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The Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> used a second half push to take down the New Orleans Pelicans on the road in the NBA play-in tournament, 123-118.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Thunder will now move on to face the Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> on Friday for the chance to secure the eighth and final seed in the Western Conference for the first round of the NBA playoffs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The game was going back and forth late in the fourth quarter, as both teams traded buckets to keep the game close. The Pelicans used an early fourth-quarter run, scoring seven straight points to pull within two, and it remained close to the end.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the Thunder\u2019s biggest star, did what All-Stars do: Come in clutch.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Down by one, Gilgeous-Alexander took a transition pass after a CJ McCollum miss and made an awkward driving layup to go up one with 28.1 seconds left to play.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Brandon Ingram would miss the Pelicans\u2019 next possession,<\/a> which cracked the door open for OKC to put this one away.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Josh Giddey and Lu Dort hit clutch free throws, but Ingram redeemed himself by hitting a three-pointer to bring the lead down to one.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But it was Gilgeous-Alexander who iced it with more free throws to move on in the tournament.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gilgeous-Alexander had just seven points at the half, but he finished the game with 32 points to lead the Thunder in that category, going 11-for-22 from the field, including a perfect 8-of-8 from the charity stripe with five rebounds and three assists.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But he wasn\u2019t alone to pull off this win, of course. Giddey stepped up with 31 points, while hauling in nine rebounds and dishing out 10 assists as the 20-year-old was red-hot in his first taste of the postseason.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dort was a first-half machine as well, dropping 20 points, 14 of which came in the first quarter. He finished the game with 27 points, including four three-pointers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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For the Pelicans, Ingram was the leader with 30 points on 10-of-19 from the field. But McCollum had a letdown performance with only 5 of 15 shots made for 14 points.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jonas Valanciunas had the perfect matchup in the paint, as the Thunder don\u2019t possess a true center on the roster right now. He had a double-double in the first half with 11 points and 12 rebounds.<\/p>\n

But OKC was able to keep him at bay in the second half, at least on the points front. He finished with 16 points and 18 rebounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Trey Murphy III had 21 points for New Orleans, while Herbert Jones dropped 20 points as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/thunder-use-second-half-surge-beat-pelicans-move-nba-play-tournament <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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