Oklahoma City Thunder @ Milwaukee Bucks
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 at 9:30 PM ET
Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, WI | Game ID: 22500625
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
MIL 18 33 26 25 102OKC 38 31 30 23 122
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Gilgeous-Alexander scores 40 points as short-handed Thunder roll past Bucks 122-102
MILWAUKEE -- — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 40 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds and the NBA-leading Oklahoma City Thunder withstood multiple injury-related absences to trounce the Milwaukee Bucks 122-102 on Wednesday night.
The Thunder won for the seventh time in eight games despite playing without Jalen Williams (strained right hamstring), Isaiah Hartenstein (strained right soleus), Alex Caruso (strained right adductor), Aaron Wiggins (sore right groin) and Jaylin Williams (bruised left glute).
Gilgeous-Alexander picked up the slack, as the reigning MVP shot 16 of 19 from the floor.
According to Sportradar, this marked just the second time since at least the 1980-81 season that a player had at least 40 points and 10 assists in a game while shooting 80% or better. Coincidentally, the other instance was just a day earlier, when Toronto’s Immanuel Quickley had 40 points and 10 assists while shooting 11 of 13 in the Raptors’ 145-127 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday.
Oklahoma City’s Ajay Mitchell scored 18 points in the first half and ended up playing 25 minutes before leaving with a hip bruise. Kenrich Williams also scored 18 points for the Thunder, who shot 54.4% from the floor.
Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo had 19 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists.
The Bucks were missing Myles Turner due to a sprained left ankle and Kevin Porter Jr . because of a strained oblique. Bucks coach Doc Rivers said before the game that Turner was day to day, but that Porter is “not going to play anytime soon.”
Porter's injury resulted in more playing time for Cole Anthony , who responded with 17 points off the bench. Bobby Portis added 15 points and a career-high nine assists.
Milwaukee lost despite getting 46 points from its bench.
Oklahoma City scored the game’s first seven points and never looked back while closing a four-game trip in which it went 3-1. Milwaukee committed eight of its 16 turnovers in the first quarter as the Thunder built a 38-18 lead.
The margin never dropped below 14 the rest of the way as Oklahoma City led by as many as 25.
Up next Thunder: Host the Indiana Pacers on Friday.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
MILAG A. Green
AJ A. Jackson Jr.
BP B. Portis
CA C. Anthony
GA G. Antetokounmpo
GH G. Harris
GT G. Trent Jr.
KK K. Kuzma
PN P. Nance
RR R. Rollins
TA T. Antetokounmpo
OKCAM A. Mitchell
BB B. Barnhizer
BC B. Carlson
CH C. Holmgren
CW C. Wallace
IJ I. Joe
KW K. Williams
LD L. Dort
OD O. Dieng
SG S. Gilgeous-Alexander
MIL/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