Grading Thunder Players After Monday’s Loss to Detroit

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander #2 of the Oklahoma City Thunder (Photo by Ian Maule/Getty Images)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander #2 of the Oklahoma City Thunder (Photo by Ian Maule/Getty Images) /
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Kenrich Williams #34 of the Oklahoma City Thunder (Photo by Justin Tafoya/Getty Images) /

Best OKC Thunder reserve performance:

Oklahoma City Thunder. KENRICH WILLIAMS. A. . G/F

Kenrich Williams didn’t start on Monday, but he ended up tied for the third-most minutes on the team with Lu Dort. Williams had the best plus/minus of any Thunder player at a +11. He scored 11 points on 5-8 shooting with eight offensive rebounds (including six offensive), four assists, and one steal.

Best opponent performance:

Detroit Pistons. SADDIQ BEY. A-. . SF

Cade Cunningham and Isaiah Stewart each deserve consideration for this honor, but we’ll give it to Bey. His plus/minus of +29 was seven points higher than any other Pistons player. He was the team’s leading scorer, putting up four more points than Cade Cunningham and requiring four fewer shots to do so. You would expect him to perform better than 1-7 from three given the fact that he’s a career 36 percent three-point shooter, but he made up for it with his overall scoring efficiency and just one turnover.

In closing:

The Thunder are now 4-6 on the season as they head home for their next two games. They will take on Milwaukee on Wednesday at 7 pm at the Paycom Center. They host the Raptors, who will be without Pascal Siakam as they come to OKC.

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