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Los Angeles Lakers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

April 7, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Thunder beat the Lakers 123-87 on 2026-04-07 on the road against the Lakers. The Lakers started Luke Kennard, Deandre Ayton, Rui Hachimura, Drew Timme, and Jake LaRavia. The Thunder started Isaiah Hartenstein, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Chet Holmgren, and Ajay Mitchell. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 2 points (1/3) in his matchups, with Jake LaRavia as his primary defender. Kobe Bufkin (Lakers) scored 15 points (6/12) in his matchups, with Aaron Wiggins as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers 87

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Drew Timme GS	26:32	11	3	2	0	0	3	3	4-9	2-4	1-2	-26
Rui Hachimura GS	25:34	15	5	1	0	1	2	1	7-10	1-1	0-3	-24
Luke Kennard GS	23:10	10	2	9	1	0	0	0	4-7	0-2	2-3	-23
Deandre Ayton GS	22:50	3	3	0	0	1	1	2	1-4	0-0	1-2	-26
Jake LaRavia GS	19:51	2	7	1	2	1	2	2	1-7	0-4	0-2	-19
Bronny James	22:43	4	2	2	1	0	1	0	2-9	0-5	0-0	-25
Adou Thiero	20:39	10	4	2	1	0	2	0	2-4	1-2	5-10	-15
Dalton Knecht	18:31	5	4	0	0	0	3	1	2-6	1-2	0-0	-3
Kobe Bufkin	18:19	9	3	4	0	0	1	1	2-6	2-2	3-4	0
Maxi Kleber	13:10	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	-5
Chris Mañon	12:00	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-5
Nick Smith Jr.	12:00	11	0	2	0	0	0	1	4-6	1-2	2-2	-5
Jarred Vanderbilt	4:41	3	2	1	1	0	1	1	1-1	1-1	0-3	-4
Totals		87	38	26	7	3	17	12	32-73	9-26	14-31

Did not play: Jaxson Hayes (DND - Injury/Illness)

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder 123

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS	28:02	25	1	8	2	0	3	2	10-15	2-2	3-3	+32
Luguentz Dort GS	22:36	8	1	2	4	0	1	1	3-6	2-5	0-0	+28
Chet Holmgren GS	22:00	15	10	0	2	2	2	3	6-10	1-3	2-3	+30
Ajay Mitchell GS	21:27	9	3	3	1	0	0	1	3-9	1-3	2-2	+7
Isaiah Hartenstein GS	10:19	0	5	2	1	0	1	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	-3
Cason Wallace	22:43	5	2	3	3	0	0	4	1-4	1-2	2-2	+27
Aaron Wiggins	19:57	10	2	0	1	0	1	2	4-7	2-4	0-0	+4
Isaiah Joe	18:14	18	2	0	0	0	1	1	6-9	6-9	0-0	+31
Jared McCain	15:51	15	2	1	0	0	1	3	5-8	3-4	2-2	+7
Jaylin Williams	13:58	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+14
Kenrich Williams	12:00	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	1-7	0-3	0-0	+5
Alex Caruso	10:09	6	1	2	0	0	2	0	2-3	2-3	0-0	0
Nikola Topić	9:31	0	1	3	1	0	0	1	0-4	0-1	0-0	0
Branden Carlson	7:28	8	2	1	0	0	0	1	3-4	1-2	1-2	-1
Brooks Barnhizer	5:45	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	-1
Totals		123	46	29	15	2	12	21	45-89	21-41	12-14

Lineups

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Luke Kennard · Deandre Ayton · Rui Hachimura · Drew Timme · Jake LaRavia Starter 6.6 min
Luke Kennard · Deandre Ayton · Drew Timme · Jake LaRavia · Adou Thiero 5.1 min
Maxi Kleber · Rui Hachimura · Kobe Bufkin · Bronny James · Adou Thiero 3.9 min
Drew Timme · Nick Smith Jr. · Dalton Knecht · Adou Thiero · Chris Mañon 3.8 min
Maxi Kleber · Jarred Vanderbilt · Rui Hachimura · Kobe Bufkin · Bronny James 3.6 min

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Isaiah Hartenstein · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Luguentz Dort · Chet Holmgren · Ajay Mitchell Starter 5.7 min
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Luguentz Dort · Chet Holmgren · Cason Wallace · Ajay Mitchell 7.7 min
Kenrich Williams · Aaron Wiggins · Nikola Topić · Branden Carlson · Brooks Barnhizer 5.8 min
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Luguentz Dort · Isaiah Joe · Jaylin Williams · Cason Wallace 4.9 min
Alex Caruso · Isaiah Hartenstein · Aaron Wiggins · Jared McCain · Ajay Mitchell 4.6 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Lakers defense

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2 pts (1/3) in 54 possessions

Guarded by: Jake LaRavia (25 %, 0 pts) · Maxi Kleber (14 %, 0 pts) · Adou Thiero (12 %, 0 pts)
Chet Holmgren 7 pts (3/8) in 43 possessions

Guarded by: Deandre Ayton (49 %, 0 pts) · Drew Timme (21 %, 4 pts) · Adou Thiero (9 %, 1 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Rui Hachimura	Luguentz Dort: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Alex Caruso: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Drew Timme	Luguentz Dort: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Chet Holmgren: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Luke Kennard	Ajay Mitchell: 12 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Luguentz Dort: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Deandre Ayton	Chet Holmgren: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Isaiah Hartenstein: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Adou Thiero	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ajay Mitchell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jake LaRavia	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ajay Mitchell: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bronny James	Isaiah Joe: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Cason Wallace: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Dalton Knecht	Aaron Wiggins: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jared McCain: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Kobe Bufkin	Brooks Barnhizer: 6 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Aaron Wiggins: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Maxi Kleber	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Hartenstein: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nick Smith Jr.	Kenrich Williams: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jared McCain: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Chris Mañon	Nikola Topić: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Aaron Wiggins: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jarred Vanderbilt	Jaylin Williams: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Thunder defense

Kobe Bufkin 15 pts (6/12) in 36 possessions

Guarded by: Aaron Wiggins (15 %, 0 pts) · Cason Wallace (13 %, 0 pts) · Isaiah Joe (12 %, 6 pts)
Nick Smith Jr. 5 pts (2/4) in 24 possessions

Guarded by: Nikola Topić (20 %, 0 pts) · Aaron Wiggins (18 %, 0 pts) · Kenrich Williams (18 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Jake LaRavia: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Deandre Ayton: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ajay Mitchell	Luke Kennard: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jake LaRavia: 9 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Luguentz Dort	Rui Hachimura: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Luke Kennard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Cason Wallace	Bronny James: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rui Hachimura: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Wiggins	Dalton Knecht: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Chris Mañon: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Chet Holmgren	Deandre Ayton: 16 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Jake LaRavia: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jared McCain	Luke Kennard: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dalton Knecht: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Isaiah Joe	Bronny James: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kobe Bufkin: 5 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Jaylin Williams	Maxi Kleber: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Drew Timme: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kenrich Williams	Dalton Knecht: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Nick Smith Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Hartenstein	Deandre Ayton: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rui Hachimura: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Alex Caruso	Rui Hachimura: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Maxi Kleber: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Nikola Topić	Chris Mañon: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nick Smith Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Branden Carlson	Kobe Bufkin: 4 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Adou Thiero: 3 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Brooks Barnhizer	Nick Smith Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kobe Bufkin: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)