Isaiah Hartenstein and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander went over 30 points together for the first time, Ajay Mitchell put up his second career double-double and the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder thrashed the Sacramento Kings 132-101 in each team's NBA Cup opener on Friday night.

Hartenstein complemented a career-best 33 points with a game-high 19 rebounds and Gilgeous-Alexander poured in 30 points, helping the Thunder successfully bounce back from their only loss of the season Wednesday night in Portland.

Longtime Thunder standout Russell Westbrook had 24 points, nine assists and six rebounds for the Kings, who lost to the defending champions for the second time this season.

After Sacramento ran off 21 of the first quarter's last 29 points to turn an 11-point deficit into a 32-30 advantage, Ok

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