Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder rallied from 18 points down in the second quarter to beat the LA Clippers 118-112 for their fourth straight win.
The Thunder trailed 53-35 with 5:33 left in the second quarter. They outscored the Clippers 83-59 the rest of the way.
Steven Adams’ cutting layup with 1:19 left made it 110-106, and Dennis Schröder’s driving layup with 44.3 seconds left put it away at 112-106.
During clutch time, the Thunder outscored the Clippers 16-8. Schröder scored 10 of the Thunder’s 16 on 4 for 5 shooting. Late in the fourth quarter, Adams had 2 of his 3 steals, one of them leading to Chris Paul’s 11-foot pull-up jumper that put the Thunder ahead 103-102, and the Thunder scored 4 points off them.
Schröder had 28 points (16 in the fourth quarter) and 6 assists off the bench, and Adams added 20 points (all 20 in the paint), 17 rebounds and 3 steals on 10 for 15 shooting. Schröder scored 16 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter. The Thunder had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Clippers, Lou Williams had 22 points and 7 assists. Paul George scored 18 points.
The Clippers gave up 16 offensive rebounds, about 5 more than usual for the shots the Thunder missed. The Thunder outscored the Clippers 60-40 in the paint. The Clippers were outscored 22-10 in 6 minutes with Williams, George, Harkless, Harrell and Shamet on the floor together.