Wednesday’s blowout nice was a nice change of pace for Oklahoma City Thunder fans as the team was thoroughly dominated for essentially the entire game as the Atlanta Hawks defeats them, 136-118.
Unless chaos ensues, the Thunder are basically locked up with the fourth-best lottery odds for the second consecutive season. The Thunder are two games back from the Houston Rockets in the reverse standings with just six games left in the season. It’s not impossible, but improbable for the Thunder to catch up. But Wednesday’s 18-point loss makes that possibility that much more realistic as the Thunder desperately needs to lose most — if not all — of its remaining games.
In terms of the actual game, Trae Young led the way for the Hawks as the former Sooner guard finished with 41 points and eight assists. Young’s former high school teammate Lindy Waters III led the Thunder in scoring with 25 points.