Halftime stats: Thunder hold small lead over Magic in rematch

In the Thunder and Orlando Magic rematch, Nikola Vucevic had 16 points at the half while Darius Blazey led OKC with nine.

The Oklahoma City Thunder hung tight in the first half against the Orlando Magic in the teams’ rematch from less than a week ago.

The Thunder led Orlando 52-51 at halftime on Saturday night.

Forward Darius Bazley led the Thunder with nine points while four Oklahoma City players had seven. Guard Lu Dort had seven points with a steal and a block, guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had seven points with an assist and a block, center Al Horford had four rebounds to go with his seven points and guard Theo Maledon led the bench with seven.

Center Nikola Vucevic had a game-high 16 points and wing Terrence Ross had 15 points off the bench for the Magic.