
Oklahoma City Thunder at Detroit Pistons
· National Basketball AssociationShai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 48 points and Thunder hold off Pistons 113-107

Gilgeous-Alexander shot 17 of 26 from the floor, including 4 of 6 from 3-point range, and added six assists and three steals for Oklahoma City, which won for the ninth time in 10 games.
Cason Wallace added 20 points for Thunder, and Isaiah Hartenstein had 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Detroit's Cade Cunningham matched a season low with 11 points on 5-of-18 shooting before being ejected for arguing calls late in the third quarter.
Tobias Harris led the Pistons with 18 points, while reserve Dennis Schroder had 17 points and 11 assists in place of Cunningham.
Detroit trailed 91-75 until Malik Beasley's buzzer-beating layup at the end of the third quarter. His 3-pointer pulled the Pistons within 98-97 with 4:16 left.
Gilgeous-Alexander answered with a 3, a runner in the lane and a layup to make it 106-100 with 2:07 left before setting up Wallace for a clinching 3-pointer.
Pistons: Held a moment of silence before the game for Junior Bridgeman, who died Monday at 75. Bridgeman played 12 NBA seasons, mostly for the Bucks, then became a highly successful businessman.
Regular Season Series
OKC leads series 1-0
Matchup Prediction
Recent Plays
4th 0.0 | ![]() |
End of Game | 113 - 107 |
4th 0.0 | ![]() |
End of the 4th Quarter | 113 - 107 |
4th 6.1 | ![]() |
Isaiah Hartenstein defensive rebound | 113 - 107 |
4th 9.1 | ![]() |
Malik Beasley misses 31-foot three point pullup jump shot | 113 - 107 |
4th 13.0 | ![]() |
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 2 of 2 | 113 - 107 |
Statistics
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43-89 | FG | 42-88 |
48.3 | Field Goal % | 47.7 |
10-34 | 3PT | 14-33 |
29.4 | Three Point % | 42.4 |
17-22 | FT | 9-13 |
77.3 | Free Throw % | 69.2 |
44 | Rebounds | 39 |
10 | Offensive Rebounds | 6 |
34 | Defensive Rebounds | 33 |
17 | Assists | 29 |
11 | Steals | 8 |
8 | Blocks | 3 |
17 | Turnovers | 17 |
1 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
18 | Total Turnovers | 17 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 5 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 5 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
19 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 21 |
15 | Fast Break Points | 20 |
46 | Points in Paint | 50 |
20 | Fouls | 21 |
16 | Largest Lead | 10 |
Game Information

Location: Detroit, MI
Attendance: 20,062 · Capacity:
2024-25 Northwest Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
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56 | 12 | .824 | - | W3 |
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43 | 25 | .632 | 13 | L1 |
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40 | 29 | .580 | 16.5 | W8 |
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29 | 39 | .426 | 27 | W1 |
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15 | 53 | .221 | 41 | L9 |
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