The Oklahoma City Thunder continued to further cement their case as a contender when they collected another impressive win on Tuesday.
In a back-and-forth contest between two of the best teams in the league, the Thunder outlasted the Boston Celtics in a 127-123 win.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander headlined the win with 36 points. Josh Giddey continues to stay hot from outside with 23 points, including 4-of-7 shooting from 3.
Meanwhile, the Celtics were led by a pair of 30-point scorers: Jayson Tatum had 30 points and Kristaps Porzingis had 34 points.
With such a massive win, let’s see some of the best social media reactions on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Shai was LOCKED IN tonight.
36 PTS
6 REB
7 AST
14-22 FGM@okcthunder top Boston at home! pic.twitter.com/zXFZ8YVnvF— NBA (@NBA) January 3, 2024
Undefeated in 2024 ⛈️#ThunderUp pic.twitter.com/X366CvDPSz
— Bally Sports Oklahoma (@BallySportsOK) January 3, 2024
Thunder beat the Celtics 127-123.
– SGA: 36-7-7 (14-22 shooting)
– Giddey: 23-8-6 (8-14, 4-7 from 3)
– Dub: 16 + 3 steals
– Chet: 14-3-7 + 4 blocks
– Dort: 9 and 8 rebounds + 3 blocksThat was some game.
— Royce Young (@royceyoung) January 3, 2024
what. a. moment. pic.twitter.com/AMYJZv1tVK
— Thunder Film Room (@ThunderFilmRoom) January 3, 2024
THE THUNDER HAVE SHATTERED THE GLASS CEILING
THEY HAVE PASSED EVERY TEST PUT IN FRONT OF THEM
THERE IS NO MORE DENYING IT
THEY HAVE ARRIVED
THEY ARE LEGITIMATE CONTENDERS IN THE NBA
AND THEY ARE JUST GETTING STARTED
WHY NOT US?!?!#ThunderUp pic.twitter.com/7fVC64JGQW
— ThunderChets (@ThunderChats) January 3, 2024
Chet Holmgren on the are the Thunder contenders question, ended it with “We are focused on Atlanta” pic.twitter.com/UFVN0YrgIp
— Rylan Stiles (@Rylan_Stiles) January 3, 2024
Celtics entered tonight 15-1 when all their starters played.
No problem for OKC.
The Thunder have now beat the #1 Timberwolves, the #3 Nuggets & #1 Celtics in the last week.
— TF (@ThunderFocus) January 3, 2024
Goodnight, Thunder fans 😴 pic.twitter.com/c2L823XifA
— OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) January 3, 2024
The OKC Thunder are young players with old Souls… the way they’re connected on both ends of the floor is a beautiful thing to see. They have a lot of SIGNATURE wins this season and they are LEGIT title contenders. That are definitely Standing on Business!!! Carry on…
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) January 3, 2024
The Thunder over the past three weeks have beaten the Nuggets in Denver twice, blew out the Timberwolves, blew out the Clippers, comfortably beat the Knicks, and tonight they took out the Boston Celtics
Good luck to the rest of the NBA pic.twitter.com/fSWZkPDpXD
— 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒆 🌩 (@Three_Cone) January 3, 2024
Josh Giddey against the Celtics
23 points
8 rebounds
6 assists
8/14 FGA
4/7 3PABack to back 20-point games for the first time this season & dagger free throws pic.twitter.com/WQDB6CKTCA
— TF (@ThunderFocus) January 3, 2024
OKC 127, Boston 123
OKC 119, Denver 93
OKC 129, Minnesota 106
OKC 134, LA Clippers 115You want to be the best, you have to beat the best. And Oklahoma City is the best team in the NBA.
Don’t make late spring travel plans, OKC.
And Thunder Up!!!
— Mayor David Holt (@davidfholt) January 3, 2024
This Oklahoma City Thunder five-game winning streak includes wins against the best record in the West, the defending champions, and the best record in the NBA. pic.twitter.com/UYBeklPneR
— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) January 3, 2024
All Thunder fans rn:
pic.twitter.com/038QHruaei— Hayden Peterson (@hpeteOKC) January 3, 2024
We gotta stop talking about OKC through the lens of if they can trade for a star and start appreciating this team for what it is. The Thunder, as constructed are contenders — full stop.
— Fred Katz (@FredKatz) January 3, 2024
Thunder since Christmas:
Beat West #1 Wolves 129-106.
Beat Knicks 129-120.
Beat the champs on the road 119-93.
Beat Nets 124-108.
Beat NBA-best Celtics 127-123.This is a really good basketball team.
— Brandon Rahbar (@BrandonRahbar) January 3, 2024
& smiling afterwards too lol https://t.co/athp4UosBc pic.twitter.com/LmJFketazP
— Thunder Film Room (@ThunderFilmRoom) January 3, 2024
In the last seven days the Thunder have beat the 1 seed in the West, the 1 seed in the East and the defending champs. We so back. pic.twitter.com/2scb7c8gIv
— Shai Gilgreatness-Alexander (@Jhickness9) January 3, 2024
Energy fueled the battle ⚡ pic.twitter.com/p46gcNkZCg
— OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) January 3, 2024
