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Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Los Angeles Lakers

November 12, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Thunder beat the Lakers 121-92 on 2025-11-12 at home. The Thunder started Isaiah Hartenstein, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Chet Holmgren, Cason Wallace, and Ajay Mitchell. The Lakers started Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, Rui Hachimura, and Austin Reaves. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 27 points (11/15) in his matchups, with Cason Wallace as his primary defender. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 4 points (2/6) in his matchups, with Marcus Smart as his primary defender.

Box score

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

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder 121

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS 29:23 30 5 9 2 0 1 1 10-18 2-7 8-9 +25
Ajay Mitchell GS 26:27 14 3 3 3 0 3 2 6-13 1-5 1-1 +18
Cason Wallace GS 24:03 6 0 1 2 1 0 4 2-6 0-3 2-2 +24
Isaiah Hartenstein GS 20:10 11 8 0 1 0 2 2 5-6 0-0 1-2 +14
Chet Holmgren GS 20:04 11 3 1 0 2 0 4 4-7 1-2 2-2 +16
Isaiah Joe 34:39 21 2 5 2 0 1 2 5-11 4-10 7-7 +24
Jaylin Williams 19:32 6 7 4 0 0 1 0 2-6 2-5 0-0 +21
Branden Carlson 16:59 0 5 1 2 1 0 2 0-4 0-2 0-0 -2
Alex Caruso 16:54 10 4 3 2 0 1 0 4-7 2-3 0-0 +19
Ousmane Dieng 15:13 10 2 1 0 0 2 0 5-8 0-1 0-0 -2
Brooks Barnhizer 8:18 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 -6
Chris Youngblood 8:18 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 -6
Totals 121 42 28 14 4 11 19 44-88 12-39 21-23

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers 92

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Rui Hachimura GS 32:53 13 5 1 2 0 0 0 5-11 2-5 1-2 -35
Luka Dončić GS 32:49 19 7 7 2 0 4 3 7-20 1-7 4-7 -31
Austin Reaves GS 30:21 13 5 3 1 0 5 3 4-12 0-5 5-6 -24
Marcus Smart GS 27:43 9 1 0 1 0 2 3 1-5 1-4 6-6 -21
Deandre Ayton GS 25:49 6 5 1 1 0 4 4 3-5 0-0 0-1 -18
Jake LaRavia 22:01 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 1-6 1-4 2-2 -9
Dalton Knecht 19:11 16 2 1 0 0 0 1 6-7 4-5 0-2 -1
Jarred Vanderbilt 18:44 6 9 2 0 0 3 2 2-4 1-2 1-2 -1
Jaxson Hayes 13:53 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 -17
Bronny James 8:18 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0-4 0-2 0-0 +6
Maxi Kleber 8:18 3 4 0 1 0 0 1 1-2 1-1 0-0 +6
Totals 92 42 19 9 0 20 19 31-77 11-35 19-28

Did not play: Adou Thiero (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Thunder defense

Defender Guarded most
Isaiah Joe Dalton Knecht: 14 poss., 5 pts (1/4) · Jake LaRavia: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Marcus Smart: 20 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Austin Reaves: 9 poss., 6 pts (1/2)
Ajay Mitchell Austin Reaves: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rui Hachimura: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Cason Wallace Luka Dončić: 30 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Austin Reaves: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Hartenstein Deandre Ayton: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jaxson Hayes: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Chet Holmgren Rui Hachimura: 18 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Deandre Ayton: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Jaylin Williams Deandre Ayton: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Jaxson Hayes: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Alex Caruso Austin Reaves: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Luka Dončić: 9 poss., 10 pts (4/4)
Branden Carlson Jarred Vanderbilt: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Rui Hachimura: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ousmane Dieng Dalton Knecht: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Austin Reaves: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Chris Youngblood Bronny James: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dalton Knecht: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brooks Barnhizer Jake LaRavia: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Bronny James: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Lakers defense

Defender Guarded most
Luka Dončić Cason Wallace: 35 poss., 7 pts (3/8) · Alex Caruso: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Rui Hachimura Chet Holmgren: 19 poss., 4 pts (1/4) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Austin Reaves Ajay Mitchell: 27 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Alex Caruso: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Marcus Smart Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Isaiah Joe: 14 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Deandre Ayton Isaiah Hartenstein: 24 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jaylin Williams: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jake LaRavia Isaiah Joe: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Dalton Knecht Isaiah Joe: 18 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Ousmane Dieng: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jarred Vanderbilt Branden Carlson: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaxson Hayes Jaylin Williams: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Hartenstein: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Maxi Kleber Ousmane Dieng: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Joe: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bronny James Chris Youngblood: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ousmane Dieng: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/2)