It would take a season-high 24 lead changes to determine a winner in Sunday afternoon’s matchup. A pair of undrafted Montreal natives took the spotlight in the scoring column while the Thunder’s rookie Aleksej Pokuševski put his versatile game on full display.
Game Flow
It was raining 3s in sunny Tampa Bay on Sunday afternoon. Both the Raptors and the Thunder came out of the gates shooting at hyper-efficient clips from behind the arc. OKC went 6-for-10 in the first frame in large part to its sophomore guard Lu Dort who exploded for an incredible 21 points in his first 11 minutes of playing time. The Montreal native went a perfect 7-for-7 from the field which included a spotless 5-for-5 performance from deep. The 21-point outburst put Dort among exclusive company as one of just seven players in OKC history to record 20 or more points in a single quarter.