Oklahoma City Thunder @ Los Angeles Lakers
Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at 10:30 PM ET
Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA | Game ID: 22501155
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
LAL 27 20 15 25 87OKC 34 31 28 30 123
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads Thunder to easy 123-87 win over injury-depleted Lakers
LOS ANGELES -- — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 25 points and eight assists, and Isaiah Joe hit six 3-pointers in the Oklahoma City Thunder 's 123-87 victory over the injury-depleted Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night.
Jared McCain scored 15 points and Chet Holmgren had 15 points and 10 rebounds for the NBA-leading Thunder, who swept the season series against the Lakers with their sixth straight victory and 18th in 19 games overall.
The Lakers had their lowest-scoring performance of the season while playing without Luka Doncic , LeBron James , Austin Reaves , Marcus Smart and Jaxson Hayes , who represent a combined 94.6 points per game. Doncic and Reaves are out for the rest of the regular season, while the 41-year-old James sat for one game to rest his arthritic left foot.
Rui Hachimura scored 15 points and Drew Timme had 11 for the Pacific Division champion Lakers, who have lost three straight since losing Doncic and Reaves to injury last week in Oklahoma City.
Los Angeles had won 13 of 14 and was closing in on the third seed before losing Doncic, who is in Europe seeking treatment on his Grade 2 left hamstring strain .
Rookie Adou Thiero scored a career-high 10 points for the Lakers, who still kept the game even until midway through the second quarter. But Oklahoma City finished the half on a 23-5 run, and Los Angeles scored just 22 points in its next 24 minutes of play.
Lakers coach JJ Redick and Jarred Vanderbilt exchanged heated words after Redick called a timeout and removed Vanderbilt from the game 16 seconds into the second quarter. Assistant coaches and players stayed between the two until the lengthy exchange cooled down, and Vanderbilt didn't play again.
Up next Thunder: At Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
OKCAC A. Caruso
AM A. Mitchell
AW A. Wiggins
BB B. Barnhizer
BC B. Carlson
CH C. Holmgren
CW C. Wallace
IH I. Hartenstein
IJ I. Joe
JM J. McCain
JW J. Williams
KW K. Williams
LD L. Dort
NT N. Topić
SG S. Gilgeous-Alexander
TO Topic
LALAT A. Thiero
BJ B. James
CM C. Mañon
DA D. Ayton
DK D. Knecht
DT D. Timme
JL J. LaRavia
JV J. Vanderbilt
KB K. Bufkin
LK L. Kennard
MK M. Kleber
MA Manon
NS N. Smith Jr.
RH R. Hachimura
OKC/LAL 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