Oklahoma City Thunder @ Charlotte Hornets
Saturday, November 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET
Spectrum Center, Charlotte, NC | Game ID: 22500229
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
CHA 30 22 18 26 96OKC 30 25 32 22 109
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Gilgeous-Alexander, Holmgren lead Thunder to 109-96 win over Hornets for 5th straight victory
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 33 points and Chet Holmgren added 25 as the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder used a big third quarter to beat the Charlotte Hornets 109-96 on Saturday night for their fifth straight win.
Ajay Mitchell scored 14 points for the Thunder, who have won 23 consecutive games against Eastern Conference opponents and are 22-2 in their last 24 road contests. Isiah Hartenstein had 12 points and 11 rebounds, and Cason Wallace Chipped scored 10 points.
Miles Bridges scored 15 points and Ryan Kalkbrenner , Collin Sexton and Moussa Diabate had 13 points apiece for the Hornets who played without Brandon Miller (shoulder subluxation) and LaMelo Ball , who sat out the second game of a back-to-back after returning from a ankle impingement Friday night in Milwaukee.
The first half featured 11 ties and 11 lead changes.
The game was tied 30-30 after the first quarter and Oklahoma City came from six points down in the second to lead 55-52 at halftime behind 18 first-half points from Gilgeous-Alexander and the aggressive play of Holmgren on the boards.
Charlotte made 10 of 24 shots from beyond the arc in the opening half, while the Thunder were 6 of 12.
Oklahoma-City used a 16-1 burst over a four-minute stretch to open a 15-point lead midway through the third quarter and led by 17 points, 87-70, heading to the fourth.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
CHAAR A. Reeves
CS C. Sexton
DI Diabate
KK K. Knueppel
KS K. Simpson
MB M. Bridges
MD M. Diabaté
MP M. Plumlee
PC P. Connaughton
RK R. Kalkbrenner
SJ S. James
TM T. Mann
OKCAM A. Mitchell
BB B. Barnhizer
BC B. Carlson
CH C. Holmgren
CW C. Wallace
IH I. Hartenstein
IJ I. Joe
LD L. Dort
OD O. Dieng
SG S. Gilgeous-Alexander
CHA/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