Utah Jazz @ Oklahoma City Thunder
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
Paycom Center, Oklahoma City, OK | Game ID: 22400618
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
OKC 31 26 38 28 123UTA 29 26 34 25 114
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores career-high 54 in Thunder's 123-114 win over Jazz
OKLAHOMA CITY -- — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 54 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Utah Jazz 123-114 on Wednesday night.
Gilgeous-Alexander made 17 of 35 field goals and 17 of 18 free throws to surpass his previous career best of 45 points. He also had eight rebounds, five assists and three steals.
Jalen Williams added 25 points for the Thunder (36-7), who are tied with Cleveland for the league's best record.
John Collins had 22 points and 12 rebounds, Collin Sexton had 18 points and nine assists, and Walker Kessler had 17 points and 15 rebounds for the Jazz, who lost their fourth straight.
Utah (10-32), the worst team in the Western Conference, hung tough throughout.
Gilgeous-Alexander scored 23 points in the first half to help Oklahoma City take a 57-55 lead at the break. He scored 18 points in the third quarter as the Thunder took a 95-89 lead.
Gilgeous-Alexander took a break to start the final quarter, and the Thunder led 102-99 when he checked back in. He hit a 3-pointer that gave the Thunder a 115-106 lead and secured his career night.
Takeaways Jazz: Utah did a lot of things right, including scoring 31 second-chance points off 23 offensive rebounds. The Jazz simply ran into one of the best players and teams in the league.
Thunder: Oklahoma City still was missing injured center Isaiah Hartenstein , and Utah took advantage by winning the rebounding battle 52-39. The Thunder's lack of size helped the Jazz keep it close.
Key moment Gilgeous-Alexander scored his 50th point on a pullup jumper over Lauri Markkanen with 1:28 to go that gave the Thunder a 119-110 lead.
Key stat Oklahoma City overcame its lack of size by scoring 39 points off Utah's 27 turnovers.
Up next The Jazz visit Memphis on Saturday. The Thunder host Dallas on Thursday.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
OKCAC A. Caruso
AW A. Wiggins
BC B. Carlson
CW C. Wallace
JW J. Williams
JW Jal. Williams
JW Jay. Williams
KW K. Williams
LD L. Dort
OD O. Dieng
SG S. Gilgeous-Alexander
UTACS C. Sexton
DE D. Eubanks
EH E. Harkless
IC I. Collier
JC J. Collins
KF K. Filipowski
KG K. George
LM L. Markkanen
SM S. Mykhailiuk
WK W. Kessler
OKC/UTA 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