OKLAHOMA CITY — After Oklahoma City Thunder guard Isaiah Joe suffered a knee injury in preseason , he made his regular-season debut in Thursday's 127-108 win against the Washington Wizards, impressing coach Mark Daigneault in the process. Joe wasted no time in making his presence felt, draining two threes in his first five minutes off the bench.

Joe finished with 20 points on 7-for-11 shooting, including five threes, six rebounds, and one steal against the Wizards. However, for Daigneault, Joe's defense is what stood out most amid Isaiah's impressive display of shooting.

“First of all, it's six games in 10 nights. We're still kind of in this stretch and getting Alex [Caruso] back against Sacramento injected some energy on that night, getting [Joe] back injected some energy,” Daig

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