The Oklahoma City Thunder extended its losing streak to three games with a 113-101 loss to the Atlanta Hawks.
The Thunder were without Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as he was ruled out with a sprained ankle before the game. The Thunder instead rolled out a very big and tall starting lineup of Josh Giddey — Lu Dort — Darius Bazley — Derrick Favors — Jeremiah Robinson-Earl.
This was Giddey’s first chance to be the primary playmaker for the Thunder with SGA out and boy did he look like a natural in that role. The rookie finished with 15 points, eight assists and seven rebounds.