Playing the first night of the final back-to-back of the season, the Oklahoma City Thunder suffered their worst loss of the season to the shorthanded Charlotte Hornets, 137-134, on Tuesday.
The problem wasn’t the offense — as the Thunder had a trio of 30-point scorers in Josh Giddey, Jalen Williams and Isaiah Joe. Amazing production with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander out due to an ankle sprain.
The problem was the defense — as P.J. Washington scored a career-high 43 points on 16-of-24 shooting with 22 of them coming in the fourth quarter.