Lakers vs Thunder, Game 1: Thunder win 108-90, Thunder lead series 1-0
Updated
90–108
Final
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
2026 West Conference Semifinals · Thunder lead 1-0
- G1OKC 108-90
- G2OKC 125-107
- G3OKC 131-108
- G4OKC 115-110
Lakers vs Thunder Game 1 final: the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Los Angeles Lakers 108-90 on May 5, 2026 at PayCom Center. Thunder lead 1-0 after Game 1.
Lakers vs Thunder Game Info
- Date
- Tuesday, May 5, 2026
- Tip-off
- 8:30 PM ET / 5:30 PM PT
- Arena
- PayCom Center, Oklahoma City
- Season
- 2025-26 NBA Season
Score by Quarter
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakers | 26 | 27 | 19 | 18 | 90 |
| Thunder | 31 | 30 | 23 | 24 | 108 |
Lakers vs Thunder Recap
The Thunder lead the series 1-0.
Chet Holmgren led the Thunder with 24 points and 12 rebounds. LeBron James led the Lakers with 27 points.
The Thunder did the damage in the 4th quarter, winning that period by 6.
Top Performers
Lakers
- 27 PTS LeBron James
- 12 REB Deandre Ayton
- 7 AST Marcus Smart
Thunder
- 24 PTS Chet Holmgren
- 12 REB Chet Holmgren
- 6 AST Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Team Stats
| Lakers | Stat | Thunder |
|---|---|---|
| 35-85 | Field Goals | 42-85 |
| 41.2% | FG % | 49.4% |
| 10-30 | 3-Pointers | 13-30 |
| 33.3% | 3P % | 43.3% |
| 10-13 | Free Throws | 11-12 |
| 76.9% | FT % | 91.7% |
| 41 | Rebounds | 44 |
| 12 | Off. Rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Assists | 29 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 7 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 16 | Fouls | 14 |
| 7 | Biggest Lead | 21 |
Four Factors
| Team | Effective FG% | Turnover % | Off. rebound % | FT rate (FTM/FGA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lakers | 47.1% | 15.8% | 25.5% | 0.118 |
 Thunder | 57.1% | 13.4% | 23.7% | 0.129 |
Dean Oliver's four factors decide most games: shooting, turnovers, offensive rebounding and free throws. Better side highlighted.
Lakers vs Thunder Box Score
Los Angeles Lakers
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Reaves G | 35 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3-16 | 0-5 | 2-2 | -10 |
| Marcus Smart G | 31 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4-15 | 2-8 | 2-2 | -10 |
| LeBron James F | 36 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12-17 | 3-6 | 0-1 | -6 |
| Rui Hachimura F | 36 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7-13 | 3-6 | 1-2 | -21 |
| Deandre Ayton C | 27 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 |
| Bench | |||||||||||
| Dalton Knecht G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Adou Thiero F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Bronny James G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Luke Kennard G | 28 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 4-4 | -14 |
| Jarred Vanderbilt F | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -4 |
| Nick Smith Jr. G | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jake LaRavia F | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | -9 |
| Jaxson Hayes CF | 16 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -12 |
Oklahoma City Thunder
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chet Holmgren FC | 30 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9-17 | 2-2 | 4-4 | +10 |
| Ajay Mitchell G | 27 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7-16 | 1-5 | 3-3 | +14 |
| Isaiah Hartenstein CF | 24 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | +5 |
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GF | 35 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8-15 | 0-1 | 2-3 | +9 |
| Luguentz Dort G | 27 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 0-0 | +2 |
| Bench | |||||||||||
| Alex Caruso G | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | +15 |
| Jaylin Williams F | 20 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | +11 |
| Aaron Wiggins G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 |
| Jared McCain G | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-7 | 4-5 | 0-0 | +4 |
| Kenrich Williams GF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Cason Wallace G | 19 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | +11 |
| Isaiah Joe G | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | +11 |
Game Flow
Thunder leadLakers lead
- Lead changes
- 5
- Times tied
- 6
- Thunder largest lead
- 21
- Lakers largest lead
- 7
Play-by-Play
Scoring plays, newest first. Score shown Lakers-Thunder.
1st Quarter 31 scoring plays
- 0:01ThunderIsaiah Joe +226-31
- 0:39ThunderShai Gilgeous-Alexander +126-29
- 0:39ThunderShai Gilgeous-Alexander +226-28
- 0:48LakersRui Hachimura +226-26
- 1:16ThunderIsaiah Joe +224-26
- 1:44ThunderShai Gilgeous-Alexander +224-24
- 1:58LakersRui Hachimura +224-22
- 2:18ThunderJaylin Williams +322-22
- 2:37LakersMarcus Smart +122-19
- 2:37LakersMarcus Smart +121-19
- 4:14ThunderChet Holmgren +120-19
- 4:14ThunderChet Holmgren +120-18
- 4:25LakersLeBron James +220-17
- 5:32ThunderShai Gilgeous-Alexander +118-17
- 5:40LakersRui Hachimura +218-16
- 6:56LakersLeBron James +216-16
- 7:13ThunderChet Holmgren +114-16
- 7:13ThunderChet Holmgren +114-15
- 7:41ThunderAjay Mitchell +214-14
- 7:52LakersLeBron James +314-12
- 8:17ThunderChet Holmgren +311-12
- 8:35LakersAustin Reaves +111-9
- 8:35LakersAustin Reaves +110-9
- 8:48ThunderIsaiah Hartenstein +29-9
- 9:24ThunderShai Gilgeous-Alexander +29-7
- 9:39LakersDeandre Ayton +29-5
- 9:54ThunderChet Holmgren +27-5
- 10:30ThunderLuguentz Dort +37-3
- 10:51LakersLeBron James +37-0
- 11:16LakersDeandre Ayton +24-0
- 11:46LakersLeBron James +22-0
2nd Quarter 28 scoring plays
- 0:41ThunderAlex Caruso +353-61
- 0:55LakersLeBron James +253-58
- 1:20LakersLeBron James +251-58
- 1:38LakersLuke Kennard +349-58
- 2:14ThunderIsaiah Joe +246-58
- 2:32LakersMarcus Smart +346-56
- 2:55ThunderChet Holmgren +243-56
- 3:21ThunderChet Holmgren +243-54
- 4:02LakersJaxson Hayes +143-52
- 4:14ThunderShai Gilgeous-Alexander +242-52
- 4:39ThunderShai Gilgeous-Alexander +242-50
- 5:23LakersMarcus Smart +342-48
- 5:57ThunderChet Holmgren +239-48
- 6:33LakersAustin Reaves +239-46
- 6:57ThunderChet Holmgren +337-46
- 7:27ThunderAjay Mitchell +237-43
- 7:46LakersJarred Vanderbilt +237-41
- 8:27ThunderCason Wallace +335-41
- 8:49LakersLuke Kennard +135-38
- 8:49LakersLuke Kennard +134-38
- 8:49LakersLuke Kennard +133-38
- 9:12LakersDeandre Ayton +232-38
- 9:31ThunderAjay Mitchell +230-38
- 9:45LakersDeandre Ayton +230-36
- 10:15LakersDeandre Ayton +228-36
- 10:38ThunderJared McCain +326-36
- 11:05ThunderAjay Mitchell +126-33
- 11:05ThunderAjay Mitchell +126-32
3rd Quarter 21 scoring plays
- 0:13ThunderAjay Mitchell +172-84
- 0:13ThunderAjay Mitchell +372-83
- 1:04LakersLeBron James +272-80
- 1:35ThunderShai Gilgeous-Alexander +270-80
- 2:08LakersLeBron James +270-78
- 2:22LakersLuke Kennard +168-78
- 3:13ThunderAjay Mitchell +267-78
- 4:16LakersLeBron James +267-76
- 4:35ThunderCason Wallace +265-76
- 4:56ThunderLuguentz Dort +365-74
- 6:20ThunderShai Gilgeous-Alexander +265-71
- 6:40LakersRui Hachimura +365-69
- 7:09LakersJaxson Hayes +262-69
- 7:53ThunderIsaiah Hartenstein +160-69
- 7:53ThunderIsaiah Hartenstein +160-68
- 8:04LakersRui Hachimura +360-67
- 9:06ThunderShai Gilgeous-Alexander +257-67
- 9:20LakersMarcus Smart +257-65
- 10:30LakersMarcus Smart +255-65
- 11:19ThunderChet Holmgren +253-65
- 11:48ThunderAjay Mitchell +253-63
4th Quarter 18 scoring plays
- 0:21LakersJake LaRavia +390-108
- 0:41ThunderIsaiah Joe +387-108
- 1:45ThunderIsaiah Hartenstein +287-105
- 2:12ThunderIsaiah Hartenstein +287-103
- 2:39LakersLeBron James +387-101
- 4:24LakersAustin Reaves +284-101
- 5:16ThunderJared McCain +382-101
- 5:48ThunderChet Holmgren +282-98
- 6:08LakersRui Hachimura +382-96
- 7:47LakersLeBron James +279-96
- 8:00ThunderChet Holmgren +277-96
- 8:22LakersAustin Reaves +277-94
- 8:56ThunderJared McCain +375-94
- 9:23ThunderJared McCain +375-91
- 9:57LakersRui Hachimura +275-88
- 10:41ThunderAlex Caruso +273-88
- 10:59ThunderAjay Mitchell +273-86
- 11:24LakersRui Hachimura +173-84
Next for the Thunder
West Conference Finals: Thunder vs Spurs · Spurs win 4-3
Thunder vs Lakers: Series So Far
Series Leaders
Thunder
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander4 GP24.5PTS2.3REB6.3AST
Ajay Mitchell4 GP22.5PTS3.0REB6.0AST
Chet Holmgren4 GP20.0PTS9.8REB1.3AST
Lakers
LeBron James4 GP23.3PTS6.0REB5.8AST
Austin Reaves4 GP20.8PTS4.3REB6.8AST
Rui Hachimura4 GP20.0PTS4.0REB2.5AST
Per-game averages in this series, top three scorers per team.
More NBA Games on May 5, 2026
That covers Lakers vs Thunder: score, leaders and box score above. Next: Lakers visit the Thunder May 13; Thunder host the Lakers May 13.
Lakers vs Thunder FAQs
Who won Lakers vs Thunder Game 1?
The Oklahoma City Thunder won 108-90 on May 5, 2026. Thunder lead 1-0 after Game 1.
What is the Lakers vs Thunder series score?
Thunder lead 1-0 in the 2026 West Conference Semifinals.
Who was the top scorer in Lakers vs Thunder?
LeBron James scored 27 for the Lakers. Chet Holmgren scored 24 for the Thunder.