Oklahoma City Thunder 123, Los Angeles Lakers 87 — Recap

April 7, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Oklahoma City Thunder 123, Los Angeles Lakers 87. Scoring by quarter: Q1 OKC 34-27 LAL; Q2 OKC 31-20 LAL; Q3 OKC 28-15 LAL; Q4 OKC 30-25 LAL.

Top performers (box score): Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) 25 points, 1 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-15 shooting; Isaiah Joe (OKC) 18 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists, 6 threes on 6-of-9 shooting; Chet Holmgren (OKC) 15 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-10 shooting; Rui Hachimura (LAL) 15 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-10 shooting; Jared McCain (OKC) 15 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

25 PTS, 1 REB, 8 AST, 2 3PM · 10-15 FG

Scoring · OKC

Isaiah Joe

18 PTS, 2 REB, 0 AST, 6 3PM · 6-9 FG

Scoring · OKC

Chet Holmgren

15 PTS, 10 REB, 0 AST, 1 3PM · 6-10 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

OKC 41 largest lead Q4 7:43 (OKC 103, LAL 62) · 14-0 run, Q2 3:42–Q2 0:54

LAL 0 largest lead Never led · 6-0 run, Q1 3:03–Q1 2:32

Swings 0 lead changes Tied 2 times

Ahead for good: Alex Caruso makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ajay Mitchell assists) (Q2 7:16, OKC 45, LAL 42).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
OKC	34	31	28	30		123
LAL	27	20	15	25		87

🧮 How They Scored

OKCLAL

40Points in the paint34

13Fast-break points15

10Second-chance points6

16Points off turnovers20

66Bench points46

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

62.4%Effective FG%50.0%

11.2%Turnover %16.4%

25.0%Offensive rebound %18.2%

0.157Free-throw rate0.425

Box Score

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G	28	25	1	8	2	0	3	10-15	2-2	3-3	+32
Luguentz Dort G	23	8	1	2	4	0	1	3-6	2-5	0-0	+28
Cason Wallace G	23	5	2	3	3	0	0	1-4	1-2	2-2	+27
Chet Holmgren C-F	22	15	10	0	2	2	2	6-10	1-3	2-3	+30
Ajay Mitchell G	21	9	3	3	1	0	0	3-9	1-3	2-2	+7
Aaron Wiggins G	20	10	2	0	1	0	1	4-7	2-4	0-0	+4
Isaiah Joe G	18	18	2	0	0	0	1	6-9	6-9	0-0	+31
Jared McCain G	16	15	2	1	0	0	1	5-8	3-4	2-2	+7
Jaylin Williams F	14	0	5	3	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+14
Kenrich Williams G-F	12	2	5	1	0	0	0	1-7	0-3	0-0	+5
Alex Caruso G	10	6	1	2	0	0	2	2-3	2-3	0-0	0
Nikola Topic G	10	0	1	3	1	0	0	0-4	0-1	0-0	0
Isaiah Hartenstein F-C	10	0	5	2	1	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	-3
Branden Carlson C	7	8	2	1	0	0	0	3-4	1-2	1-2	-1
Brooks Barnhizer F	6	2	4	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-1

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Rui Hachimura F	26	15	5	1	0	1	2	7-10	1-1	0-3	-24
Drew Timme F	26	11	3	2	0	0	3	4-9	2-4	1-2	-26
Luke Kennard G	23	10	2	9	1	0	0	4-7	0-2	2-3	-23
Bronny James G	23	4	2	2	1	0	1	2-9	0-5	0-0	-25
Deandre Ayton C	23	3	3	0	0	1	1	1-4	0-0	1-2	-26
Adou Thiero G	21	10	4	2	1	0	2	2-4	1-2	5-10	-15
Jake LaRavia F	20	2	7	1	2	1	2	1-7	0-4	0-2	-19
Kobe Bufkin G	18	9	3	4	0	0	1	2-6	2-2	3-4	0
Dalton Knecht F	18	5	4	0	0	0	3	2-6	1-2	0-0	-3
Maxi Kleber F	13	2	1	1	0	0	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	-5
Nick Smith Jr. G	12	11	0	2	0	0	0	4-6	1-2	2-2	-5
Chris Mañon G	12	2	2	1	1	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-5
Jarred Vanderbilt F	5	3	2	1	1	0	1	1-1	1-1	0-3	-4

🔬 Advanced Stats

Oklahoma City ThunderTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Starter	28	25	76.6	32.2	+63.3	23.7
Chet Holmgren	Starter	22	15	66.3	26.0	+71.2	23.3
Ajay Mitchell	Starter	21	9	45.5	19.6	+15.9	9.0
Luguentz Dort	Starter	23	8	66.7	14.3	+66.9	11.2
Isaiah Hartenstein	Starter	10	0	0.0	8.3	-8.3	7.7
Isaiah Joe	Bench	18	18	100.0	28.6	+94.8	23.8
Jared McCain	Bench	16	15	84.5	29.4	+26.4	17.3
Aaron Wiggins	Bench	20	10	71.4	16.3	+9.3	7.7
Branden Carlson	Bench	07	8	82.0	22.7	-13.6	21.9
Alex Caruso	Bench	10	6	100.0	22.7	0.0	11.7
Cason Wallace	Bench	23	5	51.2	11.4	+71.3	5.9
Kenrich Williams	Bench	12	2	14.3	22.6	+15.4	3.1
Brooks Barnhizer	Bench	06	2	50.0	11.1	-7.7	10.2
Jaylin Williams	Bench	14	0	0.0	0.0	+57.1	13.3
Nikola Topic	Bench	10	0	0.0	15.4	0.0	0.0

Los Angeles LakersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Rui Hachimura	Starter	26	15	66.3	21.3	-53.8	11.8
Drew Timme	Starter	26	11	55.7	21.7	-53.9	3.8
Luke Kennard	Starter	23	10	60.1	15.4	-50.6	18.6
Deandre Ayton	Starter	23	3	30.7	11.8	-59.1	-1.1
Jake LaRavia	Starter	20	2	12.7	20.8	-52.7	0.0
Nick Smith Jr.	Bench	12	11	79.9	28.0	-15.4	20.6
Adou Thiero	Bench	21	10	59.5	24.4	-40.4	7.4
Kobe Bufkin	Bench	18	9	58.0	20.9	-6.1	9.9
Dalton Knecht	Bench	18	5	41.7	22.0	-4.8	0.6
Bronny James	Bench	23	4	22.2	18.5	-61.6	0.7
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	05	3	64.7	23.1	-65.3	6.3
Maxi Kleber	Bench	13	2	50.0	9.4	-26.6	3.4
Chris Mañon	Bench	12	2	50.0	8.0	-15.4	10.3
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0