Utah
Jazz
125
–
129
FINAL
Oklahoma City
Thunder
Date
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Arena
Attendance
N/A
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | 1OT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTA | 22 | 31 | 33 | 28 | 11 | 125 |
| OKC | 31 | 27 | 33 | 23 | 15 | 129 |
Game MVPs
Box score star vs. the player whose impact transcended the stat sheet
Key Contributor
Chet Holmgren
OKC
23
PTS
12
REB
1
AST
+5
+/−
Key Contributions
Deflections1
Contested Shots18
Opp FG% When Defending61.5%
Pts Allowed / Poss0.25
Impact Composite63.5
Hustle: 29.0Defense: 33.9Impact: 0.6
Double-Double60.0% FG3 blocks18 contested shotsonly 18 pts allowed on 71.1 possessions
Box Score MVP
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
OKC
46
PTS
6
REB
6
AST
+9
+/−
Game Performance
FG14-26 (53.8%)
3PT1-8
FT17-19
TS%66.9%
eFG%55.8%
STL1
BLK1
TOV0
ORTG107
DRTG100
NET+7
46 points7 contested shotsonly 35 pts allowed on 82.8 possessions
Box Score
| UTA | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lauri Markkanen | 43:46 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11-19 | 58% | 3-7 | 43% | 4-5 | 80% | -1 |
| Keyonte George | 42:53 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 9-22 | 41% | 2-9 | 22% | 5-5 | 100% | 0 |
| Svi Mykhailiuk | 26:56 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3-8 | 38% | 0-5 | 0% | 2-3 | 67% | +7 |
| Jusuf Nurkić | 32:34 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6-16 | 38% | 0-1 | 0% | 3-4 | 75% | +13 |
| Brice Sensabaugh | 31:58 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6-12 | 50% | 0-5 | 0% | 1-1 | 100% | +8 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Cody Williams | 13:58 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2-4 | 50% | 1-2 | 50% | 0-0 | 0% | -13 |
| Isaiah Collier | 17:32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3-5 | 60% | 0-1 | 0% | 0-2 | 0% | -13 |
| Taylor Hendricks | 14:19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2-5 | 40% | 1-2 | 50% | 0-0 | 0% | -13 |
| Walter Clayton Jr. | 26:40 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5-11 | 46% | 4-7 | 57% | 1-1 | 100% | +1 |
| Kyle Filipowski | 4:10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-6 | 17% | 0-0 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -7 |
| Ace Bailey | 10:14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-3 | 33% | 0-2 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | -2 |
| TOTAL | — | 125 | 65 | 19 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 31 | 49-111 | 44% | 11-41 | 27% | 16-21 | 76% | — |
Kyle Anderson —
Oscar Tshiebwe —
| OKC | MIN | PTS | REB | OREB | AST | STL | BLK | TOV | PF | FG | FG% | 3PT | 3P% | FT | FT% | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Williams | 40:58 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6-15 | 40% | 1-5 | 20% | 4-4 | 100% | -2 |
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | 41:58 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14-26 | 54% | 1-8 | 13% | 17-19 | 90% | +9 |
| Chet Holmgren | 40:05 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9-15 | 60% | 0-3 | 0% | 5-8 | 63% | +5 |
| Aaron Wiggins | 24:56 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3-9 | 33% | 1-4 | 25% | 0-0 | 0% | -2 |
| Luguentz Dort | 23:54 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2-5 | 40% | 1-4 | 25% | 1-2 | 50% | -10 |
| BENCH | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenrich Williams | 8:28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-2 | 50% | 0-1 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +11 |
| Ajay Mitchell | 33:04 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5-15 | 33% | 2-7 | 29% | 4-4 | 100% | +7 |
| Branden Carlson | 11:14 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1-4 | 25% | 0-1 | 0% | 1-2 | 50% | -1 |
| Isaiah Joe | 9:42 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-3 | 33% | 1-3 | 33% | 2-3 | 67% | -9 |
| Cason Wallace | 30:41 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2-7 | 29% | 0-2 | 0% | 0-0 | 0% | +12 |
| TOTAL | — | 129 | 51 | 12 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 21 | 44-101 | 44% | 7-38 | 18% | 34-42 | 81% | — |
Brooks Barnhizer —
Chris Youngblood —
Shot Chart & Zone Quality
Every shot plotted with zone efficiency vs league average
Team
View
Player
UTA49/111 (44%)
Paint
35/63 (56%)
Mid
9/15 (60%)
3PT
11/41 (27%)
RA 57%Paint 46%ATB3 28%Corner 3 25%Mid 100%
OKC44/101 (44%)
Paint
27/48 (56%)
Mid
13/21 (62%)
3PT
7/38 (18%)
RA 58%ATB3 13%Paint 50%Corner 3 29%Mid 78%
Made
Missed
Hot (+5% vs avg)
Cold (-5% vs avg)
Matchup Breakdown
Matchup Matrix
Defense:
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Primary Matchup
Chet Holmgren
defended Jusuf Nurkić
6.3 min • 1 pts • 0%
Best Defender
Jalen Williams
held Lauri Markkanen
3.8 min • 0 pts • 0%
Got Cooked
Chet Holmgren
vs Lauri Markkanen
2.3 min • 9 pts • 100%
| OKC Defense | Ace Bailey | Brice Sensabaugh | Cody Williams | Isaiah Collier | Jusuf Nurkić | Keyonte George | Lauri Markkanen | Svi Mykhailiuk | Taylor Hendricks | Walter Clayton Jr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | — | 1.7m 4pts 50% | 1.4m 5pts 67% | — | 1.1m 7pts 60% | 1.8m 7pts 50% | 1.2m 2pts 100% | 5.7m 6pts 43% | — | 1.2m 4pts 33% |
| Jalen Williams | — | 1.8m 5pts 33% | — | — | 1.7m 4pts 33% | 3.2m 2pts 100% | 3.8m 0pts 0% | 1.6m 4pts 67% | — | 1.4m 2pts 100% |
| Chet Holmgren | — | 1.2m 2pts 100% | — | — | 6.3m 1pts 0% | 1.4m 2pts 100% | 2.3m 9pts 100% | 1.0m 4pts 67% | — | — |
| Ajay Mitchell | — | 1.6m 0pts 0% | — | 2.4m 5pts 50% | — | 1.7m 2pts 50% | — | — | — | 2.2m 2pts 0% |
| Cason Wallace | — | 1.0m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | 3.3m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | 2.1m 0pts 0% |
| Luguentz Dort | — | 1.2m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | 1.0m 0pts 0% | 3.8m 0pts 0% | — | — | — |
| Aaron Wiggins | — | 2.1m 2pts 33% | — | — | — | 1.7m 0pts 0% | — | — | — | — |
| Kenrich Williams | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.1m 2pts 100% | — | — | — |
| Other | 3.6m 8pts 60% | — | 3.3m 8pts 43% | 3.4m 8pts 50% | 3.1m 7pts 50% | — | 2.8m 4pts 67% | 1.7m 2pts 33% | 4.7m 5pts 40% | — |
Game Flow
Game Flow
Score margin over time — positive = OKC leads, negative = UTA leads
OKC Largest Lead
20
Q2 3:00
UTA Largest Lead
8
Q4 6:11
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
OKC 8-0 run
Q1 10:27 – Q2 0:20
+6 → +11
OKC 8-0 run
Q3 5:04 – Q3 5:45
0 → +6
UTA 10-0 run
Q4 1:50 – Q4 3:45
+2 → -6