"I thought our force on offense in the second half was much better," Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said. "We kind of relied on ju

The Oklahoma City Thunder pulled away in the fourth quarter and crushed the Houston Rockets’ NBA Cup hopes Saturday in Las Vegas.

Through the game’s first nine minutes, the Thunder scored only nine points. Through 12, the teams combined to shoot 13-for-47, including 4-for-22 on 3-pointers. They had nine turnovers, which weren’t debilitating to either squad because nobody was capable of turning even the mistakes into easy points.