Wizards on Saturday night.