Chet Holmgren scored 23 points in the second half as the Thunder overcame a 29-point deficit to take a 3-0 series lead over the Grizzlies on Thursday night, 114-108.
The top-seeded Thunder overcame the largest halftime deficit (26) and the second-largest deficit (29) in NBA playoffs history, trailing only the Clippers’ 31-point burst against the Warriors in Game 2 of their first-round series in the 2019 NBA playoffs.
Incidentally, Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was a rookie on that Clippers team that completed the improbable comeback six years ago. On Thursday, he experienced the same feeling again.
“I completely forgot about that [game], so it didn’t cross my mind, but that is crazy,” Gilgeous-Alexander said, via ESPN’s Tim McMahon. “If they could build it, we could erase it. That’s how we see it. That’s what we did.”
