The Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander sounds off on Kenny Atkinson’s fight with Lou Dort

OKLAHOMA CITY — After Oklahoma City Thunder‘s 136-116 win vs Cleveland CavaliersAll-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander he got a lot off his chest, including the head coach of the Cavs Kenny Atkinson it goes on Lou Dort. After winning, Gilgeous-Alexander discussed the Thunder’s decisive 30-2 run it changed the complexion of the game. The Oklahoma City faithful rejoiced as the lead grew to 42 points at the Pike Center.

However, as Dort celebrated with fans near the Cavaliers’ bench, Atkinson took exception to the Thunder veteran’s riling up the crowd. This got Gilgeous-Alexander’s attention before the All-Stars intervened.

“He didn’t like the celebration.” “I thought it was a bit of a tease,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. But I didn’t think it was… it’s nothing against their team, their players, their coaches. It was just us and our fans having a good time.”

After that Thunder’s 30-2 first half run against the CavsOklahoma City grabbed a big lead and spent the rest of the game holding Cleveland at bay. After the win, Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault discussed the catalyst for his team’s first-half scoring.

“We were stacking the stations; we turned them over. “Great activity, and I thought we just handled the point of attack a lot better tonight,” Daigneault said. “We were able to numb that part of the game, and last week we were right behind the ball the whole game.” And really, they had their way in terms of touching the paint against us and rooting for us on individual defense. That didn’t happen to us much.

“We just wanted to get it under control and see if we could do it against this team.” When we did that, we were able to put them behind the game and use our pressure and aggressiveness, and I thought that was the catalyst. “Two points over that part is a small number,” Dayno concluded.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander takes an honest look at the Thunder’s 30-2 run

The Thunder’s 30-2 run set the tone in their lopsided win against the Cavs. Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander he says His team’s focus on both ends of the floor made all the difference.

“Things like that don’t happen too often,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “We played well offensively and defensively, and we just kept possession; stayed in the moment. You give yourself a chance to run like that when you do the little things and stay in the moment. That’s what we did. (We) gave ourselves a chance, and that’s what happened tonight.”

With the rematch win, the Thunder tied Kenny Atkinson and the Cavs’ 36-6 record for the NBA’s best record.