LA Clippers @ Oklahoma City Thunder
Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
Paycom Center, Oklahoma City, OK | Game ID: 22500369
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
OKC 27 37 39 19 122LAC 33 22 28 18 101
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Gilgeous-Alexander scores 32 as Thunder bounce back from rare loss with 122-101 win over Clippers
OKLAHOMA CITY -- — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32 points before resting in the fourth quarter, and the Oklahoma City Thunder bounced back from a rare loss to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 122-101 on Thursday night.
The Thunder lost to the San Antonio Spurs last Saturday for just their second defeat of the season, ending their team-record, 16-game win streak. They recovered on Thursday after some much-needed rest and improved to 25-2 overall and 13-0 at home.
Gilgeous-Alexander made 13 of 24 shots and had seven rebounds and six assists. It was his 98th consecutive game with at least 20 points, adding to the second-longest streak in NBA history.
Chet Holmgren scored 22 points and Jalen Williams added 20 for Oklahoma City.
James Harden , who leads the Clippers with 26 points per game, sat out with a bruised left calf. Without its star point guard, Los Angeles committed 28 turnovers, leading to 39 Oklahoma City points. Cason Wallace had five of Oklahoma City's 18 steals.
Oklahoma City committed just nine turnovers.
Kawhi Leonard scored 22 points and John Collins added 20 for the Clippers, have lost five straight and 10 of 11.
The Clippers led for most of the first quarter and the early part of the second before the Thunder found their rhythm. Holmgren scored 18 points on 7-for-10 shooting in the first half to help the Thunder take a 64-55 lead at the break.
Oklahoma City took control for good in the third quarter. Gilgeous-Alexander scored 19 points in the period to give the Thunder a 103-83 lead heading into the fourth. Oklahoma City shot 55.6% from the field in the period while outscoring the Clippers 39-28.
Up next Clippers: Host the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday.
Thunder: Visit the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
OKCAC A. Caruso
AM A. Mitchell
AW A. Wiggins
BC B. Carlson
CH C. Holmgren
CW C. Wallace
IJ I. Joe
JW J. Williams
LD L. Dort
SG S. Gilgeous-Alexander
LACBB B. Bogdanović
BL B. Lopez
BO Bogdanovic
IZ I. Zubac
JC J. Collins
JM J. Miller
KD K. Dunn
KL K. Leonard
KS K. Sanders
NB N. Batum
RD R. Dennis
OKC/LAC 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