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Detroit Pistons at Oklahoma City Thunder

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Detroit Pistons
42-34, 21-18 Away
Final
103 - 119

Oklahoma City Thunder
64-12, 35-5 Home

Gilgeous-Alexander scores 33 as Thunder top Pistons 119-103 for 11th straight win

Detroit Pistons vs. Oklahoma City Thunder: Game Highlights

Jalen Williams scored 23 points and Chet Holmgren added 22 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks for the Thunder.

Oklahoma City has a three-game lead over the Cleveland Cavaliers with six games remaining in the race for the league’s best record and homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs.

Tim Hardaway Jr. led the Pistons with 23 points to pick up the slack for All-Star guard Cade Cunningham, who was out with a bruised left calf. The Pistons also were missing three players because of their Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday. Forward Ron Holland II and guard Marcus Sasser served their suspensions Wednesday and forward/center Isaiah Stewart served the first game of his two-game suspension against Oklahoma City.

Commissioner Adam Silver was in attendance, and the Thunder gave him the same kind of show they’ve delivered all season. Lu Dort's tip-in at the halftime buzzer gave the Thunder a 65-59 lead at the break.

The Thunder opened the second half on a 10-0 run to take a 75-59 lead.

Detroit cut the deficit to four points in the fourth quarter before the Thunder closed strong.

Takeaways Pistons: Detroit picked the wrong day to be less than full strength. Oklahoma City is one of the league's deepest teams, and it showed in the closing minutes.

Thunder: Oklahoma City finished with a 29-1 record against Eastern Conference opponents this season. The 96.7% winning percentage is the best in league history against an opposing conference. The only loss against the East was at Cleveland on Jan. 8.

Key mome nt Dort's 3-pointer rattled out and popped up before dropping in to give the Thunder a 112-103 lead with about three minutes to play.

Key stat Detroit committed 18 turnovers to Oklahoma City's 10.

Up next The Pistons visit the Toronto Raptors on Friday. The Thunder visit the Houston Rockets on Friday.

Regular Season Series

OKC wins series 2-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 103 - 119
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 103 - 119
4th 2.1 shot clock turnover 103 - 119
4th 27.1 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 2 of 2 103 - 119
4th 27.1 Kenrich Williams enters the game for Isaiah Hartenstein 103 - 118

Statistics

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36-89 FG 42-96
40.4 Field Goal % 43.8
10-33 3PT 10-38
30.3 Three Point % 26.3
21-25 FT 25-31
84.0 Free Throw % 80.6
43 Rebounds 46
11 Offensive Rebounds 13
32 Defensive Rebounds 33
20 Assists 25
5 Steals 12
7 Blocks 11
18 Turnovers 10
1 Team Turnovers 0
19 Total Turnovers 10
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
20 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 11
16 Fast Break Points 12
46 Points in Paint 58
25 Fouls 19
2 Largest Lead 17
Oklahoma City Thunder Oklahoma City Thunder Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Thomas Sorber, C Day-To-Day Jul 21
Jalen Williams, F Day-To-Day Jul 10
Detroit Pistons Detroit Pistons Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Ronald Holland II, F Day-To-Day Jul 21
Isaiah Stewart, C Day-To-Day Jul 3
Jaden Ivey, PG Day-To-Day Jul 3

Game Information

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Location: Oklahoma City, OK
Attendance: 18,203 · Capacity:

2024-25 Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Cleveland 64 18 .780 - L1
Indiana 50 32 .610 14 W1
Milwaukee 48 34 .585 16 W8
Detroit 44 38 .537 20 L2
Chicago 39 43 .476 25 W3

2024-25 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City - 14 W4 0.8292683 68
Denver 18 32 W3 0.6097561 50
Minnesota 19 33 W3 0.597561 49
Portland 32 46 W1 0.4390244 36
Utah 51 65 L2 0.20731707 17
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