Social Media Reacts: Josh Giddey's Career Night pushes Thunder past Pelicans

Josh Giddey nails a career-high five 3-pointers as the OKC Thunder escapes New Orleans with a big win.

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The Oklahoma City Thunder secured their 50th win on Tuesday in New Orleans, pushing the team to 50-21 this season and a half-game back of the top seed in the Western Conference. This is a game that saw many peaks and valleys as the Thunder saw their lead swell to 20 points before the Pelicans stormed back.

New Orleans controlled a five-point lead late in the fourth quarter as the Thunder flipped the switch turning defense into offense and knocking down timely triples.

In a game that saw six lead changes, and as many ties, Josh Giddey was one of the best players on the floor. He knocked down a career-high five triples going 5-for-8 from beyond the arc, only missing one shot inside the tape on his way to 25 points, nine rebounds and four assists.

Giddey only trailed Jalen Williams in the points column who posted 26 points, two rebounds and five assists on Tuesday. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made a winning impact by doing the dirty work but still labored his way to 24 points on just 45 percent shooting from the floor. A subpar night by his standards, but the Thunder star did enough late to get the win for Oklahoma City.

This massive win against a Western Conference playoff team sent social media into a frenzy, here ar the best reactions to Tuesday's game.

5 3️⃣'s tonight from Josh Giddey 🎯

The squad was hyping up the performance post-game 😂@okcthunder | #ThunderUp pic.twitter.com/WMVYXefviX

— Bally Sports Oklahoma (@BallySportsOK) March 27, 2024

Josh Giddey is shooting better than 50% from beyond the arc in the month of March on over 40 attempts.

— Nick Crain (@CrainNBA) March 27, 2024

Josh Giddey is ballin

— Andrew Schlecht (@AndrewKSchlecht) March 27, 2024

Excuse me, what is happening in New Orleans. Chet Holmgren MONSTER block and Josh Giddey back to back wild finishes

— Ross Lovelace (@Rosslovelace) March 27, 2024

Josh Giddey has really been stacking up good performances on top of each other.

opponent context mattered for early on but this is the 2nd game in a row against a solid playoff team.

— Thunder Film Room (@ThunderFilmRoom) March 27, 2024

Josh Giddey when he plays against the Pelicans pic.twitter.com/ydmChVVfle

— Stan Him Boomer Sooner (Hunter Harjo) (@hunterharjo7) March 27, 2024

If Josh Giddey is finally hitting his stride going into the playoffs… pic.twitter.com/AhtSkUkvvj

— 👑 𝓝𝓲𝓬𝓴 👑 (@neverbeenequal) March 27, 2024

I can’t explain the way Giddey is playing right now.

— Joel Lorenzi (@jxlorenzi) March 27, 2024

Thunder PR: With tonight’s 119-112 win over the New Orleans Pelicans, the Thunder has recorded its 8th 50-win equivalent season, tied for the most in the NBA over the last 15 seasons.

— Joel Lorenzi (@jxlorenzi) March 27, 2024

Up next, the Oklahoma City Thunder take on the Houston Rockets on Wednesday to open up a two-game homestand on the second night of a back-to-back.

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