NBA

Oklahoma City Thunder at Los Angeles Lakers

· NBA Cup - Group Play
15-4, 7-2 Away
Final
101 - 93

11-8, 7-3 Home

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 36 points as Thunder defeat Lakers 101-93 in NBA Cup game

Jalen Williams ices the game with steal and dunk for OKC

It is the fifth time in the past six games Gilgeous-Alexander has scored at least 30 points. Jalen Williams added 19 points as the Thunder won their fourth straight.

Dalton Knecht scored 20 points, including five 3-pointers for the Lakers, who have dropped four of their last five. D’Angelo Russell had 17 points off the bench.

With the loss, Los Angeles can not advance to the quarterfinals after winning the inaugural NBA Cup tournament last year.

Phoenix, San Antonio and Oklahoma City are all 2-1 in West Group B while the Lakers are 2-2.

The Lakers drew within one point before Gilgeous-Alexander hit a 3-pointer with 1:35 remaining to put the Thunder up 95-91.

Takeaways Thunder: Isaiah Hartenstein scored 11 points and pulled down a season-high 18 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the season.

Lakers: Anthony Davis had 15 points and 12 rebounds and LeBron James scored 12.

Key moment The Lakers still had a chance to come back, down four with 22.4 seconds remaining, but Austin Reaves made a bad pass, which was stolen by Williams and led to an easy dunk to give Oklahoma City a 99-93 advantage.

Key stat The Lakers committed four of their 17 turnovers in the fourth quarter. ... Oklahoma City tied a season high with 15 offensive rebounds.

Up next The Thunder are at Houston on Sunday while the Lakers are at Utah on Sunday.

Regular Season Series

OKC leads series 1-0

Matchup Prediction

Lakers: 46.3%
Thunder: 53.7%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 101 - 93
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 101 - 93
4th 0.0 Lakers offensive team rebound 101 - 93
4th 1.0 Dalton Knecht misses 50-foot three point jumper 101 - 93
4th 2.1 Isaiah Hartenstein makes free throw 2 of 2 101 - 93

Statistics

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38-93 FG 33-73
40.9 Field Goal % 45.2
13-40 3PT 11-38
32.5 Three Point % 28.9
12-16 FT 16-21
75.0 Free Throw % 76.2
47 Rebounds 47
15 Offensive Rebounds 8
32 Defensive Rebounds 39
20 Assists 25
12 Steals 4
3 Blocks 6
9 Turnovers 17
1 Team Turnovers 0
10 Total Turnovers 17
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
5 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 20
15 Fast Break Points 15
38 Points in Paint 32
17 Fouls 18
10 Largest Lead 3

Game Information

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Location: Los Angeles, CA
Attendance: 18,997 · Capacity:

2024-25 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 55 12 .821 - W2
Denver 43 25 .632 12.5 L1
Minnesota 40 29 .580 16 W8
Portland 29 39 .426 26.5 W1
Utah 15 53 .221 40.5 L9

2024-25 Pacific Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
LA Lakers 41 25 .621 - W1
Golden State 39 28 .582 2.5 W7
LA Clippers 38 30 .559 4 W3
Sacramento 33 33 .500 8 L4
Phoenix 31 37 .456 11 L1
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