Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 35 points and eight assists, along with 28 points from Ajay Mitchell as the Oklahoma City Thunder endured a rally by the Los Angeles Lakers to sweep the Western Conference semifinal series 4-0.
- Thunder vs. Lakers live updates, highlights from NBA playoffs Game 4
- Thunder 115, Lakers 110 Final
- End of 3rd Quarter: Lakers 84, Thunder 80.
- Halftime: Thunder 49, Lakers 45
- End of 1st Quarter: Lakers 26, Thunder 21
- Tip-off from Los Angeles
- How to Watch Game 4 Eastern Conference Semifinals: Oklahoma City Thunder (3-0) vs Los Angeles Lakers (0-3)
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The Lakers were down by as many as 12 points in the second half before surging back to take a five point lead with 8:40 to go. However, Los Angeles couldn’t close out in the final minutes, falling 115-110. Austin Reaves had 27 points, with 25 from Rui Hachimura and LeBron James finished with 24. Still, the trio could overcome themselves in the clutch.
James and Reaves both missed shots in the final moment to try and force a tie.
Thunder vs. Lakers live updates, highlights from NBA playoffs Game 4
Thunder 115, Lakers 110 Final
4th Quarter- 6.4 seconds: Ajay Mitchell sinks two free throws for 115-110 lead.
4th Quarter- 8.3 seconds: Austin Reaves missed 3-pointer with OKC rebound. 113-110
4th Quarter- 20.3 LeBron James missed jumper with two SGA free throws. OKC leads 113-110.
4th Quarter- 32.8 seconds: Chet Holmgren dunk puts Thunder up 111-110.
4th Quarter- 40.9 seconds: Lakers take 110-109 lead on 3-point play by Marcus Smart.
4th Quarter- 1:41: Rui Hachimura’s 3-pointer 107-106 Thunder up
4th Quarter- 2:19: Thunder up by four. 107-103
4th Quarter- 6:14: OKC takes 3-point lead at 95-92
4th Quarter- 6:34: Game tied at 92. For the most part the teams are trading baskets.
4th Quarter- 8:37: Lakers take 89-84 lead. TV timeout.
End of 3rd Quarter: Lakers 84, Thunder 80.
LA closes out the quarter on a 21-9 run.
3rd Quarter- 9.0 seconds; Lakers retake the lead 82-80.
3rd Quarter- 1:05: Chet Holmgren sinks two free throws. OKC back up 79-77.
3rd Quarter- 1:22: Game tied at 77. OKC blows a huge lead with huge quarter from the Lakers.
3rd Quarter- 2:03: Lakers take 76-75 lead off Austin Reaves free throws.
3rd Quarter- 2:48: Lakers pull within a point on three free throws from Austin Reaves. 73-72 with OKC’s lead gone.
3rd Quarter- 3:20: Luke Kennard makes a 3-pointer with Lakers down by 4. 74-70.
3rd Quarter- 4:54: Jaxson Hayes hits 3-pointer. OKC up 71-64.
3rd Quarter- 5:09: Thunder holding onto a 68-61 lead.
3rd Quarter- 6:14: Rui Hachimura hits a 3-pointer to cut OKC’s lead 66-58.
3rd Quarter- 7:35: Thunder up 12 after Cason Wallace triple. Lakers timeout.
3rd Quarter- 8:09: Teams trading buckets. OKC up nine, 63-54.
Halftime: Thunder 49, Lakers 45
2nd Quarter- 1:36: Lakers cut the lead to four. 44-40.
2nd Quarter- 4:00: Teams trading buckets with OKC still up by ten. 42-32.
2nd Quarter- 5:29: Lakers first points of the quarter cuts six and a half scoreless drought. 38-28 lead.
2nd Quarter- 6:01: OKC 17-0 run. Lakers scoreless in the quarter. 38-26 lead.
2nd Quarter- 6:12: OKC up by 10. 36-26. A 15-0 run for the Thunder.
2nd Quarter- 7:19: Jared McCain 3-pointer has OKC on 13-0 run. Lakers scoreless in first five minutes of the quarter.
2nd Quarter- 9:50: OKC up by 5 with 10-0 run. 31-26 with timeout on the floor.
2nd Quarter- 10:54: Thunder up 29-26 after 8-0 run to open the quarter. Two 3-pointer from Alex Caruso.
End of 1st Quarter: Lakers 26, Thunder 21
1st Quarter- 18.3: Lakers up by 5 over Thunder, 26-21.
1st Quarter- 1:50: Lakers increase lead 22-19
1st Quarter- 3:25: TV timeout. 17-16 Lakers up.
1st Quarter- 4:53: Lakers on 9-0 run, take 17-14 lead over Thunder.
1st Quarter- 6:29: Austin Reaves nails 3-pointer, cuts lead to 14-11.
1st Quarter- 6:42: TV timeout. OKC up 14-8.
1st Quarter- 7:34: Lakers trading buckets with the Thunder. OKC up 12-8.
1st Quarter- 9:01: Thunder increase the lead to 7-4.
1st Quarter- 10:32: OKC jumps out to a 5-2 lead.
Tip-off from Los Angeles
Taking it one possession at a time 🤝@ajaymitchell09 joins @NickAGallo ahead of tonight’s Game 4 in LA 🎤 pic.twitter.com/L5L8MMmJrI
— OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) May 11, 2026
Game day at home
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— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) May 11, 2026
The Lakers find themselves in ‘no-man’s land’ heading into Game 4. The Thunder’s average margin of victory in the first three games has been +19.
The bitter truth is that this Lakers team is not built for nor are they as successful when the game goes through Lebron James first. Without Luka Doncic in the mix, the distribution of offense is off balance.
Luka Doncic has been ruled out for Game 4 due to his hamstring injury. That injury has kept him out of the lineup since April 8.
The larger concern for Game 4 comes from the OKC side of this tale of the tape. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has not needed to be in MVP form to beat the Lakes by almost 20 points per game. SGA is only averaging 21/5/3 in this series and none of the three games played thus far have been necessarily ‘close’.
The Lakers can win a game in this series, provided Lebron and Reaves provide volume production. However, unless something significant changes, it doesn’t seem likely Los Angeles will push this to a six or seven game series.
How to Watch Game 4 Eastern Conference Semifinals: Oklahoma City Thunder (3-0) vs Los Angeles Lakers (0-3)
Monday, May 11
Tip-off: 10:30 p.m. ET
TV: Prime Video
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