Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault theorized that Gilgeous-Alexander has been officiated differently since the All-Star break. While he didn't have the statistical evidence on han

After Alex Caruso compared Cade Cunningham to Luka Doncic, Dort and Wallace limited the Pistons All-Star guard to 11 points on 5-of-18 attempts. At the same time, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had his fourth 40+ point performance in six tries.

Jalen Williams missed the entire road trip to stay back in OKC. He rehabbed a hip strain. The meat of that trip was a high-intense 113-107 win over the Detroit Pistons. Down Williams, the Thunder were also without Holmgren and Aaron Wiggins. They lost Lu Dort and Ousmane Dieng during the game to injuries.