Utah Jazz 125, Oklahoma City Thunder 129 — Recap

January 7, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Utah Jazz 125, Oklahoma City Thunder 129 (overtime). Scoring by quarter: Q1 UTA 22-31 OKC; Q2 UTA 31-27 OKC; Q3 UTA 33-33 OKC; Q4 UTA 28-23 OKC; OT1 UTA 11-15 OKC.

Top performers (box score): Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) 46 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 14-of-26 shooting; Lauri Markkanen (UTA) 29 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-19 shooting; Keyonte George (UTA) 25 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-22 shooting; Chet Holmgren (OKC) 23 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists on 9-of-15 shooting; Jalen Williams (OKC) 17 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

46 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 1 3PM · 14-26 FG

Scoring · UTA

Lauri Markkanen

29 PTS, 13 REB, 1 AST, 3 3PM · 11-19 FG

Scoring · UTA

Keyonte George

25 PTS, 7 REB, 11 AST, 2 3PM · 9-22 FG

Season highs

Keyonte George · Season-high 11 assistsWalter Clayton Jr. · Season-high 4 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

UTA 8 largest lead Q4 5:49 (UTA 105, OKC 97) · 10-0 run, Q4 10:10–Q4 8:15

OKC 20 largest lead Q2 9:00 (UTA 27, OKC 47) · 8-0 run, Q1 1:33–Q2 11:40

Swings 15 lead changes Tied 7 times

Ahead for good: Chet Holmgren makes tip in dunk (OT 0:29, UTA 122, OKC 124).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4	OT		T
UTA	22	31	33	28	11		125
OKC	31	27	33	23	15		129

🧮 How They Scored

UTAOKC

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

35Bench points30

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

49.1%Effective FG%47.0%

14.3%Turnover %8.4%

32.8%Offensive rebound %20.7%

0.189Free-throw rate0.416

Box Score

Utah Jazz

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Lauri Markkanen F	44	29	13	1	1	0	4	11-19	3-7	4-5	-1
Keyonte George G	43	25	7	11	1	0	6	9-22	2-9	5-5	0
Jusuf Nurkic C	33	15	15	4	3	1	2	6-16	0-1	3-4	+13
Brice Sensabaugh F	32	13	5	1	0	0	1	6-12	0-5	1-1	+8
Walter Clayton Jr. G	27	15	6	4	0	1	3	5-11	4-7	1-1	+1
Svi Mykhailiuk G	27	8	7	6	0	0	0	3-8	0-5	2-3	+7
Isaiah Collier G	17	6	1	5	0	0	2	3-5	0-1	0-2	-13
Taylor Hendricks F	14	5	2	1	1	1	2	2-5	1-2	0-0	-13
Cody Williams F	14	5	3	0	1	2	0	2-4	1-2	0-0	-13
Airious Bailey F	10	2	1	0	1	0	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	-2
Kyle Filipowski C	4	2	5	0	0	0	0	1-6	0-0	0-0	-7

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G	42	46	6	6	1	1	0	14-26	1-8	17-19	+9
Jalen Williams G-F	41	17	6	8	0	0	2	6-15	1-5	4-4	-2
Chet Holmgren C-F	40	23	12	1	1	3	1	9-15	0-3	5-8	+5
Ajay Mitchell G	33	16	2	5	3	1	1	5-15	2-7	4-4	+7
Cason Wallace G	31	4	6	0	4	1	3	2-7	0-2	0-0	+12
Aaron Wiggins G	25	7	7	4	1	2	2	3-9	1-4	0-0	-2
Luguentz Dort G	24	6	6	0	3	1	0	2-5	1-4	1-2	-10
Branden Carlson C	11	3	5	1	0	2	1	1-4	0-1	1-2	-1
Isaiah Joe G	10	5	1	0	0	0	0	1-3	1-3	2-3	-9
Kenrich Williams G-F	8	2	0	1	1	0	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	+11

🔬 Advanced Stats

Utah JazzTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Lauri Markkanen	Starter	44	29	68.4	21.2	-2.1	15.1
Keyonte George	Starter	43	25	51.7	25.4	+3.3	10.9
Jusuf Nurkic	Starter	33	15	42.2	22.7	+20.5	11.1
Brice Sensabaugh	Starter	32	13	52.3	14.8	+11.0	5.8
Svi Mykhailiuk	Starter	27	8	42.9	12.0	+13.3	11.7
Walter Clayton Jr.	Bench	27	15	65.6	20.3	-0.3	10.3
Isaiah Collier	Bench	17	6	51.0	17.4	-30.8	3.7
Taylor Hendricks	Bench	14	5	50.0	18.9	-46.0	2.6
Cody Williams	Bench	14	5	62.5	10.8	-34.5	7.6
Kyle Filipowski	Bench	04	2	16.7	46.2	-61.1	1.8
Airious Bailey	Bench	10	2	33.3	10.0	-8.7	2.3
Kyle Anderson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Oscar Tshiebwe	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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	42	46	66.9	30.6	+7.4	25.7
Chet Holmgren	Starter	40	23	62.1	19.2	+1.8	11.5
Jalen Williams	Starter	41	17	50.7	18.4	-3.4	9.0
Aaron Wiggins	Starter	25	7	38.9	17.7	-9.5	9.5
Luguentz Dort	Starter	24	6	51.0	9.7	-15.9	7.7
Ajay Mitchell	Bench	33	16	47.7	20.7	+7.8	10.0
Isaiah Joe	Bench	10	5	57.9	19.0	-31.4	2.0
Cason Wallace	Bench	31	4	28.6	12.7	+17.4	1.5
Branden Carlson	Bench	11	3	30.7	22.2	-4.0	7.7
Kenrich Williams	Bench	08	2	50.0	13.0	+45.9	6.8
Brooks Barnhizer	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Chris Youngblood	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0