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

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

LAS VEGAS (AP) — It was midway through the third quarter of the Oklahoma City-Houston NBA Cup semifinal matchup on Saturday night. Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had just made a short jumper in the lane and, to his delight, a time-out was immediately called. He needed it.