As Daigneault pointed out, fouling up three is not new for the Thunder. It's the strategy they've used all year, and they executed it per their coach's orders, and he took the blame after Game 1.

The matchup for the 2025 NBA Finals is set. The top-seeded Thunder will take on the run-and-gun Pacers for the Larry O'Brien ...

After the OKC Thunder's Game 1 collapse Monday night against the Nuggets, Mark Daigneault knew the arrows were about to fly. Daigneault didn’t run.

Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault may need to rethink his late-game strategy if his team faces a similar situation later in the postseason.

It’s the trusted strategy that has worked in the past ... “The fouling up three, that’s on me,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said. “I think giving the foul and getting the foul executed ...

The Oklahoma City Thunder are back in the NBA Finals for the first time since 2012. They finished with the best record in the ...

With the Thunder leading by three points in the final seconds of Game 1, head coach Mark Daigneault went with a popular strategy in today’s NBA: Intentionally fouling so the opposition has no ...

The Nuggets’ run was aided by Thunder Coach Mark Daigneault’s decision ... The “fouling up three” strategy is deployed by teams that are leading late in close games in hopes of preventing ...

Surely, when Oklahoma City Thunder GM Sam Presti pulled the trigger on the rare ‘one-for-one’ swap of Josh Giddey for Alex ...

but that doesn't mean that head coach Mark Daigneault is going to change his strategy. The Thunder intentionally fouled with a three-point lead in the final seconds of the game and extending the ...

As Daigneault pointed out, fouling up three is not new for the Thunder. It's the strategy they've used all season, and they executed it per their coach's orders, and he took the blame after Game 1.