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Three takeaways from OKC’s 147-109 loss to Golden State

The Thunder fall at home to the Warriors

After hanging around for the first 12 minutes in OKC, the Thunder fell apart in the second quarter as Stephen Curry and the Warriors exploded to take a 21-point lead into the half.

Just two days after breaking Wilt Chamberlain’s all-time Warriors scoring record, Curry led the way again with 42 points in just 29 minutes. There was no answer on OKC’s roster, or possibly any NBA roster, for the all-star tonight.

The youth movement was led by Darius Bazley and Moses Brown who combined for 40 points, but the Thunder couldn’t find the stops to stay in it.

Here are three takeaways from a loss that dropped the Thunder to 20-35 on the year while taking Golden State to 27-28 overall:

Three takeaways from OKC’s 113-102 loss to Charlotte

Takeaways from OKC’s loss to Charlotte

The young OKC Thunder hung around against an injured Charlotte Hornets squad firmly in playoff contention, but a career night from Jalen McDaniels was the difference in a 113-102 Charlotte win.

This was a night to be excited about as a Thunder fan gearing towards the future, as international rookies Aleksej Pokusevski and Theo Maledon showed out early. Pokusevski set a Thunder franchise rookie record with 7 made threes, finishing with 25 points and 9 rebounds despite not playing the final 5:18 of regulation due to a minor hip injury per Oklahoman Sports Thunder beat writer Joe Mussatto:

Oh, and about that early dunk attempt:

Maledon put together a productive night offensively, matching his fellow rookie teammate with 25 points of his own.

Here are three takeaways from OKC’s loss that dropped the Thunder to 20-31: