NBA

Oklahoma City Thunder at Utah Jazz

· NBA Cup - Group Play
16-1, 9-1 Away
Final
144 - 112

5-10, 4-4 Home

Gilgeous-Alexander scores 31 points, Thunder use big 3rd quarter to race past Jazz 144-112

Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Utah Jazz: Game Highlights

Gilgeous-Alexander was shooting less than 27% on 3-pointers after seven games but has made half his long-range shots since then and all three attempts from beyond the arc against Utah to go along with 9-of-13 shooting from the field and 10 of 12 from the line.

Isaiah Joe scored 16 points and Jaylin Williams made five 3s for a season-high 15 points for Oklahoma City. The Thunder — 2-0 in the NBA Cup — shot 61.4% from the field and a season-best 62.2% on 3s, making 23 of 37.

Keyonte George scored 20 points and Lauri Markkanen added 19 for Utah. The Jazz are 5-10 overall and 0-3 in tournament play.

The Thunder forced 28 turnovers and turned them into 44 points, disrupting the Jazz sets and visibly frustrating Utah's players.

Utah led 84-77 before the Thunder finished the third quarter on the 33-4 run, including 22 points in a row. Oklahoma City is the league’s best third-quarter team and showed it by forcing nine turnovers with suffocating pressure defense while shooting 9 for 13 from 3-point range.

Gilgeous-Alexander scored 12 as OKC outscored Utah 43-20 in the period. Incredibly, Utah led by 18 points (39-21) before OKC led by 36 late in the game.

The Jazz scored 44 points in the first quarter, more than any team has tallied in any quarter against the Thunder this season, to lead 44-30.

The Jazz led the entire first half but the Thunder closed to 68-67 and Coach Mark Daigneault was assessed a technical foul arguing a non-call at the halftime buzzer.

Up next Thunder: Host Portland on Sunday night.

Jazz: Host the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night.

Regular Season Series

OKC leads series 1-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 144 - 112
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 144 - 112
4th 4.5 shot clock turnover 144 - 112
4th 26.5 Chris Youngblood defensive rebound 144 - 112
4th 31.2 Cody Williams misses 26-foot three point shot 144 - 112

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
51-83 FG 38-79
61 Field Goal % 48
23-37 3PT 16-38
62 Three Point % 42
19-25 FT 20-24
76 Free Throw % 83
26 Rebounds 39
3 Offensive Rebounds 12
23 Defensive Rebounds 27
36 Assists 30
15 Steals 10
4 Blocks 3
13 Turnovers 27
1 Team Turnovers 1
14 Total Turnovers 28
2 Technical Fouls 1
2 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
14 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 44
15 Fast Break Points 11
50 Points in Paint 34
16 Fouls 25
36 Largest Lead 18
Utah Jazz Utah Jazz Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Jusuf Nurkic, C Out Nov 3
Jaren Jackson Jr., F Out Oct 27
Trey Alexander, G Out Oct 24
Oklahoma City Thunder Oklahoma City Thunder Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Jaylin Williams, F Day-To-Day Nov 5
Nikola Topic, G Out Nov 3
Thomas Sorber, C Out Nov 3
Cason Wallace, G Out Oct 30
Chet Holmgren, C Out Oct 30

Game Information

Delta Center

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

2026-27 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Portland 6 1 .857 - W3
Oklahoma City 6 2 .750 0.5 W2
Minnesota 6 3 .667 1 W2
Denver 4 3 .571 2 W1
Utah 1 7 .125 5.5 L6
Full Standings

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