Jalen Williams scored a career-high 27 points (8 during an 11-0 run across the third and fourth quarters), and the Oklahoma City Thunder rallied from 20 points down in the second quarter to beat the San Antonio Spurs 119-111.
The Thunder trailed 75-55 with 1:23 left in the second quarter and 77-60 at halftime. They outscored the Spurs 64-36 the rest of the way.
Jalen Williams’ 9-foot floater with 30.2 seconds left made it 115-111, and Luguentz Dort’s 2 free throws with 14.7 seconds left put it away at 117-111.
During clutch time, the Thunder outscored the Spurs 10-5. Dort scored 6 of the Thunder’s 10 on 2 for 2 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line.
Dort scored 23 points.
For the Spurs, Devin Vassell scored 25 points (11 in the second quarter).
The Thunder shot 51.1% from the field and 33.3% from 3 to the Spurs’ 44.6% and 27.0%. The Spurs gave up 15 offensive rebounds, about 4 more than usual for the shots the Thunder missed. The Thunder outscored the Spurs 20-8 off turnovers. The Spurs’ starters were outscored 45-32 in 15 minutes together.