Oklahoma City Thunder @ Memphis Grizzlies
Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM ET
FedExForum, Memphis, TN | Game ID: 42400143
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
MEM 40 37 18 13 108OKC 29 22 36 27 114
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Thunder rally from 29 points down after Morant leaves with injury, top Grizzlies for 3-0 series lead
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- — Chet Holmgren scored all but one of his 24 points in the second half and the Oklahoma City Thunder overcame a 29-point deficit after Ja Morant left the game with a hip injury and beat the Memphis Grizzlies 114-108 on Thursday night for a 3-0 series lead.
Morant was hurt with just over three minutes left in the first half and Memphis leading 67-40. The Grizzlies led by 26 at halftime.
The 29-point comeback was the second-largest in an NBA postseason game since play-by-play data began being recorded in the 1996-97 season.
The only one bigger: A comeback from 31 points down by the Los Angeles Clippers against Golden State on April 15, 2019.
The top-seeded Thunder, who won Game 1 131-80 in the fifth-biggest margin of victory in NBA postseason history, didn’t even have a lead in this one until the fourth quarter. Now, they can close out the series Saturday.
“I just through out of halftime, we kind of reconnected to who we are. We were very out of character in the first half,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points for Oklahoma City and Jalen Williams added 26, splitting a pair of free throws with 1:20 left to give the Thunder their first lead.
Scotty Pippen scored 28 points, two short of his career high, to lead Memphis. Jaren Jackson Jr . added 22 points as Memphis saw its substantial lead evaporate in the second half.
“Understanding leads,” Williams said. “You're never too far ahead, and you're never too far behind.”
“They built a 29-point lead in a half, so we felt like all we had to do was build our own 29-point lead,” GIlgeous-Alexander said.
Morant went down hard under the basket with just over three minutes remaining in the first half and was ruled out for the remainder of the game early in the second half with a left hip contusion.
Memphis was on a fast break after a Thunder turnover. Pippen was driving to the basket when he dropped the ball off to Morant at the rim. Luguentz Dort , who was stumbling at the time, fell into Morant while he was in the air, sending the Morant crashing to the floor. The play was reviewed for a flagrant foul, but was ruled a common foul.
Morant had 15 points and five assists.
Memphis carried a 77-51 lead into the break. But the Thunder used a 36-18 scoring edge in the third quarter to claw back,
“I think it is very hard to describe to anyone who hasn't been in that situation,” Grizzlies interim coach Tuomas Iisalo said.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BaEdJrMoJr 4 9 +5 3 11 27 1 6 17 2 2 100 2 4 6 1 1 1 1 1
MEM Bane, Edey, Jackson Jr., Morant, Pippen Jr.
in Bane, Edey, Jackson Jr., Morant, Pippen Jr.
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlBaEdMoJr 2 8 +4 3 3 100 2 2 100 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0
MEM Aldama, Bane, Edey, Morant, Pippen Jr.
in Aldama
out Jackson Jr.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlEdKoMoJr 1 6 -1 2 2 100 2 2 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
MEM Aldama, Edey, Konchar, Morant, Pippen Jr.
in Konchar
out Bane
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlJrKeKoJr 3 12 +3 3 5 60 3 3 100 2 2 100 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1
MEM Aldama, Jackson Jr., Kennard, Konchar, Pippen Jr.
in Jackson Jr., Kennard
out Edey, Morant
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlJrKeKoMo 2 5 0 2 5 40 0 2 0 2 2 100 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 2
MEM Aldama, Jackson Jr., Kennard, Konchar, Morant
in Morant
out Pippen Jr.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
EdJrKeKoMo 2 8 +3 3 4 75 1 2 50 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 2
MEM Edey, Jackson Jr., Kennard, Konchar, Morant
in Edey
out Aldama
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BaEdJrKeMo 2 4 +1 1 2 50 0 0 0 3 4 75 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0
MEM Bane, Edey, Jackson Jr., Kennard, Morant
in Bane
out Konchar
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlBaEdKeJr 2 9 +9 4 5 80 1 2 50 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 0 0 0
MEM Aldama, Bane, Edey, Kennard, Pippen Jr.
in Aldama, Pippen Jr.
out Jackson Jr., Morant
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlBaJrMoJr 2 6 +3 3 4 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 2 0 1 1
MEM Aldama, Bane, Jackson Jr., Morant, Pippen Jr.
in Jackson Jr., Morant
out Edey, Kennard
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlBaJrKeJr 3 7 -4 2 5 40 0 2 0 2 2 100 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 3
MEM Aldama, Bane, Jackson Jr., Kennard, Pippen Jr.
in Kennard
out Morant
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BaEdJrKeJr 5 7 -4 3 7 43 2 3 67 2 2 100 0 4 4 3 1 1 3 2
MEM Bane, Edey, Jackson Jr., Kennard, Pippen Jr.
in Edey
out Aldama
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlBaEdKeJr 2 0 -6 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
MEM Aldama, Bane, Edey, Kennard, Pippen Jr.
in Aldama
out Jackson Jr.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlBaJrKoJr 2 5 -3 2 4 50 1 2 50 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1
MEM Aldama, Bane, Jackson Jr., Konchar, Pippen Jr.
in Jackson Jr., Konchar
out Edey, Kennard
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlBaEdJrJr 1 6 +1 1 1 100 0 0 0 2 2 100 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2
MEM Aldama, Bane, Edey, Jackson Jr., Pippen Jr.
in Edey
out Konchar
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlEdJrKeJr 1 0 -3 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MEM Aldama, Edey, Jackson Jr., Kennard, Pippen Jr.
in Kennard
out Bane
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
BaEdJrKeKo 2 2 0 1 3 33 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0
MEM Bane, Edey, Jackson Jr., Kennard, Konchar
in Bane, Konchar
out Aldama, Pippen Jr.
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
EdJrKeKoJr 1 2 -2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
MEM Edey, Jackson Jr., Kennard, Konchar, Pippen Jr.
in Pippen Jr.
out Bane
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlBaJrKoJr 2 4 +1 1 3 33 0 2 0 2 2 100 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1
MEM Aldama, Bane, Jackson Jr., Konchar, Pippen Jr.
in Aldama, Bane
out Edey, Kennard
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlBaEdKeJr 3 5 -1 2 3 67 1 2 50 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0
MEM Aldama, Bane, Edey, Kennard, Pippen Jr.
in Edey, Kennard
out Jackson Jr., Konchar
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
AlBaJrKeJr 3 0 -6 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2
MEM Aldama, Bane, Jackson Jr., Kennard, Pippen Jr.
in Jackson Jr.
out Edey
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
DoGiHaHoWi 4 4 -8 1 6 17 0 3 0 2 2 100 0 3 3 0 1 0 2 3
OKC Dort, Gilgeous-Alexander, Hartenstein, Holmgren, Jal. Williams
in Dort, Gilgeous-Alexander, Hartenstein, Holmgren, Jal. Williams
out ---
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
DoGiHaWiJo 4 17 -2 8 10 80 1 3 33 0 0 0 2 1 3 3 0 0 0 2
OKC Dort, Gilgeous-Alexander, Hartenstein, Jal. Williams, Joe
in Joe
out Holmgren
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaGiHoJoWa 2 3 -1 1 3 33 0 0 0 1 2 50 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
OKC Caruso, Gilgeous-Alexander, Holmgren, Joe, Wallace
in Caruso, Holmgren, Wallace
out Dort, Hartenstein, Jal. Williams
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaGiHoMiWa 2 5 0 1 3 33 0 1 0 3 4 75 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1
OKC Caruso, Gilgeous-Alexander, Holmgren, Mitchell, Wallace
in Mitchell
out Joe
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaHaWiWaWi 3 8 -2 3 5 60 1 1 100 1 4 25 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 2
OKC Caruso, Hartenstein, Jal. Williams, Wallace, Wiggins
in Hartenstein, Jal. Williams, Wiggins
out Gilgeous-Alexander, Holmgren, Mitchell
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaWiWiWaWi 1 0 -2 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
OKC Caruso, Jal. Williams, Jay. Williams, Wallace, Wiggins
in Jay. Williams
out Hartenstein
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaDoGiWiWi 2 0 -9 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
OKC Caruso, Dort, Gilgeous-Alexander, Jay. Williams, Wiggins
in Dort, Gilgeous-Alexander
out Jal. Williams, Wallace
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
DoGiHoJoWa 2 3 -1 1 5 20 1 5 20 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
OKC Dort, Gilgeous-Alexander, Holmgren, Joe, Wallace
in Holmgren, Joe, Wallace
out Caruso, Jay. Williams, Wiggins
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
DoGiHoWiWa 3 11 +4 3 4 75 1 1 100 4 4 100 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 2
OKC Dort, Gilgeous-Alexander, Holmgren, Jal. Williams, Wallace
in Jal. Williams
out Joe
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
DoGiHaHoWi 5 11 +4 4 10 40 1 4 25 2 2 100 2 3 5 3 0 1 1 3
OKC Dort, Gilgeous-Alexander, Hartenstein, Holmgren, Jal. Williams
in Hartenstein
out Wallace
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
DoGiHoWiJo 2 6 +6 2 3 67 2 3 67 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1
OKC Dort, Gilgeous-Alexander, Holmgren, Jal. Williams, Joe
in Joe
out Hartenstein
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
GiHoWiJoWa 2 8 +3 3 4 75 2 2 100 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0
OKC Gilgeous-Alexander, Holmgren, Jal. Williams, Joe, Wallace
in Wallace
out Dort
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaHaWiJoWa 2 8 +2 2 6 33 1 3 33 2 2 100 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 2
OKC Caruso, Hartenstein, Jal. Williams, Joe, Wallace
in Caruso, Hartenstein
out Gilgeous-Alexander, Holmgren
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaDoGiHoWa 3 6 +2 3 6 50 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 1
OKC Caruso, Dort, Gilgeous-Alexander, Holmgren, Wallace
in Dort, Gilgeous-Alexander, Holmgren
out Hartenstein, Jal. Williams, Joe
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
DoGiHoWiWa 2 6 +2 1 3 33 1 1 100 3 3 100 0 3 3 0 0 1 1 2
OKC Dort, Gilgeous-Alexander, Holmgren, Jal. Williams, Wallace
in Jal. Williams
out Caruso
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaDoGiHaWi 3 6 +1 3 5 60 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0
OKC Caruso, Dort, Gilgeous-Alexander, Hartenstein, Jal. Williams
in Caruso, Hartenstein
out Holmgren, Wallace
Lineup MIN PTS PM FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OR DR REB AST STL BLK TO PF
CaDoGiHoWi 4 8 +8 1 3 33 1 3 33 3 6 50 0 4 4 1 2 1 1 1
OKC Caruso, Dort, Gilgeous-Alexander, Holmgren, Jal. Williams
in Holmgren
out Hartenstein
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
MEMDB D. Bane
JJ J. Jackson Jr.
JK J. Konchar
JM J. Morant
LK L. Kennard
SA S. Aldama
SP S. Pippen Jr.
VW V. Williams Jr.
ZE Z. Edey
OKCAC A. Caruso
AM A. Mitchell
AW A. Wiggins
CH C. Holmgren
CW C. Wallace
IH I. Hartenstein
IJ I. Joe
JW J. Williams
JW Jal. Williams
LD L. Dort
SG S. Gilgeous-Alexander
MEM/OKC the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur