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Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Los Angeles Lakers

April 2, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Thunder beat the Lakers 139-96 on 2026-04-02 at home. The Thunder started Isaiah Hartenstein, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Chet Holmgren, and Jalen Williams. The Lakers started LeBron James, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, Austin Reaves, and Jake LaRavia. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 23 points (9/13) in his matchups, with Luguentz Dort as his primary defender. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 4 points (1/4) in his matchups, with Jake LaRavia as his primary defender.

Box score

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

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder 139

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS 29:47 28 7 7 0 0 1 2 12-25 1-4 3-3 +35
Jalen Williams GS 23:04 10 9 8 2 0 2 1 4-10 0-1 2-2 +31
Luguentz Dort GS 21:20 14 0 1 2 0 1 1 5-8 4-6 0-0 +15
Isaiah Hartenstein GS 20:14 7 6 2 2 2 0 0 3-4 0-0 1-2 +33
Chet Holmgren GS 17:41 7 4 0 2 1 1 3 3-7 1-4 0-0 +13
Cason Wallace 21:11 8 5 2 1 0 0 1 3-7 2-5 0-0 +28
Ajay Mitchell 16:07 10 3 1 0 0 0 3 4-7 2-4 0-0 +25
Jaylin Williams 13:59 7 6 2 0 0 0 2 1-3 1-1 4-5 +15
Isaiah Joe 12:55 20 0 0 1 0 0 0 7-9 6-8 0-0 +19
Aaron Wiggins 12:34 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 3-6 1-4 0-0 -2
Branden Carlson 12:00 4 4 1 0 2 2 2 2-3 0-0 0-1 -2
Nikola Topić 12:00 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 1-2 0-1 0-0 -2
Jared McCain 11:30 8 2 2 1 0 1 1 4-6 0-2 0-0 +6
Kenrich Williams 10:12 7 2 2 0 0 1 1 3-4 1-2 0-0 +2
Brooks Barnhizer 5:26 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -1
Totals 139 50 32 12 5 10 18 55-102 19-42 10-13

LAL
Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers 96

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jake LaRavia GS 32:30 6 8 2 0 2 1 3 3-10 0-2 0-0 -15
Austin Reaves GS 26:38 15 4 1 0 0 4 1 5-9 2-3 3-3 -23
LeBron James GS 25:59 13 6 2 1 1 2 1 3-7 1-4 6-8 -37
Luka Dončić GS 25:42 12 4 7 1 0 6 0 3-10 1-7 5-6 -25
Deandre Ayton GS 19:41 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 4-7 0-0 0-0 -23
Luke Kennard 32:47 7 4 3 0 0 1 1 3-8 1-4 0-0 -28
Jaxson Hayes 20:44 12 1 1 0 0 1 3 3-3 0-0 6-8 -17
Rui Hachimura 18:17 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 2-9 0-3 0-0 -39
Bronny James 17:39 10 0 1 0 1 3 0 4-8 2-4 0-0 -8
Jarred Vanderbilt 12:00 9 5 3 3 0 0 0 4-7 0-2 1-2 +2
Maxi Kleber 8:03 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 -2
Totals 96 38 20 8 5 18 10 34-79 7-30 21-27

Did not play: Marcus Smart (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
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Jake LaRavia: 21 poss., 11 pts (4/11) · Rui Hachimura: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Jalen Williams Austin Reaves: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · LeBron James: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Isaiah Hartenstein Deandre Ayton: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · LeBron James: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luguentz Dort Luka Dončić: 20 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · LeBron James: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Cason Wallace Luke Kennard: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Luka Dončić: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Ajay Mitchell LeBron James: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luke Kennard: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Chet Holmgren LeBron James: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Deandre Ayton: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylin Williams Jaxson Hayes: 13 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Luke Kennard: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Wiggins Luke Kennard: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jarred Vanderbilt: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Joe Luke Kennard: 9 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Bronny James: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nikola Topić Jarred Vanderbilt: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Maxi Kleber: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jared McCain Jake LaRavia: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Bronny James: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Branden Carlson Jake LaRavia: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jaxson Hayes: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kenrich Williams Jake LaRavia: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jarred Vanderbilt: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Brooks Barnhizer Luke Kennard: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bronny James: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Lakers defense

Defender Guarded most
Luke Kennard Isaiah Joe: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jake LaRavia Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nikola Topić: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Luka Dončić Luguentz Dort: 24 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Cason Wallace: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
LeBron James Jalen Williams: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Chet Holmgren: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Austin Reaves Jalen Williams: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ajay Mitchell: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaxson Hayes Jaylin Williams: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Branden Carlson: 8 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Deandre Ayton Isaiah Hartenstein: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Chet Holmgren: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Rui Hachimura Ajay Mitchell: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Bronny James Jared McCain: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Nikola Topić: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jarred Vanderbilt Branden Carlson: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Kenrich Williams: 6 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Maxi Kleber Brooks Barnhizer: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Aaron Wiggins: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)