Game ID: 22501139
Utah Jazz @ Oklahoma City Thunder
Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM ET
Paycom Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
OKC 40 35 33 38 146UTA 25 29 27 30 111
OKC vs UTA ScoutingOKC vs UTA 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.
OKC availability going into 3/27 · 1 day's restOUT Sandfort missed 3 since 3/21, returns tonight: 2 min (14% of 16)
BACK Jal. Williams back 3/23 after 16, 22 min since (81% of 27)
BACK Dort back 3/23 after 2, 22 min since (84% of 26)
BACK K. Williams back 3/18 after 3, 12 min since (87% of 14)
BACK Carlson back 3/23 after 11, 2 min since (16% of 12)
OKC availability going into 3/29 · 1 day's restBACK Jal. Williams back 3/23 after 16, 24 min since (86% of 27)
BACK Dort back 3/23 after 2, 21 min since (79% of 26)
BACK Sandfort back 3/18 after 7, 3 min since (22% of 16)
BACK K. Williams back 3/18 after 3, 10 min since (73% of 14)
BACK Carlson back 3/23 after 11, 2 min since (20% of 12)
OKC availability going into 3/30 · back-to-backBACK Jal. Williams back 3/23 after 16, 25 min since (91% of 27)
BACK Dort back 3/23 after 2, 22 min since (85% of 26)
BACK Sandfort back 3/27 after 3, 2 min since (14% of 16)
BACK Carlson back 3/23 after 11, 2 min since (20% of 12)
OKC availability going into 4/02 · 2 days' restOUT Sandfort missed 2 since 3/29, out tonight
OUT Carlson missed 2 since 3/29, returns tonight: 12 min (103% of 12)
BACK Jal. Williams back 3/23 after 16, 25 min since (91% of 27)
BACK Dort back 3/23 after 2, 22 min since (85% of 26)
OKC availability going into 4/05 · 2 days' restOUT Sandfort missed 3 since 3/29, out tonight
BACK Carlson back 4/02 after 2, 12 min since (103% of 12)
OKC availability going into 4/07 · 1 day's restOUT Sandfort missed 4 since 3/29, out tonight
BACK Carlson back 4/02 after 2, 10 min since (87% of 12)
OKC availability going into 4/08 · back-to-backOUT Sandfort missed 5 since 3/29, out tonight
BACK Carlson back 4/02 after 2, 9 min since (79% of 12)
OKC availability going into 4/10 · 1 day's restOUT Sandfort missed 6 since 3/29, returns tonight: 28 min (179% of 16)
BACK Carlson back 4/02 after 2, 9 min since (79% of 12)
OKC availability going into 4/12 · 1 day's restBACK Sandfort back 4/10 after 6, 28 min since (179% of 16)
BACK Carlson back 4/02 after 2, 16 min since (140% of 12)
UTA availability going into 3/28 · back-to-backOUT Collier missed 5 since 3/19, out tonight
OUT Mykhailiuk missed 13 since 3/04, returns tonight: 9 min (40% of 23)
OUT Love missed 5 since 3/19, out tonight
BACK Sensabaugh back 3/23 after 2, 28 min since (121% of 24)
BACK Hinson back 3/25 after 2, 11 min since (54% of 20)
NEW Williams 24 to 32 min over the last 4
NEW Harkless 21 to 35 min over the last 5
UTA availability going into 3/30 · 1 day's restOUT Collier missed 6 since 3/19, out tonight
OUT Hinson missed 2 since 3/27, out tonight
OUT Love missed 6 since 3/19, out tonight
BACK Sensabaugh back 3/23 after 2, 30 min since (128% of 24)
BACK Mykhailiuk back 3/28 after 13, 9 min since (40% of 23)
NEW Williams 24 to 33 min over the last 4
NEW Harkless 21 to 33 min over the last 5
UTA availability going into 4/01 · 1 day's restOUT Collier missed 7 since 3/19, out tonight
OUT Hinson missed 3 since 3/27, out tonight
OUT Love missed 7 since 3/19, out tonight
BACK Sensabaugh back 3/23 after 2, 29 min since (124% of 24)
BACK Mykhailiuk back 3/28 after 13, 9 min since (40% of 23)
NEW Williams 24 to 33 min over the last 4
NEW Harkless 21 to 32 min over the last 4
UTA availability going into 4/03 · 1 day's restOUT Collier missed 8 since 3/19, out tonight
OUT Mykhailiuk missed 2 since 3/30, out tonight
OUT Harkless missed 2 since 3/30, out tonight
OUT Hinson missed 4 since 3/27, out tonight
OUT Love missed 8 since 3/19, out tonight
NEW Williams 24 to 34 min over the last 5
NEW Sensabaugh 24 to 29 min over the last 4
UTA availability going into 4/05 · 1 day's restOUT Collier missed 9 since 3/19, out tonight
OUT Mykhailiuk missed 3 since 3/30, returns tonight: 24 min (102% of 23)
OUT Harkless missed 3 since 3/30, out tonight
OUT Hinson missed 5 since 3/27, out tonight
OUT Love missed 9 since 3/19, out tonight
NEW Williams 24 to 34 min over the last 5
NEW Sensabaugh 24 to 30 min over the last 5
UTA availability going into 4/07 · 1 day's restOUT Collier missed 10 since 3/19, out tonight
OUT Harkless missed 4 since 3/30, out tonight
OUT Hinson missed 6 since 3/27, returns tonight: 11 min (56% of 20)
OUT Love missed 10 since 3/19, out tonight
BACK Mykhailiuk back 3/28 after 13, 16 min since (71% of 23)
NEW Bailey 28 to 34 min over the last 5
NEW Williams 24 to 36 min over the last 5
NEW Sensabaugh 24 to 34 min over the last 5
NEW Filipowski 23 to 30 min over the last 5
UTA availability going into 4/10 · 2 days' restOUT Collier missed 11 since 3/19, out tonight
OUT Harkless missed 5 since 3/30, out tonight
OUT Love missed 11 since 3/19, out tonight
BACK Mykhailiuk back 4/05 after 3, 24 min since (102% of 23)
BACK Hinson back 4/07 after 6, 11 min since (56% of 20)
NEW Bailey 28 to 34 min over the last 4
NEW Williams 24 to 37 min over the last 5
NEW Sensabaugh 24 to 32 min over the last 5
UTA availability going into 4/12 · 1 day's restOUT Collier missed 12 since 3/19, out tonight
OUT Mykhailiuk missed 2 since 4/07, out tonight
OUT Harkless missed 6 since 3/30, out tonight
OUT Love missed 12 since 3/19, out tonight
BACK Hinson back 4/07 after 6, 23 min since (113% of 20)
NEW Konchar 26 to 32 min over the last 5
NEW Williams 24 to 36 min over the last 5
NEW Sensabaugh 24 to 34 min over the last 4
NEW Filipowski 23 to 29 min over the last 4
NEW Tshiebwe 17 to 22 min over the last 5
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
OKC comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 121 a night and allowing 108, shooting 49 percent and 35 from three, 28 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 33 and Jal. Williams at 14 a game. That is 4 straight wins. Without Sandfort (3 straight). 2 days' rest. Utah comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 132, shooting 48 percent and 34 from three, 21 free throws a game; Filipowski at 23 and Sensabaugh at 21 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 9 a night. Without Collier (9 straight), Mykhailiuk (3 straight), Harkless (3 straight). One day's rest.
So: OKC wins, and the game turns on the defense, OKC allowing 108 a night to Utah's 132 and the glass, where OKC has been plus-2 a night and Utah minus-9. Call it OKC 126, Utah 110, OKC by 16.
3/27 vs CHI 131-113 — OKC notes
OKC won 131-113. OKC shot 47% (47 of 101) to CHI's 42%, 14 of 45 from three, and went to the line 31 times to CHI's 21 — 23 points from the stripe to their 16. The glass went 58-47 for them. Gilgeous-Alexander led with 25 (8 of 24, 0 of 10 from three, 9 of 12 at the line); Wallace added 21, Jal. Williams 18. The hinge was Q3, 33-21: OKC came in trailing by 5 and left it ahead by 7, and the lead reached 24. OKC trailed 62-67 at the half and won the second half 69-46. Wallace was the night's best plus/minus at +21.
3/29 vs NYK 111-100 — OKC notes
OKC won 111-100. OKC shot 47% (35 of 75) to NYK's 44%, 10 of 28 from three, and went to the line 38 times to NYK's 17 — 31 points from the stripe to their 13. OKC turned it over 13 times to NYK's 18. Gilgeous-Alexander led with 30 (8 of 18, 1 of 3 from three, 13 of 16 at the line); Jal. Williams added 22, Holmgren 16. The hinge was Q3, 31-26: a lead of 1 became 6. Holmgren was the night's best plus/minus at +16.
3/30 vs DET 114-110 — OKC notes
OKC won 114-110 in 1 overtime. OKC shot 47% (38 of 81) to DET's 42%, 10 of 34 from three, and went to the line 32 times to DET's 23 — 28 points from the stripe to their 12. Gilgeous-Alexander led with 47 (12 of 19, 2 of 3 from three, 21 of 25 at the line); Mitchell added 14, Holmgren 13. The hinge was Q1, 31-24: from level to 7 ahead, and the lead reached 15.
4/02 vs LAL 139-96 — OKC notes
OKC won 139-96. OKC shot 54% (55 of 102) to LAL's 43%, 19 of 42 from three, and got to the line 13 times to LAL's 27. OKC turned it over 10 times to LAL's 18. The glass went 50-38 for them. Gilgeous-Alexander led with 28 (12 of 25, 1 of 4 from three); Joe added 20, Dort 14. The hinge was Q1, 44-21: from level to 23 ahead, and the lead reached 46. Gilgeous-Alexander was the night's best plus/minus at +35.
4/05 vs UTA 146-111 — OKC notes
OKC won 146-111. OKC shot 59% (54 of 92) to UTA's 43%, 24 of 45 from three. Holmgren led with 21 (8 of 11, 4 of 5 from three); Gilgeous-Alexander added 20, Wallace 16. The hinge was Q1, 40-25: from level to 15 ahead, and the lead reached 43. Jal. Williams was the night's best plus/minus at +31.
4/07 @ LAL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
The Lakers come in 3-2 over their last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 117, shooting 52 percent and 34 from three, 32 free throws a game; Dončić at 32 and Reaves at 20 a game. They have won the glass by 5 a night. Without Smart (7 straight). One day's rest. OKC comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 128 a night and allowing 106, shooting 51 percent and 40 from three, 26 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 30 and Jal. Williams at 16 a game. That is 5 straight wins. It has won the glass by 4 a night. Without Sandfort (4 straight). One day's rest.
So: OKC wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, OKC allowing 106 a night to the Lakers' 117 and the arc, OKC at 40 percent from three to the Lakers' 34. Call it OKC 119, the Lakers 113.
4/08 @ LAC — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
The Clippers come in 3-2 over their last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 111, shooting 50 percent and 38 from three, 24 free throws a game; Leonard at 25 and Collins at 18 a game. Without Batum (2 straight). Second night of a back-to-back. OKC comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 127 a night and allowing 101, shooting 52 percent and 44 from three, 23 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 30 and Jal. Williams at 16 a game. That is 5 straight wins. Without Sandfort (5 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: OKC wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where OKC has been plus-3 a night and the Clippers minus-4 and the defense, OKC allowing 101 a night to the Clippers' 111. Call it OKC 116, the Clippers 111.
4/10 @ DEN — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Denver comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 131 a night and allowing 119, shooting 51 percent and 40 from three, 22 free throws a game; Jokić at 26 and Murray at 24 a game. That is 5 straight wins. It has won the glass by 4 a night. Without Jones (4 straight). One day's rest. OKC comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 130 a night and allowing 103, shooting 54 percent and 44 from three, 20 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 28 and Holmgren at 17 a game. That is 5 straight wins. It has won the glass by 5 a night. Without Sandfort (6 straight). One day's rest.
So: OKC wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, OKC allowing 103 a night to Denver's 119 and the arc, OKC at 44 percent from three to Denver's 40. Call it OKC 120, Denver 117, Denver keeping it close.
4/12 vs PHX — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
OKC comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 129 a night and allowing 106, shooting 52 percent and 44 from three, 16 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 23 and Holmgren at 18 a game. It has won the glass by 6 a night. One day's rest. Phoenix comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 103 a night and allowing 113, shooting 44 percent and 32 from three, 22 free throws a game; Booker at 30 and Green at 16 a game. It has lost the glass by 5 a night. One day's rest.
So: OKC wins, and the game turns on the arc, OKC at 44 percent from three to Phoenix's 32 and the glass, where OKC has been plus-6 a night and Phoenix minus-5. Call it OKC 119, Phoenix 106, OKC by 13.
3/28 @ PHX 109-134 — UTA notes
UTA lost 109-134. UTA shot 47% (43 of 92) to PHX's 50%, 10 of 23 from three. The glass went 42-60 against them. Sensabaugh led with 26 (11 of 21, 2 of 5 from three); Filipowski added 26, Mykhailiuk 14. Q3 was theirs, 38-35, the deficit cut from 28 to 25, but the other 3 periods went 99-71 against them. Williams's -31 in 29 minutes was the worst on the floor.
3/30 vs CLE 113-122 — UTA notes
UTA lost 113-122. UTA shot 48% (42 of 88) to CLE's 52%, 15 of 29 from three, and got to the line 20 times to CLE's 27. Williams led with 26 (11 of 22, 4 of 6 at the line); Filipowski added 20, Bailey 19. Q3 was theirs, 36-31, the deficit cut from 10 to 5, but the other 3 periods went 91-77 against them. Sensabaugh's -14 in 26 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/01 vs DEN 117-130 — UTA notes
UTA lost 117-130. UTA shot 46% (44 of 95) to DEN's 48%, 12 of 37 from three, and got to the line 25 times to DEN's 31. Sensabaugh led with 28 (11 of 18, 6 of 9 from three); Filipowski added 25, Chandler 16. Q3 was theirs, 36-29, the deficit cut from 14 to 7, but the other 3 periods went 101-81 against them. Mbeng's -17 in 23 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/03 @ HOU 106-140 — UTA notes
UTA lost 106-140. UTA shot 45% (43 of 96) to HOU's 55%, 5 of 27 from three, and got to the line 22 times to HOU's 30. Williams led with 27 (10 of 16, 7 of 10 at the line); Bailey added 22, Sensabaugh 20. Q4 was theirs, 28-33, but the other 3 periods went 107-78 against them. Williams's -29 in 38 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/05 @ OKC 111-146 — UTA notes
UTA lost 111-146. UTA took 8 more shots (100 to 92), fed by 14 offensive rebounds, but shot 43% to OKC's 59%, 14 of 39 from three. Sensabaugh led with 34 (11 of 19, 6 of 10 from three, 6 of 6 at the line); Filipowski added 20, Mykhailiuk 17. Q2 was theirs, 29-35, but the other 3 periods went 111-82 against them. Bailey's -47 in 33 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/07 @ NOP — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
New Orleans comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 107 a night and allowing 120, shooting 44 percent and 34 from three, 27 free throws a game; Bey at 21 and Fears at 18 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 9 a night. Without Oduro (3 straight), Poole (3 straight), McGowens (13 straight). One day's rest. Utah comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 134, shooting 46 percent and 36 from three, 20 free throws a game; Sensabaugh at 25 and Filipowski at 22 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 8 a night. Without Collier (10 straight), Harkless (4 straight), Hinson (6 straight). One day's rest.
So: New Orleans wins, and the game turns on the defense, New Orleans allowing 120 a night to Utah's 134 and the line, where New Orleans takes 27 free throws a game to Utah's 20. Call it New Orleans 122, Utah 115.
4/10 vs MEM — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Utah comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 139, shooting 47 percent and 34 from three, 21 free throws a game; Sensabaugh at 24 and Filipowski at 18 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 6 a night. Without Collier (11 straight), Harkless (5 straight), Love (11 straight). 2 days' rest. Memphis comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 133, shooting 45 percent and 39 from three, 23 free throws a game; Jackson at 20 and Prosper at 18 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 16 a night. Without Rupert (2 straight), Small (3 straight). One day's rest.
So: Utah wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Utah has been minus-6 a night and Memphis minus-16 and the arc, Memphis at 39 percent from three to Utah's 34. Call it Utah 124, Memphis 123, Memphis keeping it close.
4/12 @ LAL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
The Lakers come in 2-3 over their last five, scoring 106 a night and allowing 114, shooting 50 percent and 36 from three, 26 free throws a game; James at 24 and Hachimura at 13 a game. They have lost the glass by 5 a night. Without Reaves (4 straight), Hayes (3 straight). One day's rest. Utah comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 124 a night and allowing 135, shooting 49 percent and 33 from three, 21 free throws a game; Sensabaugh at 25 and Bailey at 18 a game. Without Collier (12 straight), Mykhailiuk (2 straight), Harkless (6 straight). One day's rest.
So: The Lakers win, and the game turns on the defense, the Lakers allowing 114 a night to Utah's 135 and the glass, where Utah has been minus-1 a night and the Lakers minus-5. Call it the Lakers 122, Utah 116.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
UTAAB A. Bailey
BS B. Sensabaugh
CW C. Williams
JK J. Konchar
KC K. Chandler
KF K. Filipowski
OT O. Tshiebwe
SM S. Mykhailiuk
OKCAC A. Caruso
AM A. Mitchell
AW A. Wiggins
BC B. Carlson
CH C. Holmgren
CW C. Wallace
IH I. Hartenstein
IJ I. Joe
JM J. McCain
JW J. Williams
JW Jal. Williams
JW Jay. Williams
KW K. Williams
LD L. Dort
NT N. Topić
SG S. Gilgeous-Alexander
TO Topic
UTA/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
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
Holmgren, Gilgeous-Alexander pace Thunder, who score season-high 146 points in rout of the Jazz
OKLAHOMA CITY -- — Chet Holmgren scored 21 points, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 20 and the Oklahoma City Thunder had a season-high point total to rout the Utah Jazz 146-111 on Sunday night.
Gilgeous-Alexander sat out the fourth quarter with the Thunder in firm control. He extended his record streak of games with at least 20 points to 138.
Cason Wallace scored 16 points and Jalen Williams added 15 for the Thunder, who increased their lead over the San Antonio Spurs to three games with four remaining in the race for the top seed in the playoffs. Oklahoma City has won five straight and 17 of 18.
The Thunder shot 58.1% from the field overall and made 24 of 45 3-pointers. This shooting spree came three nights after Oklahoma City blew out the Los Angeles Lakers 139-96 .
Oklahoma City has dominated while holding off the Spurs in the standings. The Thunder's last home loss was Feb. 12 against Milwaukee. Their last home loss with Gilgeous-Alexander in the lineup was Jan. 25 against Toronto.
Brice Sensabaugh scored 34 points and Kyle Filipowski added 20 points and 14 rebounds for Utah, which lost its ninth straight.
Cody Williams , Jalen Williams' brother, started for the Jazz and finished with eight points and five rebounds.
Holmgren's nasty baseline dunk on Filipowski gave the Thunder a 59-39 lead in the second quarter.
Oklahoma City's Cason Wallace missed a fast break dunk late in the first half, but Jalen Williams caught the ball on the way down and dunked it with two hands to put the Thunder up 72-52.
The Thunder shot 63% from the field in the first half to take a 75-54 lead at the break.
Oklahoma City extended that margin to 108-81 at the end of the third quarter, and the starters sat out the fourth.
Up next Jazz: At New Orleans on Tuesday night.
Thunder: At the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night.