Thunder, Twitter reacts to Lu Dort’s big 3-pointers in Game 6 win

After Lu Dort hit big 3-pointers to help the Oklahoma City beat the Houston Rockets, the Thunder expressed confidence in him.

After going 0-for-9 from 3 in Game 5 of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets series, it looked like guard Lu Dort’s offense may have turned into something that was more costly for the Thunder than his defense was helpful.

In the second half of the 104-100 Game 6 Thunder win, Dort showed that was not the case.

Dort went on an 8-0 run by himself, six of the points coming off back-to-back 3-pointers, to give Oklahoma City a 77-75 lead with a minute to go in the third quarter.

“The two 3s that he made late, I give him a lot of credit as a young player to go 0-for-9 last game and people saying that you shouldn’t be shooting” head coach Billy Donovan said.

“The belief the team has inside of him and him taking the good shots — I think that he needs to stop hesitating and then trying to shooting. He’s gotta shoot it. It was good to see those two shots go in.”

“If they back off of you, you shoot it,” Chris Paul said he told Dort.

“I said it game after game: I’m gonna ride with Lu Dort ’til the wheels fall off.”

Some on social media thought the rookie needed to stop shooting.

Former NBA player Kendrick Perkins tweeted that Dort shut him up.

Some other prominent reporters and Twitter personalities simply made jokes in appreciation of him.

The Thunder forced a Game 7 with the help of Dort, who had 13 points on 5-for-9 shooting, and Chris Paul and Danilo Gallinari, who combined for 53 points and closed it out at the free throw line.

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