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The Oklahoma City Thunder could continue their five-game road trip by facing the Brooklyn Nets without three starters – All-Star Chet Holmgren, Isaiah Hartenstein and Lou Dort. The Thunder clinched a playoff spot after defeating the Orlando Magic, becoming the first team to do so this season, while extending their winning streak to eight. Oklahoma City improved to 54–15.

However, if the defending champions are to extend their streak to nine, the Thunder will have to do it without Dortch and Hartenstein, with Holmgren listed as questionable on the injury report. Hartenstein, who returned from a left foot injury last week, is out due to management. Dort is out due to rest, and Holmgren, who is still recovering from a left hip injury, is listed as questionable.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished with 40 points, five rebounds and four steals in Tuesday’s win against the Magic. Chet Holmgren added 20 points, 12 rebounds and one block. Lou Dortch had five points and two rebounds and Isaiah Hartenstein had eight assists, seven rebounds and a block.

Alex Caruso addresses memorable play in Thunder’s win

One of the most memorable moments of the Thunder’s 113–108 win against the Magic occurred in the first half when Alex Caruso used his shoe to block a shot. Caruso, who was charged with goaltending and technical fouls during the game, admitted she regrets doing the dramahe said, according to Justin Martinez of The Oklahoman.

Caruso said, “I’d never been in that situation before. It came next to me. So, I was like I’m going to use it.” “I just thought I was going to block it. Honestly, I didn’t know what the call was going to be. I didn’t know it was going to be goaltending and a take. If I had known that, I probably wouldn’t have made it.”

When Caruso realized it was too late to put his shoe back on during the game, he decided to use it.

“As soon as I got my shoe in my hands, I was thinking of using it,” Caruso said. “Not in a malicious way, but I’m going to try to make a play to stop the ball. It’s one of those weird NBA plays that probably won’t happen for the next 10 years.”

“As soon as I got my shoe in my hand, I thought about using it… It’s one of those weird NBA plays that probably won’t happen for another 10 years.”

Alex Caruso finding a technique for using his shoes to block a shot.

(via @justintohoops)pic.twitter.com/8QyPsPf1OB https://t.co/DPknnY5ha1

– ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) 18 March 2026

Caruso finished with two points, eight rebounds and two steals in Tuesday’s win against the Magic.

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Lou Dort has apologized after a flagrant foul on Nikola Jokic in the fourth quarter of their 129-126 win. According to a quote from Dort obtained by ESPN’s Tim McMahon, he said it was nothing personal and that he was caught up in the competitive moment.

“Just lost the contest,” Dort told ESPN’s Tim McMahon. “But shook hands with him, [said] ‘Great game’ and I apologized that this happened.”

He emphasized that it was nothing personal and that he did not intend to hit Jokic in the face as he walked around a screen set by the three-time MVP for Jamal Murray.

“I didn’t mean to hit him in the face. But when I go on screens and things like that, my arms are everywhere, and then unfortunately I hit him in the face. … I didn’t think it was a disrespectful thing. 1. Needless to say I did it. [it] Intentionally, which I didn’t do.”

In postgame comments obtained by ESPN’s Anthony Slater, Jokic addressed the incident and did not believe Dort went too far as he has in the past.

“No, (he did not cross the limit)…it was over since last time.”

This is the second incident between Lu Dort and Nikola Jokic in the last two weeks. In the Thunder’s February 27 win over the Nuggets, Dort passed to Jokic and knocked him down. Jokic became angry, thinking of immediately going after Dort because at that moment he believed it was intentional.

Despite the veteran guard’s recent apology, Denver Nuggets head coach David Edelman is not discounting the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Lou Dort for his flagrant 2 fouls on All-Star Nikola Jokic. After the Nuggets’ 127-121 loss in overtime on Friday, Jokic called Dort’s dirty play an unnecessary move. Dortch spoke about the incident for the first time Tuesday.

The Thunder guard said he shouldn’t have made such a dangerous play on Jokic. However, Edelman did not care about Dort’s recent comments when a reporter asked the Nuggets head coach if Lu Apology means nothing to himhe said, according to Troy Renk of the Denver Post.

“No,” Edelman replied. “No,” as he repeated his terse response.

Dort acknowledged that his foul on Jokic was out of bounds. #nuggets‘ feedback? don’t care.

Coach Edelman:

As a footnote, there is going to be a playoff-physical cage match on Monday night in OKC pic.twitter.com/o3OwGWQ1DR

– Troy Renck (@TroyRenck) 4 March 2026

Speaking to the media in the visitors’ locker room after Tuesday’s 116-108 win against the Chicago Bulls, Dort reflected on the play that caused him to miss Friday’s game, per Joel Lorenzi of The Athletic.

“It was a physical game the whole game,” Dortch said. “Obviously, there was unnecessary contact that I shouldn’t have made. Getting kicked out of the game hurt me the worst. But yes, it was a high-level game. I’m a competitor, so I compete.”

David Edelman and the Nuggets will face the Thunder in a rematch next Monday at Paycom Center.

Nikola Jokic speaks out after altercation with Thunder’s Lu Dort

Nuggets All-Star Nikola Jokic slammed Lou Dort for his flagrant-2 foul in Friday’s overtime loss to the Thunder. Ready to leave the loss behind, Jokic believes adversity will make the Nuggets better in the long run. Perhaps there is a plan to avenge the defeat from the current champion.

According to Bennett Durando of The Denver Post, he said, by no means, that Jokic did not hold back from criticizing Dort’s actions.

“Unnecessary move, and a necessary reaction,” Jokic said. “There’s no such thing – I think things like that shouldn’t happen on a basketball floor. So it was just an unnecessary step and a necessary reaction by me.”

The Nuggets returned to the win column with a 128-125 win against the Jazz on Monday.

Lou Dort has made a name for himself by being the heart and soul of the Oklahoma City Thunder. He is the one who sets the level of physicality on defense, and his strong play helped make the Thunder a championship organization.

However, his intensity and physical play sometimes cross the line, as he did on Friday against Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets.

Given the success of both organizations in the Western Conference, the Thunder and Nuggets have become intense rivals over the years, leading to some heated and emotional battles on the court. On Friday, tensions between these two teams reached a new level when he appeared to intentionally foul Jokic, sending the three-time MVP to the ground and leading to a scuffle between the two sides.

Nikola Jokic faces Lu Dort and Jaylin Williams

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– ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) 28 February 2026

After a scuffle separated the two sides, the play was reviewed and Dort was ejected from the game after receiving two serious fouls. Dort has since been under heavy scrutiny from fans for his actions against the Nuggets, leading to him breaking his silence on the matter.

“It was a physical game the whole game,” Dort told Joel Lorenzi of The Athletic in Chicago on Tuesday night. “Obviously, there was unnecessary contact that I shouldn’t have made. Getting kicked out of the game hurt me the worst. But yes, it was a high-level game. I’m a competitor, so I compete.”

The 26-year-old wing claimed that the game against Denver was a physical battle with “his limits,” but he also said he “crossed the line” in regards to his play with Jokic.

Not only are NBA fans picking sides on what happened in last week’s game between the Thunder and Nuggets, but Denver head coach David Edelman also shared his thoughts on what happened, calling Dort’s actions “ridiculous.”

“For Dort to take that shot — and then I think from his perspective it was no big deal, how he saw it — is ridiculous,” Edelman said. “That was malicious. It was a cheap shot. Lou Dort is a great player, and I haven’t seen him do that before.”

Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault responded to the criticism surrounding Dort’s ejection from Friday’s game, saying the incident was the result of a “chippy game” and “things escalate like that sometimes.” Daigneault did not comment on whether he felt Dort’s actions were unnecessary or excessive, leading officials to eject him from the game.

Speaking with Lorenzi in Chicago on Tuesday, Dort responded to the perception many people have of him calling him a dirty player.

“It’s a tough job for me to guard the best players every night,” Dort said. “I don’t think I’m dirty. I can’t control the media. The media always wants some kind of attention or something. They want that buzz. I can’t control it…

“I’m not dirty.”

No further action was taken by the NBA for what happened between the Thunder and Nuggets, as Dort played against the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday night, recording four points and five rebounds in a 116-108 Oklahoma City victory.

Before facing the Dallas Mavericks, Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault responded to Denver Nuggets head coach David Edelman’s recent comments on Lou Dort’s flagrant -2 against Nikola Jokic in Friday’s win. Edelman called out the Thunder’s Daigneault for his opinion on Dort’s ejection, which was mentioned to a reporter by Daigneault before Sunday’s matchup against the Mavericks.

Daigneault doubled down on my tech As of Friday night, reminding reporters that his stance on Dort’s flagrant -2 has not changed in the past 48 hours since the Thunder’s 127-121 overtime win against the Nuggets, according to Sports Illustrated’s Rylan Stiles.

“I’ll reiterate what I’ve said whenever we’ve played Denver for a long period of time, which is I have nothing but respect, we have nothing but respect for Denver,” Daigneault said. We are respected from top to bottom. We obviously have respect for Jokic, Gordon, Murray because those guys have worked together for so long and had a lot of success, but we also have respect for their staff.

I mentioned this during the playoffs last year. Like I said, I have nothing but the highest respect. I said it the other night – teams make each other better. That’s why this is a great matchup. That’s all I’ll say about it,” Daigneault concluded.

Mark Daigneault was asked about David Edelman’s comments today about Lou Dort’s Hardcore II over Nikola Jokic “We have nothing but respect for Denver” pic.twitter.com/ycNEp339jw

– Rylan Stiles (@Rylan_Stiles) 1 March 2026

Clearly, Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault is not going to shadow Dort for his Major-2. At this point, he will stick to his response that the Nuggets and Thunder matchup is a physical match that brings emotions to a boil.

David Edelman responds to Thunder’s firing of Lou Dort

Nuggets head coach David Edelman didn’t hold back in his reaction to Thunder veteran Lou Dort after his stellar performance against All-Star Nikola Jokic on Friday. Daigneault never criticized Dort for his vicious foul on Jokic, which led to an interesting response from Edelman ahead of the Nuggets’ matchup against the Timberwolves on Sunday.

“Yeah, I think that’s him,” Edelman said. “He’s a more measured guy throughout the season — I think most guys are. If they’re measured they’re more productive. But there’s a point where we play these games, and he tackles anybody on the night [would] React that way. For Dort to take that shot – and then I guess it was no big deal from his perspective, how he saw it – is ridiculous.

“He was malicious. It was a cheap shot. Lou Dort is a great player, and I haven’t seen him do that before. But at some point, you’ve got to stand up for yourself, and so does the team. They’re a great team. That game itself was like that. But, yeah, Nicola, he’s who he is, man. You can’t have the success he’s had and you can’t be as competitive. There’s feelings inside that he’s in control, but that guy is very capable. And very willing to respond emotionally,” Edelman concluded.

The Thunder will face the Mavericks on Sunday.

俄克拉荷马城——俄克拉荷马城雷霆队全明星谢伊·吉尔杰斯-亚历山大在周五加时赛以 127-121 战胜丹佛掘金队的比赛中谈到了卢·多特被驱逐的问题。吉尔吉斯-亚历山大在拿下 36 分和 9 次助攻领先俄克拉荷马城后，所能做的就是在加时赛中观看雷霆队的比赛。主教练马克·戴尼奥（Mark Daigneault）因腹部受伤复出，在首场比赛中打了 34 分钟，导致 SGA 停赛。

在吉尔吉斯-亚历山大讨论了雷霆队伤愈复出后第一场比赛的计划后，他对多特的反应做出了回应 第四节被驱逐。

“他们显然是一支高水平的球队。我们是一支高水平的球队。在过去的几年里，我们经常见面。可能会更投入到比赛中，因为我们了解对手。但是，是的，这很有趣。那里很棒。季末篮球就是这样——就是这样的身体对抗。所以，在常规赛中得到这样的球员是很好的。

“就争夺而言，通常都是这样。发生了一些事情，一支球队咆哮，另一支球队咆哮。卢被淘汰了。卢不是那种人 – 卢试图去那里赢得胜利。我没有看到发生了什么。”

SGA关于卢·多尔特因与尼古拉·约基奇扭打而被驱逐出境的问题：“卢不是那种人——卢正试图走出去并赢得胜利。

我没看到发生了什么” pic.twitter.com/dJReEmNCHn

— 约书亚·皮科克 (@Joe_Sway) 2026 年 2 月 28 日

当掘金队全明星尼古拉·约基奇重新回到场上时，卢·多尔特用膝盖检查了这位全明星中锋，导致他摔倒并撞到了卢·多尔特的脸上。随后，雷霆中锋杰林威廉姆斯介入，威廉姆斯和约基奇之间发生了推搡。经审查，多特被恶意 2 号子弹击中。

卢·多尔特对尼古拉·约基奇的表现绝对是肮脏的。

NBA中没有这样的空间。pic.twitter.com/Ft4z5QQwtu

— 军团篮球 (@LegionHoops) 2026 年 2 月 28 日

两名中锋获得两次技术犯规。

为什么马克·戴尼奥在雷霆获胜的加时赛中坐在 SGA 上

主教练马克·戴尼奥在周五加时赛的艰苦胜利后讨论了雷霆全明星谢伊·吉尔杰斯·亚历山大。尽管吉尔吉斯-亚历山大没有为雷霆队参加加时赛，但戴尼奥对原因有一个完美的解释。

“他已经从 24 天的伤病中恢复过来，可以回归比赛了。今晚让他上场的条件之一就是让他在某个时间点上场，从分钟角度来看，”戴尼奥说。 “我们实际上与他和 [Hartenstein] 比赛前。只是为了让我们在非情绪化的时刻都清楚，如果我们处于那种情况，那就是我们会做的。

“我们显然做到了。我知道这有点不正统，但是，归根结底，我们会努力优先考虑伤愈复出的球员的健康，”戴尼奥总结道。

周日，雷霆队将迎战小牛队。

俄克拉荷馬城——週二球隊以 104-95 戰胜新奧爾良鵜鶘隊的比賽結束後，馬克·戴尼奧特 (Mark Daigneault) 對盧·多爾特 (Lu Dort) 和耶利米·菲爾斯 (Jeremiah Fears) 的混戰做出了即時反應，俄克拉荷馬城雷霆隊全明星謝伊·吉爾吉斯·亞歷山大 (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander) 透露了他對此事的看法。這場比賽發生在終場哨響後，對於戴尼奧來說，這可能是因為多特犯規，但由於雷霆隊領先九分而被忽視。

至少戴尼奧特是這麼認為的，而他相信哨聲可以避免多特和菲爾斯的衝突。對於吉爾吉斯-亞歷山大來說，他並不確定從他的角度來看事情到底是如何開始的，但他也承認他 沒有預見到任何惡意 兩個競爭對手之間。

“我不太確定發生了什麼。我聽到他們在最後兩次罰球後來回走動，”吉爾杰斯-亞歷山大說。 “但我不確定發生了什麼。然後，我轉過身，他們面對面。我確信這沒什麼瘋狂的。典型的籃球混戰。”

鵜鶘隊的官員在法庭上阻止了恐懼， 通過隧道，然後直接進入客隊更衣室，因為新奧爾良新秀後衛仍在多特試圖獲得自由並衝鋒。在兩個替補席清空之前，多特不止一次推搡菲爾斯，目前尚不清楚兩人之間交換了哪些話。

WILD 在此結束，Lu Dort 和 Jeremiah Fears 進入其中並立即被隊友分開。

恐懼一直籠罩著他，穿過隧道，他臉色鐵青，想要舉手。他被迫離開球場一路走向鵜鶘更衣室 pic.twitter.com/z9KxKlzGr5

— 約蘇埃·帕文 (@Joe_Sway) 2026 年 1 月 28 日

沙伊·吉爾吉斯-亞歷山大得到29分，領先五名雷霆球員得分上雙，其中包括切特·霍姆格倫的兩雙（20分、14個籃板）和5次助攻、5次蓋帽，而以賽亞·喬則得到17分，其中6個三分球，領先雷霆替補席。盧·多爾特 (Lu Dort) 得到 12 分、8 個籃板和 3 次助攻，替補出場的耶利米·菲爾斯 (Jeremiah Fears) 為新奧爾良隊貢獻 7 分。

馬克·戴尼奧特呼籲官員支持雷霆隊與鵜鶘隊的比賽

雷霆隊主教練馬克·戴尼奧特表示，在衛冕冠軍隊以九分獲勝的最後幾分鐘，他的球隊和鵜鶘隊之間的脾氣達到了沸點。雷霆隊在主場罕見地連續兩場輸給步行者隊和猛龍隊後，衛冕冠軍以9分的優勢戰勝了鵜鶘隊，結束了主場三連敗。

儘管最終成績不佳，戴尼奧還是 誠實地對待他 雷霆老將盧·多爾特很可能犯了一次被忽視的犯規，多爾特和鵜鶘新秀傑里米亞·菲爾斯之間的脾氣爆發了。

“有兩件事。第一件事是：我認為他們是好人，好隊員，但我認為他們在最後幾分鐘失去了對比賽的控制。最後的爭吵早在貝伊和 J-威爾的情況之前就開始了。我認為他們可以做得更乾淨，”戴尼奧特說。 “然後，第二件事是：我認為這是對多特的犯規。

“如果是這樣，無論比分和時間如何，他們都應該在這場比賽中吹哨，因為如果他們這樣做，每個人都會停止比賽，你可以像平常一樣對這種情況進行立法。但是，因為他們沒有吹哨，所以比賽就結束了。你對此無能為力，最終會遇到這種情況。”

馬克·戴尼奧對多特/菲爾斯混戰的回應：“有兩件事……首先，好人，好隊員，但我認為他們在最後幾分鐘失去了對比賽的控制……

其次，我認為那是對多特的犯規。如果是的話，無論如何他們都應該吹響這場比賽的哨子” pic.twitter.com/whzDoBbFXb

— 約蘇埃·帕文 (@Joe_Sway) 2026 年 1 月 28 日

雷霆隊將戰績提高到37勝10負。