Los Angeles Lakers @ Oklahoma City Thunder — May 8, 2026

NBA·Western conference semifinals PayCom Center, Oklahoma City·May 8, 2026
Los Angeles Lakers LAL 53-32, 25-19 Away
107
Final
125
Oklahoma City Thunder OKC 65-17, 35-7 Home
1 2 3 4 T
LAL 23 35 22 27 107
OKC 27 30 36 32 125
Oklahoma City Thunder lead 2-0
Leaders
Points
A.
A. Reaves G LAL
31 PTS
C.
C. Holmgren FC OKC
22 PTS
Rebounds
D.
D. Ayton C LAL
10 REB
C.
C. Holmgren FC OKC
9 REB
Assists
L.
L. James F LAL
6 AST
A.
A. Mitchell G OKC
6 AST
Box Scores
Lakers
Thunder
MIN — Minutes · PTS — Points · FG — Field Goals · 3PT — 3-Point Field Goals · FT — Free Throws · REB — Rebounds · AST — Assists · STL — Steals · BLK — Blocks · TO — Turnovers · PF — Personal Fouls · +/- — Plus-Minus
Team Statistics
Lakers
Thunder
50% Field Goals 55.6%
37.9% 3-Point FG 38.9%
85.7% Free Throws 80.8%
30 Rebounds 32
10 OFF 9
20 DEF 23
24 Assists 26
7 Steals 12
0 Blocks 5
20 Turnovers 12
26 Fouls 21
5 Biggest Lead 20
7:07 Time in Lead 38:34
7 Max Pts in Row 11
Four Factors
57.1% eFG% 64.2%
18.6% TOV% 11.5%
30.3% ORB% 31%
23.1% FT Rate 25.9%
Play-by-Play
Q4 27 - 32 107 - 125
2PT D. Knecht
107 - 125 0:34
105 - 125 0:58
N. Topić 2PT
105 - 123 1:46
J. McCain 3PT
2PT N. Smith Jr.
105 - 120 2:09
103 - 120 2:39
S. Gilgeous-Alexander 2PT
2PT A. Reaves
103 - 118 2:51
101 - 118 3:03
C. Holmgren 2PT
FT A. Reaves
101 - 116 3:20
FT A. Reaves
100 - 116 3:20
99 - 116 3:37
C. Wallace 3PT
2PT L. Kennard
99 - 113 3:45
97 - 113 4:04
C. Wallace 2PT
FT L. James
97 - 111 4:28
FT L. James
96 - 111 4:28
95 - 111 4:48
S. Gilgeous-Alexander 3PT
95 - 108 5:19
C. Holmgren FT
FT A. Reaves
95 - 107 5:36
94 - 107 5:54
C. Wallace 3PT
94 - 104 6:47
C. Holmgren FT
94 - 103 6:47
C. Holmgren FT
94 - 102 7:14
C. Holmgren 3PT
2PT L. James
94 - 99 7:36
92 - 99 7:59
S. Gilgeous-Alexander FT
92 - 98 7:59
S. Gilgeous-Alexander FT
3PT A. Reaves
92 - 97 8:26
89 - 97 8:42
S. Gilgeous-Alexander 2PT
3PT L. James
89 - 95 8:58
2PT L. James
86 - 95 9:20
FT M. Smart
84 - 95 9:57
FT M. Smart
83 - 95 9:57
82 - 95 10:16
J. McCain 2PT
2PT R. Hachimura
82 - 93 10:41
Q3 22 - 36 80 - 93
80 - 93 0:23
A. Mitchell FT
80 - 92 0:23
A. Mitchell FT
2PT L. James
80 - 91 0:33
78 - 91 1:12
A. Caruso 2PT
2PT M. Smart
78 - 89 1:32
76 - 89 1:51
J. McCain 3PT
FT M. Smart
76 - 86 2:00
FT M. Smart
75 - 86 2:00
74 - 86 2:16
C. Holmgren FT
74 - 84 2:53
J. Williams 3PT
74 - 82 2:53
J. Williams FT
74 - 81 3:24
J. McCain 2PT
2PT A. Reaves
74 - 79 3:38
72 - 79 4:19
J. McCain 3PT
72 - 76 4:50
A. Mitchell FT
FT D. Ayton
72 - 75 5:22
71 - 75 6:12
A. Mitchell FT
71 - 74 6:12
A. Mitchell FT
71 - 73 6:40
C. Holmgren FT
71 - 72 6:40
C. Holmgren 2PT
2PT L. James
71 - 70 6:55
69 - 70 7:12
C. Wallace FT
69 - 69 7:12
C. Wallace FT
69 - 68 7:45
A. Mitchell 2PT
69 - 66 8:15
C. Holmgren 2PT
3PT A. Reaves
69 - 64 8:35
66 - 64 9:58
L. Dort 3PT
FT A. Reaves
66 - 61 10:34
FT A. Reaves
65 - 61 10:34
FT A. Reaves
64 - 61 10:34
2PT A. Reaves
63 - 61 11:00
61 - 61 11:12
S. Gilgeous-Alexander FT
61 - 60 11:12
S. Gilgeous-Alexander FT
3PT R. Hachimura
61 - 59 11:25
58 - 59 11:43
C. Holmgren 2PT
Q2 35 - 30 58 - 57
2PT J. Hayes
58 - 57 0:17
56 - 57 0:32
I. Hartenstein 2PT
2PT L. James
56 - 55 0:48
54 - 55 1:04
A. Caruso 3PT
2PT J. Hayes
54 - 52 1:20
52 - 52 1:44
S. Gilgeous-Alexander 2PT
52 - 50 2:13
S. Gilgeous-Alexander FT
3PT R. Hachimura
52 - 49 2:53
49 - 49 3:15
C. Wallace 2PT
3PT L. Kennard
49 - 47 3:39
46 - 47 3:57
I. Joe 2PT
2PT M. Smart
46 - 45 4:11
2PT A. Reaves
44 - 45 4:45
42 - 45 5:02
I. Hartenstein 2PT
2PT L. Kennard
42 - 43 5:16
2PT A. Reaves
40 - 43 5:41
FT A. Reaves
38 - 43 5:41
37 - 43 5:59
A. Mitchell 2PT
3PT L. Kennard
37 - 41 6:21
34 - 41 6:42
A. Mitchell 2PT
3PT A. Reaves
34 - 39 8:02
31 - 39 8:21
A. Mitchell 2PT
31 - 37 8:45
J. McCain 3PT
3PT M. Smart
31 - 34 9:04
28 - 34 9:20
A. Mitchell FT
28 - 33 9:20
A. Mitchell 2PT
FT L. James
28 - 31 9:51
FT L. James
27 - 31 9:51
FT M. Smart
26 - 31 10:19
2PT M. Smart
25 - 31 10:19
23 - 31 11:12
A. Mitchell 2PT
23 - 29 11:37
J. McCain 2PT
Q1 23 - 27 23 - 27
3PT R. Hachimura
23 - 27 0:02
2PT L. James
20 - 27 0:26
2PT J. Hayes
18 - 27 0:54
16 - 27 1:26
S. Gilgeous-Alexander FT
16 - 26 1:26
S. Gilgeous-Alexander 2PT
16 - 24 1:43
J. Williams 3PT
16 - 21 2:13
S. Gilgeous-Alexander FT
16 - 20 2:53
S. Gilgeous-Alexander 2PT
16 - 18 3:50
I. Joe 2PT
FT A. Reaves
16 - 16 4:03
2PT A. Reaves
15 - 16 4:03
2PT A. Reaves
13 - 16 4:29
2PT L. James
11 - 16 4:52
9 - 16 5:19
S. Gilgeous-Alexander 2PT
2PT D. Ayton
9 - 14 5:30
7 - 14 5:55
C. Holmgren 3PT
3PT R. Hachimura
7 - 11 6:46
4 - 11 7:54
I. Hartenstein 2PT
2PT L. James
4 - 9 8:09
2 - 9 8:15
I. Hartenstein 2PT
2PT R. Hachimura
2 - 7 8:37
0 - 7 8:57
C. Holmgren 3PT
0 - 4 10:02
I. Hartenstein 2PT
0 - 2 10:53
A. Mitchell 2PT
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 11 Biggest Lead: OKC +20 Times Tied: 5
Head-to-Head
Thunder leads 3-0
Final
LAL Lakers
26271918
90
OKC Thunder
31302324
108
Thunder lead 1-0
Final
LAL Lakers
21301629
96
OKC Thunder
44383027
139
Final
LAL Lakers
18202628
92
OKC Thunder
30403021
121
PayCom Center
Oklahoma City, US · 18,203 capacity
League
NBA
Season
NBA 25/26
Round
Western conference semifinals
Date
May 8, 2026
Time
1:30 am
Duration
48 min