Cason Wallace TAKES OVER in Toronto | Isaiah Joe’s Third Quarter | OKC Thunder SURVIVE Toronto
Oklahoma City Thunder survive a fourth-quarter collapse as Cason Wallace takes over in Toronto, lifting OKC to a gutsy road win without Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams, or Ajay Mitchell. Is Wallace’s breakout the spark the Thunder need for a playoff push?
Rylan Stiles breaks down Wallace’s career night, Isaiah Joe’s blistering 19-point third quarter, and Alex Caruso’s game-high +27 impact. The show explores Chet Holmgren’s defensive presence, Lu Dort’s confidence, and why OKC’s resilience matters in the face of adversity. Key topics include Wallace’s evolving offensive role, the Thunder’s playoff rotation, and whether OKC can keep pace with San Antonio and Detroit. With crucial wins over Cleveland and Toronto, this episode analyzes what’s next for the Thunder as they eye health and momentum for the season’s stretch run.
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22 Comments
Rylan you’re the goat
Rylan gotta stop saying we stole games, this is who we are ry-guy 😂
Don’t ever underestimate the grittiness of this OKC Thunder team 💙🧡💪🏾😤🤲🏾 So proud of these guys getting these wins in spite of these injuries and absent players. Thunder ⬆️!
we really need Shai back for the Denver game. Selfishly he might lose out on mvp if he isn’t back soon for these marquee games
When We Won That Chip Everybody Became Champions Not Just SGA, JDubb & Chet .. I Need Chet To Be More Aggressive Like Way More 8 Shots Is Not Enough But They Played Like CHAMPIONS Tonight ‼️
Daigneault still makes me very nervous in situations like that. His inability to call timeout and draw up and easy bucket is very concerning. Y sit McCain and Topic when the offense stalled out so badly?
I love that Cason is living up to his potential. He can be his own version of Jrue holiday, a better version if he stays aggressive
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There's something in the water in OKC… It's Sam Presti. He knows talent and fosters that talent like no one else. And Marky D knows how to coach these young guys. It's wild to watch in real time.
A team that excels consistently (no matter how depleted the lineup is) in the 3rd quarter has a coach that knows how to make adjustments.
As bad as the offense has been, the last two games are a great reminder that Chet is probably the second best rim defender in the league
“CaSo-Caso-Caso” wow that’s all I can say..is CaSo..OMG that boy gonna get his self a DRUG test, the way his COOKIN👀
🦬🌩️🥶🔶🏆🔶🥶🌩️🦬
⚡️⚡️THUNDER🆙⚡️⚡️
We’re deep enough that we should give our bench to Seattle so we can play each other in the conf finals.
Is it just me, or are we getting better at moving and passing without Shai on floor, the data they are collecting with Shai out would be very interesting 🤔
Chet is very fortunate to be in this situation, imagine if Orlando took him at 1 and he was treated as a number one option. They’d be calling him a bust. In OKC we can hide his deficiency’s and maximise his strengths ⚡️⬆️
AC was +22 Dort +16 😮
The last 5 minutes of the game is why you need JD and SGA to handle the ball they got lucky they escaped out of there with the wind tonight
I remember 2 yrs ago while playing Dallas in the playoffs, their fans were saying they won the trade, lively versus caso. Yeah we won that trade. Great game caso.
Honestly I'm not getting to excited about cason yet since it is small sample size but I like the way u talked about it…I really just need to see some version of it when everybody is Healthy. Same with Joe. I'm going to stay optimistic
Cason career game. Not just the points but the context of the game and the injuries. Awesome to watch.
Stephen A better give the boys credit, no SGA/Dub/Ajay and defeating two top 5 seeds in the East
I think we need to talk more about Joe's defensive improvements too. It isn't as flashy but it's still huge for the line-ups. Mark absolutely would not have put last season's Joe in the same line-up as JMac, can't have two weak links on defense. But Joe has grown enough that instead of being a weak link on D, he is good enough to help cover for a weak link instead. I loved the Joe JMac line-ups so far