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Oklahoma City Thunder at Utah Jazz

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23-1, 12-1 Away
Final
131 - 101

8-15, 6-7 Home

Thunder improve to 23-1 with 15th straight victory, routing Jazz 131-101

Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Utah Jazz: Game Highlights

Holmgren added nine rebounds, and Williams had eight assists. Aaron Wiggins scored 19 points, while Branden Carlson had a season-high 13 points.

Oklahoma City shot 58% from the field and made 21 3-pointers. The Thunder scored 27 points off 17 Utah turnovers.

Kyle Filipkowski led the Jazz with 21 points and 10 rebounds. Walter Clayton Jr. and Taylor Hendricks added 20 points apiece. Clayton had nine assists.

Both teams played without their leading scorers. Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was sidelined because of left elbow bursitis. Utah's Lauri Markkanen sat out with an undisclosed illness.

Oklahoma City raced out to a 13-1 lead before the Jazz scored their first basket 3 1/2 minutes in. Utah made it 18-9 on a layup from Keyonte George and then got buried under an avalanche of baskets from Carlson.

The second-year center dunked the ball and made three 3-pointers over five possessions to ignite a 25-7 run that made it 43-16 going into the final minute of the first quarter. The Thunder ended up scoring 45 first-quarter points.

The Jazz have given up 86 points in the first quarters over their last two games.

Oklahoma City maintained a double-digit lead over the final three quarters, leading by 42 points in the second half.

Up next Thunder: Host Phoenix on Wednesday night in the NBA Cup quarterfinals.

Jazz: At Memphis on Friday night.

Regular Season Series

OKC leads series 2-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 131 - 101
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 131 - 101
4th 2.3 shot clock turnover 131 - 101
4th 24.5 Chris Youngblood defensive rebound 131 - 101
4th 29.0 Cody Williams misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot 131 - 101

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
51-88 FG 40-85
58 Field Goal % 47
21-42 3PT 12-36
50 Three Point % 33
8-18 FT 9-12
44 Free Throw % 75
44 Rebounds 37
8 Offensive Rebounds 6
36 Defensive Rebounds 31
32 Assists 25
9 Steals 6
3 Blocks 3
13 Turnovers 17
1 Team Turnovers 0
14 Total Turnovers 17
0 Technical Fouls 2
0 Total Technical Fouls 2
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
9 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 27
17 Fast Break Points 4
52 Points in Paint 48
20 Fouls 17
42 Largest Lead 1
1 Lead Changes 1
98 Lead Percentage 1
Utah Jazz Utah Jazz Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Georges Niang, F Out Dec 11
Walker Kessler, C Out Nov 5
Oklahoma City Thunder Oklahoma City Thunder Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Cason Wallace, G Day-To-Day Dec 10
Isaiah Hartenstein, C Out Dec 9
Isaiah Joe, G Out Dec 9
Nikola Topic, G Out Oct 30
Thomas Sorber, C Out Sep 5

Game Information

Delta Center

Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Attendance: 18,186 · Capacity:

2025-26 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 24 1 .960 - W16
Denver 18 6 .750 5.5 W4
Minnesota 15 9 .625 8.5 L1
Portland 9 16 .360 15 L3
Utah 8 15 .348 15 L2
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