OKC Thunder: OKC Blue still struggling with injuries – roundup

The OKC Thunder affiliate the OKC Blue are struggling to gain victories and find consistency with a 1-4 record over a two week period.

The OKC Blue took on the Iowa Wolves in a high scoring match-up, eventually losing 124-115. Luguentz Dort played his last game, being called up to the OKC Thunder squad where he is playing well. In this game Dort led the team with 24 points and nine rebounds.

DeVaughn Akoon Purcell had 19 points while Abdul Gaddy and Justin Patton both had 17 point double-doubles. Patton had 11 rebounds, Gaddy had 11 assists.

The next game up was against the Stockton Kings which is where the Blue broke their losing streak. They took the match 127-104. This was Deonte Burton‘s punishment game where he almost collected a triple-double with 22 points, eight assists, and seven rebounds.

Akoon Purcell had 22 points as well while Vincent Edwards, Kadeem Jack and Patton all had double-doubles. All players were in double-figure scoring except Bazoumana Kone who failed to score.

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Then the Blue took on the Texas Legends for the second time this season. Unfortunately, the result did not change as the Legends won 128-115. Akoon-Purcell was the top scorer with 30 points. Burton was again solid with 25 points, eight rebounds, and six assists.

Myke Henry back from injury, scored14 points in a welcome return. Abdul Gaddy had a fine game at the point, handing out 12 assists.

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From there the Blue took on the Salt Lake City Stars, losing a thriller in overtime, 98-96. Myke Henry was huge off the bench, scoring a game-high 24 points. Abdul Gaddy had 17 points and eight assists.

Burton had a poor shooting game going 5-of-13 for 14 points. He did collect 11 rebounds on the night too. The night also marked the season debut of Anthony Roberson, hopefully, he’ll get his season debut for the varsity squad soon.

The next game for the Blue was a rematch against the Stars. Unfortunately the game was not as close with the Stars running out 106-87 point winners. Burton had another double-double with 18 points and ten rebounds.

Patton just missed out on a double-double with 14 points and nine rebounds to go along with five blocks. Henry struggled after being reinserted back into the starting line-up, scoring eight points on 3-of-10 shooting.

Gaddy was again huge at the point, dishing out 15 assists. Gaddy moved past Larry Owens during the week into fourth place for the OKC Blue all-time assists. He is now 18 assists behind Mustafa Shakur for third.

Check back next week for your OKC Blue update.