For all of the numbers and percentages that had gone the Oklahoma City Thunder’s way in 2024-25, game-to-game box scores could confirm that Isaiah Joe’s shooting numbers were among those that hadn’t just yet. Like rainfall on a dry crop, Oklahoma City’s talented marksman decided that all droughts would inevitably end on January 10, 2025. In double-figure scoring before even breaking a visible sweat, Joe offers one of his night’s most memorable displays, beating a quickly-draining shot clock by elevating into a 28-foot rainbow from the New York Knicks’ sidecourt logo. Officially in-rhythm, Joe kept momentum flowing post-halftime, connecting on a series of deep-range corner 3-pointers, ironically allowing the Thunder to keep one of the Eastern Conference’s elites at arm’s length on the scoreboard. Ultimately producing the type of game that coaches and teammates knew to be nearby, the fifth-year swingman finished with 31 points — his most since March of 2023 — and two assists on elite efficiency overall (11-of-16) and from deep (8-of-11). · Jan 11, 2025