Thunder roll past Kings, become season’s first 60-win team

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder became the first team to reach 60 wins this season with a 121-105 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night.

The Thunder’s 60 wins matched the 2012-13 team for the most for the club since it left Seattle following the 2007-08 season. The franchise record for wins is 64 in 1995-96.

Gilgeous-Alexander shot 10-of-23 from the field and 9-of-10 from the free throw line for his league-best 45th 30-point game this season.

Chet Holmgren added 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Alex Caruso scored 15 to give the NBA-leading Thunder their 14th win in 15 games. It was also Oklahoma City’s franchise-record 11th straight road win, which tied the Cleveland Cavaliers for longest road winning streak this season.

Keegan Murray scored 28 points with nine 3-pointers and Zach LaVine added 19 to lead the Kings. Sacramento has dropped four straight games.

The Thunder broke out to a big lead in the first half that grew to 24 points. The Kings scored 16 straight early in the third quarter to get the deficit back into single digits but were never able to get closer than six the rest of the way.

Oklahoma City then pulled away in a dominant fourth quarter and rolled to their 46th double-digit win, tied for the fourth-most double-digit wins in a season in NBA history.

ESPN Research and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Source: espn.com