OKC Thunder vs Charlotte Hornets | Highlights | Las Vegas Summer League | July 19, 2025

OKC Thunder vs Charlotte Hornets | Highlights | Las Vegas Summer League | July 19, 2025

See, you got to come up with you got to come up with harder trivia questions when I’m answering them before you can even finish the question cuz I don’t even remember what the one yesterday was about. I just know the answer was Joe Dumar. It was a great question though. Timer at four for Gortman. Goes away from the Leon screen. Missed the baseline. Jay and a nice one-handed stick back by Young Blood. I believe so. And when you look at the Thunder, the difference between the Thunder and many of the teams that we felt that could make a, you know, a true run in the past class and work in the same day every day. Imagine that. Can you imagine the naps I had to take in between to be able to pull that off. Carlson drills a three. Brandon Carlson, secondyear player out of Utah. The difference in that being a bounce pass in comparison to a pass up high is the difference why Kran was unable to get it to go as Barnheis was able to knock down the He also brought in Pat Coneton via trade with Milwaukee. Colin Ston as well signed Spencer Denwy and Mason Plumbley, two veterans to balance out the youth. 15 games for the Hornets this year. Started two. Played collegially at TCU. Prior to that, he was in Memphis for a couple years. Good entry pass. Leon with the basket. Maintain his stamina to be able to do the things offensively but also allow the Hornets to be a better defensive team. I think that’s the key for LaMelo moving forward. And that would also help him limit some of the injuries. That’s the reason why it’s easier for Mark to coach it to the remainder of the team when you got the MVP who’s bought into defending and playing every possession those matters on defensive end the floor and a perfect five for five in this game. 14 points in only nine minutes with Jaylen Sim. So, it’s been a strong performance on the offensive end for Sims thus far with B out of a timeout. Three-pointer and for B, he he’s already got six assists. He’s on actually uh he’s on pace actually for a triple double. He’s got five points, six assists, and seven rebounds. He’s made one basket. Barnheiser with the alley pass to Carlson. Ball boys can actually reach the net to get that one. So now if the Thunder score on that possession. Oh, it’s PJ Hall’s ball. Sims after a hot start has missed three shots in a row. Oklahoma City looking to capitalize. Gordon with a swing and Brown nails a three. That sweet stroke makes them all. Five of five at the line. 13 points and the lead is 27. Barnheiser tough fall away on the baseline. His trainer Darren McLyn and I are very good friends and went through the process with them and conversations. Boy, how is that not a foul? Like got hacked. Orlando’s going to be an interesting team this season as well. Got into the playoffs last year, lost to Boston and Paulo Vanero had a terrific season. Get up. Come on. PJ was going to take off and they want to make sure that they’ve got guys who are going to be consistent and reliable and I do believe that’s absolutely the case for Khan committ Carlson with a follow jam off the Austin miss 30point lead for the Hornets a minute to go in the third quarter. Three-pointer is good. Same spot, same result for Eric Reynolds. 3 seconds to go in the quarter. Gortman gives it up. Cameron Brown beats the buzzer. Summer league champs. They won it in 2014. In 2021, no team has ever won three. See if that changes tomorrow night on ESPN 10 Eastern, 7 local. CFL sticks with the zone. Manto man has not been beneficial defensively for them tonight. Answering for three. Ty Brewer in the playoffs more. So that’s really what Mark Dn talked about SGA was his greatest gift to his team is that no one was hampered by his success. T-wolves, Warriors, Mavericks. So I would put the Mavericks way higher on that list. But I think the Kyrie situation obviously got that that kind of they’re similar at the moment. Yeah. Just talk about the East. All right. So when you look at teams from last year, right outside of the Thunder, name the best defensive teams in the NBA and you give Paulo Banker Carol more room to be able to create along with Fran beside him. Is one player enough though? Question. You think changes the dynamic? One play Alex Caruso changed the dynamic for the Oklahoma City Thunder. I thought of this from a spacing perspective.

Highlights from the Thunder’s 109-80 semifinals loss to the Hornets at Las Vegas Summer League.

0:00 First Period
1:17 Second Period
2:34 Third Period
4:25 Fourth Period

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