Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder look to go up 3-0 on the New Orleans Pelicans today.
The first game of this series put a scare into the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder (2-0) before they blew the doors off of the New Orleans Pelicans (0-2) in Game 2. Now the series shifts to New Orleans where Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Oklahoma City will try to jump out to an insurmountable lead in this first-round series. In Game 2 Oklahoma City turned the screws with Gilgeous-Alexander going for 33 points and rookie Chet Holmgren filling up the statsheet with 26 points, seven rebounds and two blocks. New Orleans will be without star Zion Williamson again as the series shifts to New Orleans for Game 3 putting the pressure on Brandon Ingram, CJ McCollum and the rest of the team to get in the win column.
How to Watch Thunder at Pelicans today:
Game Date: April 27, 2024
Game Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
TV: Bally Sports Oklahoma, Bally Sports New Orleans
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So far this series through two games Gilgeous-Alexander is averaging 30.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game on 55.8% shooting from the field. He is playing at the level of a player that is in the final three of MVP voting this season and helped lead his team to the number one overall seed in the Western Conference.
Oklahoma City has had balance with rising stars Holmgren (20.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game) and Williams (20.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game) both playing at a high level through the first two games this series. Those three and the rest of the young roster around them became the first team ever to have all points come from players 25 years old or younger.
For New Orleans, the offense has really struggled without Williamson in the lineup. This season the team is 7-5 without Williamson in the lineup and 0-2 so far in the playoffs with McCollum leading the team in scoring with 17.5 points per game on 21.4% shooting from three.
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