{"id":695291,"date":"2026-04-03T04:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T04:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/695291\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T04:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T04:29:14","slug":"gilgeous-alexanders-28-points-spark-thunders-139-96-rout-in-one-of-the-lakers-worst-losses-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/695291\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilgeous-Alexander’s 28 points spark Thunder’s 139-96 rout in one of the Lakers’ worst losses ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

OKLAHOMA CITY — – Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> scored 28 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> routed the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> 139-96 on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

Only six times in their storied history have the Lakers been defeated by more points. They fell six points short of their worst margin of defeat ever – a 49-point loss to the Dallas Mavericks<\/a> in 2017.<\/p>\n

Gilgeous-Alexander, the reigning league MVP, got the best of his matchup with Los Angeles’ Luka Doncic<\/a> – the league’s scoring leader and one of Gilgeous-Alexander’s top competitors for this season’s award. Doncic had scored at least 40 points in five of his previous seven games, but he finished with 12 against the Thunder’s suffocating defense.<\/p>\n

Isaiah Joe<\/a> added 20 points and made six 3-pointers as Oklahoma City shot 53.9% to turn a matchup between two of the league’s hottest teams into a blowout. The Thunder have now won 16 of 17. The Lakers had won four straight and 13 of 14.<\/p>\n

Austin Reaves<\/a> scored 15 points and LeBron James<\/a> added 13 for the Lakers.<\/p>\n

It was a critical game for Oklahoma City. The Thunder entered the night two games ahead of San Antonio in the race for homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs with six games remaining.<\/p>\n

In a sign of things to come in the game, it took the Lakers nearly five minutes to make their first field goal. The Thunder led 44-21 at the end of the first behind 14 points from Lu Dort.<\/p>\n

The Lakers had another shooting drought to start the second quarter, taking a little more than four minutes to make their field goal. The Thunder reached their season high point total for a first half when they took a 76-41 lead on a layup by Gilgeous-Alexander with 3:25 left in the second quarter.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City led 82-51 at the break, falling a point short of the Thunder regular-season record for points in a half. They scored 83 in the first half of a game against Minnesota in 2021.<\/p>\n

Joe hit three 3-pointers in an 85-second flurry to put the Thunder up 99-61 in the third quarter. The teams played reserves throughout the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

The Lakers will host a rematch on April 7.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Lakers: Visit the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Thunder: Host the Utah Jazz<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

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