Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, OKC Thunder sail past the Clippers and make it 6-0 for the first time

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Somehow the Thunder remain undefeated despite being in the second half of back-to-back games and the offense holding its own for much of Saturday's game.

A 105:92 win against the Clippers gave Oklahoma City its best start to the season in franchise history. Six games, six wins. Uncharted territory, even for this team's legendary predecessors.

However, reduce it to a league size.

OKC remains one of two undefeated teams and heads to the Cleveland Cavaliers after Donovan Mitchell kept hope alive with a game-winner earlier in the day.

The launch has delivered all sorts of results: a revelation of Denver's decline; Bulls and Hawks late game handles; confirming an identity against Spurs; the rediscovery of his offense in Portland; and now Saturday.

Saturday night at the Inuit Dome was far from OKC's sharpest, perhaps even its ugliest, victory. But the strength and hard fight to win against a tough LA team is exactly the reason for this historic start.

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Isaiah Joe's cape, Vintage Shai and the grueling train across the finish line

Maybe the Intuit Dome is one of those gyms Isaiah Joe enjoys. He seemed to enjoy the goal on his debut. When OKC needed its offensive answers most, Joe was seemingly there at any time with a timely 3.

He finished Saturday 4-for-7 from long range, a pair of long-range handoffs that the crowd knew he would shoot and could kill any Clipper momentum.

And they did, helping OKC extend its lead late in the fourth quarter and the lead that took until the length of Saturday's game.

Joe was part of the Thunder's late offensive resurgence, one of the few ways you can actually explain why OKC held on in the first place.

Part of that was the old Shai Gilgeous-Alexander living at the rim and free throw line instead of the 3-point line. Part of that, Mark Daigneault noted, was the result of all the three-pointers he's shot already this year.

The goal was for teams to play him higher. The Los Angeles watchdogs did it, giving Gilgeous-Alexander his sixth victory.

Thunder vs. Magic

TIP: 8:15 p.m. Monday at Paycom Center (FanDuel Sports Network)

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