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Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Utah Jazz

January 7, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Thunder beat the Jazz 129-125 on 2026-01-07 at home. The Thunder started Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Aaron Wiggins, Chet Holmgren, and Jalen Williams. The Jazz started Jusuf Nurkić, Lauri Markkanen, Svi Mykhailiuk, Keyonte George, and Brice Sensabaugh. Keyonte George (Jazz) scored 11 points (3/7) in his matchups, with Jalen Williams as his primary defender. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 10 points (4/10) in his matchups, with Svi Mykhailiuk as his primary defender.

Box score

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

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder 129

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS	41:58	46	6	6	1	1	0	1	14-26	1-8	17-19	+9
Jalen Williams GS	40:58	17	6	8	0	0	2	3	6-15	1-5	4-4	-2
Chet Holmgren GS	40:05	23	12	1	1	3	1	5	9-15	0-3	5-8	+5
Aaron Wiggins GS	24:56	7	7	4	1	2	2	1	3-9	1-4	0-0	-2
Luguentz Dort GS	23:54	6	6	0	3	1	0	4	2-5	1-4	1-2	-10
Ajay Mitchell	33:04	16	2	5	3	1	1	1	5-15	2-7	4-4	+7
Cason Wallace	30:41	4	6	0	4	1	3	3	2-7	0-2	0-0	+12
Branden Carlson	11:14	3	5	1	0	2	1	1	1-4	0-1	1-2	-1
Isaiah Joe	9:42	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	1-3	1-3	2-3	-9
Kenrich Williams	8:28	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	+11
Totals		129	51	26	14	11	11	21	44-101	7-38	34-42

Did not play: Brooks Barnhizer (DNP - Coach's Decision), Chris Youngblood (DNP - Coach's Decision)

UTA

Utah Jazz 125

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Lauri Markkanen GS	43:46	29	13	1	1	0	4	2	11-19	3-7	4-5	-1
Keyonte George GS	42:53	25	7	11	1	0	6	5	9-22	2-9	5-5	0
Jusuf Nurkić GS	32:34	15	15	4	3	1	2	6	6-16	0-1	3-4	+13
Brice Sensabaugh GS	31:58	13	5	1	0	0	1	3	6-12	0-5	1-1	+8
Svi Mykhailiuk GS	26:56	8	7	6	0	0	0	1	3-8	0-5	2-3	+7
Walter Clayton Jr.	26:40	15	6	4	0	1	3	4	5-11	4-7	1-1	+1
Isaiah Collier	17:32	6	1	5	0	0	2	3	3-5	0-1	0-2	-13
Taylor Hendricks	14:19	5	2	1	1	1	2	3	2-5	1-2	0-0	-13
Cody Williams	13:58	5	3	0	1	2	0	3	2-4	1-2	0-0	-13
Ace Bailey	10:14	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-2	0-0	-2
Kyle Filipowski	4:10	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	1-6	0-0	0-0	-7
Totals		125	65	33	8	5	20	31	49-111	11-41	16-21

Did not play: Kyle Anderson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Oscar Tshiebwe (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Luguentz Dort · Aaron Wiggins · Chet Holmgren · Jalen Williams Starter 11.1 min
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Aaron Wiggins · Chet Holmgren · Jalen Williams · Cason Wallace 7.7 min
Isaiah Joe · Chet Holmgren · Jalen Williams · Cason Wallace · Ajay Mitchell 6.6 min
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Kenrich Williams · Cason Wallace · Ajay Mitchell · Branden Carlson 5.6 min
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Chet Holmgren · Jalen Williams · Cason Wallace · Ajay Mitchell 4.9 min

UTA

Utah Jazz

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jusuf Nurkić · Lauri Markkanen · Svi Mykhailiuk · Keyonte George · Brice Sensabaugh Starter 12.4 min
Lauri Markkanen · Taylor Hendricks · Brice Sensabaugh · Isaiah Collier · Walter Clayton Jr. 4.4 min
Jusuf Nurkić · Lauri Markkanen · Svi Mykhailiuk · Keyonte George · Walter Clayton Jr. 4.3 min
Lauri Markkanen · Taylor Hendricks · Keyonte George · Cody Williams · Isaiah Collier 4.0 min
Jusuf Nurkić · Lauri Markkanen · Keyonte George · Brice Sensabaugh · Walter Clayton Jr. 3.6 min

Who guarded whom

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

Thunder defense

Keyonte George 11 pts (3/7) in 95 possessions

Guarded by: Jalen Williams (25 %, 0 pts) · Cason Wallace (23 %, 0 pts) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (14 %, 9 pts)
Lauri Markkanen 17 pts (7/12) in 95 possessions

Guarded by: Luguentz Dort (25 %, 0 pts) · Jalen Williams (24 %, 0 pts) · Chet Holmgren (18 %, 7 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Svi Mykhailiuk: 35 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · Keyonte George: 13 poss., 9 pts (2/4)
Chet Holmgren	Jusuf Nurkić: 38 poss., 1 pts (0/3) · Lauri Markkanen: 17 poss., 7 pts (2/2)
Jalen Williams	Keyonte George: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Lauri Markkanen: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Ajay Mitchell	Isaiah Collier: 15 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Walter Clayton Jr.: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Cason Wallace	Keyonte George: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Walter Clayton Jr.: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Aaron Wiggins	Brice Sensabaugh: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Keyonte George: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Luguentz Dort	Lauri Markkanen: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Brice Sensabaugh: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Branden Carlson	Jusuf Nurkić: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Taylor Hendricks: 4 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Joe	Isaiah Collier: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Walter Clayton Jr.: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kenrich Williams	Lauri Markkanen: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Isaiah Collier: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Jazz defense

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 10 pts (4/10) in 95 possessions

Guarded by: Svi Mykhailiuk (36 %, 0 pts) · Brice Sensabaugh (18 %, 4 pts) · Cody Williams (11 %, 0 pts)
Jalen Williams 15 pts (6/11) in 88 possessions

Guarded by: Keyonte George (32 %, 5 pts) · Lauri Markkanen (28 %, 6 pts) · Brice Sensabaugh (16 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Lauri Markkanen	Luguentz Dort: 29 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Jalen Williams: 24 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Keyonte George	Jalen Williams: 28 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Cason Wallace: 28 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Jusuf Nurkić	Chet Holmgren: 38 poss., 8 pts (4/11) · Aaron Wiggins: 7 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Brice Sensabaugh	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Jalen Williams: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Svi Mykhailiuk	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 34 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Chet Holmgren: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Walter Clayton Jr.	Aaron Wiggins: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Ajay Mitchell: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaiah Collier	Ajay Mitchell: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cason Wallace: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Cody Williams	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ajay Mitchell: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Taylor Hendricks	Branden Carlson: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Chet Holmgren: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ace Bailey	Ajay Mitchell: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kyle Filipowski	Branden Carlson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Williams: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)