Jalen Williams scored 23 points to lead the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder to a 118-112 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday.
Williams added seven rebounds, six assists, two blocks and a steal. He was one of three players on the Thunder to score at least 20 points, as Chet Holmgren added 22 and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished with 20.Williams scored 11 of his points in the fourth quarter as Oklahoma City held off a late push by the Grizzlies .Desmond Bane played for the first time since Jan. 12, and he led Memphis with 22 points and seven assists. Bane had been dealing with an ankle injury.
Bane sank the ensuring free throw, but when the Grizzlies gained possession, Oklahoma City's Cason Wallace took the ball from Jaren Jackson and fed it to Holmgren, who went right back to Wallace for a dunk and a 114-107 lead with 44.5 seconds left.The Thunder hit all four of their free-throw attempts the rest of the way to seal the victory.Oklahoma City has won back-to-back games and five of its past six to move into a tie with the Denver Nuggets for the top spot in the Western Conference.
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