Lakers vs Thunder, Game 2: Thunder win 125-107, Thunder lead series 2-0
Updated
107–125
Final
Thursday, May 7, 2026
2026 West Conference Semifinals · Thunder lead 2-0
- G1OKC 108-90
- G2OKC 125-107
- G3OKC 131-108
- G4OKC 115-110
Lakers vs Thunder Game 2 final: the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Los Angeles Lakers 125-107 on May 7, 2026 at PayCom Center. Thunder lead 2-0 after Game 2.
Lakers vs Thunder Game Info
- Date
- Thursday, May 7, 2026
- Tip-off
- 9:30 PM ET / 6:30 PM PT
- Arena
- PayCom Center, Oklahoma City
- Season
- 2025-26 NBA Season
Score by Quarter
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakers | 23 | 35 | 22 | 27 | 107 |
| Thunder | 27 | 30 | 36 | 32 | 125 |
Lakers vs Thunder Recap
The Thunder lead the series 2-0.
Chet Holmgren led the Thunder with 22 points and 9 rebounds. Austin Reaves led the Lakers with 31 points.
The Thunder did the damage in the 3rd quarter, winning that period by 14.
Top Performers
Lakers
- 31 PTS Austin Reaves
- 10 REB Deandre Ayton
- 6 AST LeBron James
Thunder
- 22 PTS Chet Holmgren
- 9 REB Chet Holmgren
- 6 AST Ajay Mitchell
Team Stats
| Lakers | Stat | Thunder |
|---|---|---|
| 39-78 | Field Goals | 45-81 |
| 50.0% | FG % | 55.6% |
| 11-29 | 3-Pointers | 14-36 |
| 37.9% | 3P % | 38.9% |
| 18-21 | Free Throws | 21-26 |
| 85.7% | FT % | 80.8% |
| 30 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 10 | Off. Rebounds | 9 |
| 24 | Assists | 26 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 0 | Blocks | 5 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 26 | Fouls | 21 |
| 5 | Biggest Lead | 20 |
Four Factors
| Team | Effective FG% | Turnover % | Off. rebound % | FT rate (FTM/FGA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lakers | 57.1% | 18.6% | 30.3% | 0.231 |
 Thunder | 64.2% | 11.5% | 31.0% | 0.259 |
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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James F | 37 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9-18 | 1-4 | 4-4 | -9 |
| Austin Reaves G | 38 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10-16 | 3-6 | 8-10 | -20 |
| Deandre Ayton C | 26 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -4 |
| Marcus Smart G | 34 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4-13 | 1-7 | 5-5 | +2 |
| Rui Hachimura F | 38 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6-10 | 4-7 | 0-0 | -19 |
| Bench | |||||||||||
| Jaxson Hayes CF | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -11 |
| Bronny James G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 |
| Jake LaRavia F | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -14 |
| Adou Thiero F | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +3 |
| Dalton Knecht G | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 |
| Nick Smith Jr. G | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -1 |
| Luke Kennard G | 26 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | -15 |
Oklahoma City Thunder
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FG | 3PT | FT | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajay Mitchell G | 30 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7-12 | 0-3 | 6-7 | +18 |
| Chet Holmgren FC | 32 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7-11 | 3-5 | 5-7 | +19 |
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GF | 27 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7-13 | 1-3 | 7-9 | +5 |
| Luguentz Dort G | 22 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1-6 | 1-6 | 0-0 | -1 |
| Isaiah Hartenstein CF | 26 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +1 |
| Bench | |||||||||||
| Jared McCain G | 17 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7-11 | 4-5 | 0-0 | +1 |
| Nikola Topic G | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Alex Caruso G | 22 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2-6 | 1-5 | 0-0 | +17 |
| Cason Wallace G | 30 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4-7 | 2-3 | 2-2 | +17 |
| Isaiah Joe G | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -1 |
| Kenrich Williams GF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +1 |
| Aaron Wiggins G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +1 |
| Jaylin Williams F | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 1-1 | +12 |
Game Flow
Thunder leadLakers lead
- Lead changes
- 12
- Times tied
- 5
- Thunder largest lead
- 20
- Lakers largest lead
- 5
Play-by-Play
Scoring plays, newest first. Score shown Lakers-Thunder.
1st Quarter 24 scoring plays
- 0:02LakersRui Hachimura +323-27
- 0:26LakersLeBron James +220-27
- 0:54LakersJaxson Hayes +218-27
- 1:26ThunderShai Gilgeous-Alexander +116-27
- 1:26ThunderShai Gilgeous-Alexander +216-26
- 1:43ThunderJaylin Williams +316-24
- 2:13ThunderShai Gilgeous-Alexander +116-21
- 2:53ThunderShai Gilgeous-Alexander +216-20
- 3:50ThunderIsaiah Joe +216-18
- 4:03LakersAustin Reaves +116-16
- 4:03LakersAustin Reaves +215-16
- 4:29LakersAustin Reaves +213-16
- 4:52LakersLeBron James +211-16
- 5:19ThunderShai Gilgeous-Alexander +29-16
- 5:30LakersDeandre Ayton +29-14
- 5:55ThunderChet Holmgren +37-14
- 6:46LakersRui Hachimura +37-11
- 7:54ThunderIsaiah Hartenstein +24-11
- 8:09LakersLeBron James +24-9
- 8:15ThunderIsaiah Hartenstein +22-9
- 8:37LakersRui Hachimura +22-7
- 8:57ThunderChet Holmgren +30-7
- 10:02ThunderIsaiah Hartenstein +20-4
- 10:53ThunderAjay Mitchell +20-2
2nd Quarter 32 scoring plays
- 0:17LakersJaxson Hayes +258-57
- 0:32ThunderIsaiah Hartenstein +256-57
- 0:48LakersLeBron James +256-55
- 1:04ThunderAlex Caruso +354-55
- 1:20LakersJaxson Hayes +254-52
- 1:44ThunderShai Gilgeous-Alexander +252-52
- 2:13ThunderShai Gilgeous-Alexander +152-50
- 2:53LakersRui Hachimura +352-49
- 3:15ThunderCason Wallace +249-49
- 3:39LakersLuke Kennard +349-47
- 3:57ThunderIsaiah Joe +246-47
- 4:11LakersMarcus Smart +246-45
- 4:45LakersAustin Reaves +244-45
- 5:02ThunderIsaiah Hartenstein +242-45
- 5:16LakersLuke Kennard +242-43
- 5:41LakersAustin Reaves +240-43
- 5:41LakersAustin Reaves +138-43
- 5:59ThunderAjay Mitchell +237-43
- 6:21LakersLuke Kennard +337-41
- 6:42ThunderAjay Mitchell +234-41
- 8:02LakersAustin Reaves +334-39
- 8:21ThunderAjay Mitchell +231-39
- 8:45ThunderJared McCain +331-37
- 9:04LakersMarcus Smart +331-34
- 9:20ThunderAjay Mitchell +128-34
- 9:20ThunderAjay Mitchell +228-33
- 9:51LakersLeBron James +128-31
- 9:51LakersLeBron James +127-31
- 10:19LakersMarcus Smart +126-31
- 10:19LakersMarcus Smart +225-31
- 11:12ThunderAjay Mitchell +223-31
- 11:37ThunderJared McCain +223-29
3rd Quarter 35 scoring plays
- 0:23ThunderAjay Mitchell +180-93
- 0:23ThunderAjay Mitchell +180-92
- 0:33LakersLeBron James +280-91
- 1:12ThunderAlex Caruso +278-91
- 1:32LakersMarcus Smart +278-89
- 1:51ThunderJared McCain +376-89
- 2:00LakersMarcus Smart +176-86
- 2:00LakersMarcus Smart +175-86
- 2:16ThunderChet Holmgren +174-86
- 2:53ThunderJaylin Williams +374-84
- 2:53ThunderJaylin Williams +174-82
- 3:24ThunderJared McCain +274-81
- 3:38LakersAustin Reaves +274-79
- 4:19ThunderJared McCain +372-79
- 4:50ThunderAjay Mitchell +172-76
- 5:22LakersDeandre Ayton +172-75
- 6:12ThunderAjay Mitchell +171-75
- 6:12ThunderAjay Mitchell +171-74
- 6:40ThunderChet Holmgren +171-73
- 6:40ThunderChet Holmgren +271-72
- 6:55LakersLeBron James +271-70
- 7:12ThunderCason Wallace +169-70
- 7:12ThunderCason Wallace +169-69
- 7:45ThunderAjay Mitchell +269-68
- 8:15ThunderChet Holmgren +269-66
- 8:35LakersAustin Reaves +369-64
- 9:58ThunderLuguentz Dort +366-64
- 10:34LakersAustin Reaves +166-61
- 10:34LakersAustin Reaves +165-61
- 10:34LakersAustin Reaves +164-61
- 11:00LakersAustin Reaves +263-61
- 11:12ThunderShai Gilgeous-Alexander +161-61
- 11:12ThunderShai Gilgeous-Alexander +161-60
- 11:25LakersRui Hachimura +361-59
- 11:43ThunderChet Holmgren +258-59
4th Quarter 32 scoring plays
- 0:34LakersDalton Knecht +2107-125
- 0:58ThunderNikola Topic +2105-125
- 1:46ThunderJared McCain +3105-123
- 2:09LakersNick Smith Jr. +2105-120
- 2:39ThunderShai Gilgeous-Alexander +2103-120
- 2:51LakersAustin Reaves +2103-118
- 3:03ThunderChet Holmgren +2101-118
- 3:20LakersAustin Reaves +1101-116
- 3:20LakersAustin Reaves +1100-116
- 3:37ThunderCason Wallace +399-116
- 3:45LakersLuke Kennard +299-113
- 4:04ThunderCason Wallace +297-113
- 4:28LakersLeBron James +197-111
- 4:28LakersLeBron James +196-111
- 4:48ThunderShai Gilgeous-Alexander +395-111
- 5:19ThunderChet Holmgren +195-108
- 5:36LakersAustin Reaves +195-107
- 5:54ThunderCason Wallace +394-107
- 6:47ThunderChet Holmgren +194-104
- 6:47ThunderChet Holmgren +194-103
- 7:14ThunderChet Holmgren +394-102
- 7:36LakersLeBron James +294-99
- 7:59ThunderShai Gilgeous-Alexander +192-99
- 7:59ThunderShai Gilgeous-Alexander +192-98
- 8:26LakersAustin Reaves +392-97
- 8:42ThunderShai Gilgeous-Alexander +289-97
- 8:58LakersLeBron James +389-95
- 9:20LakersLeBron James +286-95
- 9:57LakersMarcus Smart +184-95
- 9:57LakersMarcus Smart +183-95
- 10:16ThunderJared McCain +282-95
- 10:41LakersRui Hachimura +282-93
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 7, 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 2?
The Oklahoma City Thunder won 125-107 on May 7, 2026. Thunder lead 2-0 after Game 2.
What is the Lakers vs Thunder series score?
Thunder lead 2-0 in the 2026 West Conference Semifinals.
Who was the top scorer in Lakers vs Thunder?
Austin Reaves scored 31 for the Lakers. Chet Holmgren scored 22 for the Thunder.