Thunder brush Raptors off shoulder, collect another win

OKC 129 TOR 92

In case anyone wondered, the Oklahoma City Thunder (17-5) are much better than the Toronto Raptors (7-16). The box score is already linked above, but look at the damage done by OKC's starters in less than 30 minutes played apiece:

Oklahoma City doubled up Toronto in the first quarter 34-17 and cruised the rest of the way to a 37-point shellacking, as the bench left no doubt that the first unit's dominance would hold. The Thunder Canadians looked at home, with 5 stocks for Lu Dort and 30 points for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who is the rare modern player who can go 1-10 from three and still have an efficient shooting night (11-22 overall, 7-8 from the line).

Next up: Another "trap" game against New Orleans on Saturday. The Thunder have not been falling into these traps much, but it seems more polite to call it that than "another easy win".