Indiana Pacers @ Oklahoma City Thunder
Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
Paycom Center, Oklahoma City, OK | Game ID: 22401079
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
OKC 29 32 41 30 132IND 27 22 31 31 111
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Gilgeous-Alexander scores 33 as league-leading Thunder top Pacers 132-111 for 9th straight win
OKLAHOMA CITY -- — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 33 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder routed the Indiana Pacers 132-111 on Saturday night for their ninth straight win.
Gilgeous-Alexander, the league's leading scorer, made 10 of 23 field goals and 10 of 12 free throws.
Lu Dort scored 22 points and made 6 of 7 3-pointers while Jalen Williams added 18 points for the Thunder.
Tyrese Haliburton had 18 points and Andrew Nembhard added 16 for the Pacers, who had won six of their previous seven games.
Oklahoma City dominated, even though forward/center Chet Holmgren sat out to manage the left hip injury he suffered early in the season. The Thunder now have a three-game lead on the Cleveland Cavaliers in the race for the league’s best record and homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs with eight to play.
The Pacers entered Saturday fourth in the Eastern Conference standings and are trying to hold off the Detroit Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks to earn homecourt advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
The Pacers were coming off a 162-109 win against the Washington Wizards , but they couldn’t duplicate the effort against a Thunder team with the league’s best defensive rating.
Takeaways Pacers: Indiana ran into the rare team that could handle playing at its breakneck pace. Even with the teams running and gunning, the Thunder shot 51.1% from the field and committed just nine turnovers.
Thunder: Oklahoma City took an in-game injury in stride. Isaiah Hartenstein left with left hip soreness and did not play in the second half. Oklahoma City outscored the Pacers 71-62 after the break.
Key mome nt Oklahoma City's Isaiah Joe hit a pair of 3-pointers 45 seconds apart late in the third quarter. The second pushed the Thunder lead to 98-78.
Key stat Gilgeous-Alexander made 6 of 18 shots the first three quarters, then made 4 of 5 in the fourth.
Up next The Pacers host Sacramento and the Thunder host Chicago, both on Monday night.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
INDAN A. Nembhard
AN A. Nesmith
BS B. Sheppard
JF J. Furphy
JW J. Walker
MT M. Turner
OT O. Toppin
PS P. Siakam
QJ Q. Jackson
TB T. Bradley
TB T. Bryant
TH T. Haliburton
TM T. McConnell
OKCAC A. Caruso
AF A. Flagler
BC B. Carlson
CW C. Wallace
DJ D. Jones
IH I. Hartenstein
IJ I. Joe
JW J. Williams
JW Jal. Williams
KW K. Williams
LD L. Dort
SG S. Gilgeous-Alexander
IND/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