{"id":524565,"date":"2026-01-08T09:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T09:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/524565\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T09:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T09:28:11","slug":"gilgeous-alexander-leads-thunder-to-overtime-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/524565\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilgeous-Alexander leads Thunder to overtime win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 46 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to an overtime win over the Utah Jazz.<\/p>\n<p>The NBA&#8217;s reigning Most Valuable Player hit the shot to force overtime before helping the defending champions clinch a 129-125 victory.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Chet Holmgren added a double-double of 23 points and 12 rebounds as the Thunder improved to a 31-7 record and sit top of the Western Conference.<\/p>\n<p>The San Antonio Spurs (26-11) are second in the West having won 107-91 at home to the fourth-placed Los Angeles Lakers (23-12).<\/p>\n<p>Keldon Johnson scored 27 points as a balanced San Antonio attack overcame the individual brilliance of Luka Doncic, with Victor Wembanyama adding 16 points off the bench.<\/p>\n<p>Doncic finished with 38 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for the Lakers, who rested LeBron James after the veteran shone in Tuesday&#8217;s win at New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Denver Nuggets (25-12) remain third in the West after claiming a 114-110 win at the Boston Celtics (23-13).<\/p>\n<p>Three-time MVP Nikola Jokic (knee) missed his fifth straight game for Denver, for whom Peyton Watson scored a team-high 30 points while Jamal Murray added 22 and a career-high 17 assists.<\/p>\n<p>The Celtics (23-13) slipped to third in the Eastern Conference as the New York Knicks won 134-111 at home to the Los Angeles Clippers (24-13) to halt a four-game losing streak.<\/p>\n<p>Eastern Conference leaders Detroit are 28-9 after Isaiah Stewart scored a career-high 31 points as the Pistons won 108-93 at home to the Chicago Bulls.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/.gif\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 46 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to an overtime win over the Utah&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":524566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,75,366,329,187,296,1409,1016,762,2850,185,135,150,368,6,478,191,253,179,1146,297,969,474,209,427,693,574],"class_list":{"0":"post-524565","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-boston-celtics","10":"tag-chet-holmgren","11":"tag-chicago-bulls","12":"tag-denver-nuggets","13":"tag-detroit","14":"tag-eastern-conference","15":"tag-isaiah-stewart","16":"tag-jamal-murray","17":"tag-keldon-johnson","18":"tag-lebron-james","19":"tag-los-angeles-clippers","20":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","21":"tag-luka-doncic","22":"tag-nba","23":"tag-new-orleans","24":"tag-new-york-knicks","25":"tag-nikola-jokic","26":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","27":"tag-peyton-watson","28":"tag-pistons","29":"tag-san-antonio","30":"tag-san-antonio-spurs","31":"tag-shai-gilgeous-alexander","32":"tag-utah-jazz","33":"tag-victor-wembanyama","34":"tag-western-conference"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115858774945626204","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}