Game ID: 22500005
Oklahoma City Thunder @ Indiana Pacers
Thursday, October 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM ET
Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT1 OT2 Final
IND 25 22 31 35 11 11 135OKC 22 32 27 32 11 17 141
IND vs OKC ScoutingIND vs OKC Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
IND availability going into 10/23 · season opener
full strength
IND availability going into 10/25 · 1 day's rest
full strength
IND availability going into 10/26 · back-to-back
full strength
IND availability going into 10/29 · 2 days' restOUT Nembhard missed 2 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Furphy missed 2 since 10/25, out tonight
NEW Sheppard 21 to 32 min over the last 3
NEW Toppin 18 to 27 min over the last 3
IND availability going into 10/31 · 1 day's restOUT Mathurin missed 2 since 10/26, out tonight
OUT Nembhard missed 3 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Furphy missed 3 since 10/25, out tonight
OUT Wiseman missed 2 since 10/26, out tonight
OUT Peter missed 2 since 10/26, returns tonight: 8 min (62% of 13)
NEW Sheppard 21 to 30 min over the last 4
NEW Toppin 18 to 27 min over the last 3
NEW Dennis 13 to 28 min over the last 3
OKC availability going into 10/21 · season opener
full strength
OKC availability going into 10/23 · 1 day's rest
full strength
OKC availability going into 10/25 · 1 day's rest
full strength
OKC availability going into 10/27 · 1 day's restOUT Caruso missed 2 since 10/23, out tonight
NEW Gilgeous-Alexande 34 to 40 min over the last 3
NEW Holmgren 29 to 35 min over the last 3
NEW Dort 26 to 39 min over the last 3
NEW Hartenstein 24 to 34 min over the last 3
NEW Wiggins 19 to 28 min over the last 3
OKC availability going into 10/28 · back-to-backOUT Caruso missed 3 since 10/23, returns tonight: 24 min (122% of 19)
NEW Gilgeous-Alexande 34 to 39 min over the last 4
NEW Holmgren 29 to 34 min over the last 4
NEW Wallace 26 to 33 min over the last 3
NEW Dort 26 to 37 min over the last 4
NEW Hartenstein 24 to 33 min over the last 4
NEW Wiggins 19 to 28 min over the last 4
OKC availability going into 10/30 · 1 day's restOUT Dieng missed 2 since 10/27, returns tonight: 5 min (50% of 11)
BACK Caruso back 10/28 after 3, 24 min since (122% of 19)
NEW Holmgren 29 to 34 min over the last 4
NEW Wallace 26 to 32 min over the last 4
NEW Dort 26 to 36 min over the last 5
NEW Hartenstein 24 to 33 min over the last 5
NEW Wiggins 19 to 29 min over the last 5
10/23 vs OKC 135-141 — IND notes
IND lost 135-141 in 2 overtimes. IND took 10 more shots (105 to 95), fed by 11 offensive rebounds, but shot 44% to OKC's 45%, 13 of 43 from three, and got to the line 40 times to OKC's 51. Mathurin led with 36 (9 of 19, 3 of 8 from three, 15 of 17 at the line); Siakam added 32, Toppin 20. Q3 was theirs, 31-27, the deficit cut from 7 to 3, but the other 5 periods went 114-104 against them. Bradley's -9 in 10 minutes was the worst on the floor.
10/21 vs HOU 125-124 — OKC notes
OKC won 125-124 in 2 overtimes. OKC shot 44% (46 of 104) to HOU's 44%, 13 of 52 from three, and got to the line 25 times to HOU's 31. OKC turned it over 11 times to HOU's 22. The glass went 38-52 against them. Gilgeous-Alexander led with 35 (12 of 26, 1 of 9 from three, 10 of 14 at the line); Holmgren added 28, Mitchell 16. The hinge was Q4, 29-25: OKC came in trailing by 4 and left it level. OKC trailed 51-57 at the half and won the second half 74-67. Hartenstein was the night's best plus/minus at +9.
10/23 @ IND 141-135 — OKC notes
OKC won 141-135 in 2 overtimes. OKC shot 45% (43 of 95) to IND's 44%, 10 of 35 from three, and went to the line 51 times to IND's 40 — 45 points from the stripe to their 30. Gilgeous-Alexander led with 55 (15 of 31, 2 of 7 from three, 23 of 26 at the line); Mitchell added 26, Wiggins 23. The hinge was Q2, 32-22: OKC came in trailing by 3 and left it ahead by 7. Mitchell was the night's best plus/minus at +12.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
OKCAM A. Mitchell
AW A. Wiggins
BB B. Barnhizer
CH C. Holmgren
CY C. Youngblood
IH I. Hartenstein
JW J. Williams
LD L. Dort
OD O. Dieng
SG S. Gilgeous-Alexander
INDAN A. Nembhard
AN A. Nesmith
BM B. Mathurin
BS B. Sheppard
IJ I. Jackson
JH J. Huff
JW J. Walker
OT O. Toppin
PS P. Siakam
TB T. Bradley
TP T. Peter
OKC/IND 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
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
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
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores career-high 55 to lead Thunder past Pacers 141-135 in 2 OTs
INDIANAPOLIS -- — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 55 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder won their second straight double-overtime game to begin the season, beating the Indiana Pacers 141-135 on Thursday night in a rematch of last season's NBA Finals teams.
The reigning MVP reached 50 for the fifth time, tying Russell Westbrook for most by a Thunder player. Ajay Mitchell added a career-best 26 points for Oklahoma City, which outlasted Houston on Tuesday in its season opener.
Gilgeous-Alexander fueled the decisive flurry to open the second overtime. The officials also granted a late timeout to Oklahoma City when it appeared Obi Toppin had stolen the inbound pass underneath the Thunder basket.
Gilgeous-Alexander was 15 of 31 from the floor and 23 of 26 from the free throw line while adding eight rebounds and eight assists. Aaron Wiggins finished with 23 points and nine rebounds. Isaiah Hartenstein grabbed 14 rebounds.
Bennedict Mathurin had 36 points and 11 rebounds for the Pacers before fouling out in the first overtime. Pascal Siakam had 32 points and 15 rebounds for Indiana, which is without two-time All-Star guard Tyrese Haliburton and backup point guard T.J. McConnell , then lost guard Andrew Nembhard with a sore left shoulder in the first half.
Yet the Pacers still had enough scoring punch to stay close. Neither team led by more than seven points in a game marred by 70 fouls called on the players and a technical foul called on Indiana coach Rick Carlisle.
The Pacers hung their Eastern Conference championship banner before Gainbridge Fieldhouse opened, and the Pacers honored the matriarch of the franchise, the late Nancy Leonard, before the national anthem was played. Leonard helped save the team with a telethon in 1977. She died in September at age 93.
Up next Thunder: Heads to Atlanta on Saturday.
Pacers: Begin a three-game road trip at Memphis on Saturday.