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Oklahoma City Thunder at Utah Jazz

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45-10, 19-7 Away
Final
130 - 107

13-42, 6-20 Home

West-leading Thunder beat the Jazz 130-107 for 8th victory in 9 games

John Collins puts Isaiah Hartenstein on a poster with this vicious jam

Chet Holmgren added 20 points for the Thunder. Jalen Williams had 18 points, and Isaiah Hartenstein grabbed 13 rebounds.

John Collins scored 26 points for Utah, and Keyonte George added 20. Walker Kessler finished with 19 rebounds, and Isaiah Coller had 12 assists.

Oklahoma City never trailed. The Thunder used a 15-4 run to take a 27-14 lead late in the first quarter. Gilgeous-Alexander and Alex Caruso fueled the spurt with a pair of baskets apiece.

Oklahoma City led by 25 points in the final minute of the half, going up 66-41 on Lu Dort’s layup.

Takeaways Thunder: Smothering defense led to lots of easy baskets in transition. Oklahoma City scored 37 points off 19 Utah turnovers.

Jazz: Jaden Springer made his debut after signing a 10-day contract Thursday. He had seven points and two assists in 11 minutes.

Key moment After Utah cut the deficit to four on Collins’ layup, Jalen Williams countered with a second-chance 3-pointer. Collins then went 1 of 2 on back-to-back trips to the free throw line, keeping it a two-possession game.

Key stat The Thunder scored 39 points in the second quarter.

Up next Oklahoma City is at Minnesota on Sunday night. Utah hosts Houston on Saturday night.

Regular Season Series

OKC leads series 3-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 130 - 107
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 130 - 107
4th 23.1 Dillon Jones makes 27-foot three point jumper (Ousmane Dieng assists) 130 - 107
4th 38.1 Dillon Jones defensive rebound 127 - 107
4th 41.1 KJ Martin misses 25-foot three point jumper 127 - 107

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/okc.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originOKC https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/utah.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originUTAH
46-97 FG 41-90
47.4 Field Goal % 45.6
19-43 3PT 15-41
44.2 Three Point % 36.6
19-20 FT 10-18
95.0 Free Throw % 55.6
51 Rebounds 43
17 Offensive Rebounds 14
34 Defensive Rebounds 29
38 Assists 27
10 Steals 7
10 Blocks 2
12 Turnovers 19
0 Team Turnovers 2
12 Total Turnovers 21
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
8 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 37
21 Fast Break Points 17
46 Points in Paint 44
20 Fouls 15
25 Largest Lead 0
Utah Jazz Utah Jazz Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Brice Sensabaugh, F Day-To-Day Jul 19
Kyle Filipowski, F Day-To-Day Jul 19
Isaiah Collier, G Day-To-Day Jul 19
Walter Clayton Jr., G Day-To-Day Jul 19
Ace Bailey, G Day-To-Day Jul 19
Oklahoma City Thunder Oklahoma City Thunder Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Thomas Sorber, C Out Sep 5
Jalen Williams, F Day-To-Day Jul 10

Game Information

Delta Center

Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Attendance: 18,175 · Capacity:

2025-26 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Denver 0 0 .000 - -
Minnesota 0 0 .000 - -
Portland 0 0 .000 - -
Oklahoma City 0 0 .000 - -
Utah 0 0 .000 - -
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