By JESSICA SCHIEBER
The Oklahoma City Thunder have made it to round two of the NBA finals on a series sweep against the Phoenix Suns, I guess you could say that storms were in the area, bad joke sorry.
People can say what they want about the Thunder team, but this team has beaten the Suns by at least 10 points every game.
This series was the first step to Thunder’s ultimate goal, bringing Oklahoma another championship win.
The Thunder won the championship last season and they have only grown a closer bond between each other this season.
The team stats from game 4 are in favor of the Thunder, only four stats had Suns receive more than the Thunder.
In field goals Thunder had 44/82 and the Suns had 48/90.
In field goal % the Thunder was 53.7 and the Suns had 53.3.
3-pointers had Thunder with 17/34 and the Suns with 14/39. 3-point % had Thunder at an even 50 and the Suns at 35.9.
Everyone’s favorite stat against Thunder is the free throw stats.
The Thunder had 26/30 and the Suns had 12/16. The free throw % was 86.7 for the Thunder and an even 75% for the Suns.
The Thunder had 39 total rebounds and the Suns had 33, out of those rebounds 13 were offensive for the Thunder and 10 were offensive for the Suns. 26 were defensive for the Thunder and 23 were defensive for the Suns.
The Thunder had 28 assists and the Suns had 24.
The Suns took over with block, steals and turnovers, however with six blocks, ten steals and 12 turnovers.
The Thunder had four blocks, five steals and 16 turnovers.
The Thunder made 18 points from turnovers and the Suns made 16.
The Thunder made eight fast break points and the Suns made six.
The Suns had more points in the paint however with a total of 54 to the Thunders 50.
Points per possession the Thunder had 1.32 and the Suns had 1.23.
In personal fouls the Thunder had 20 and the Suns had 25.
The largest lead in this game from the Thunder was 16 and the largest lead by the Suns was 7.
Thunder players who had the most points this game were Shai Gilgeous-Alexander with 31, Chet Holmgren with 24, Ajay Mitchell with 22, Isaiah Hartenstein with 18 and Alex Caruso with 14.
Suns players who had the most points this game were Devin Booker with 24, Jalen Green with 23, Dillon Brooks with 23, Collin Gillespie with 20 and Grayson Allen with 12.
In a postgame interview Gilgeous-Alexander said “We just played the right way. Nothing out of the usual like guys were out there making agressive plays and playing for each other.”
This bond between the team is what attracts so many fans to them in the first place, what they do on and off the court together proves that they all have a deep care for eachother and the game that has become thier lives.
They continue to show up because they need each other to show up, not because its what coach said to do.