{"id":408074,"date":"2026-01-14T06:33:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T06:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/408074\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T06:33:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T06:33:13","slug":"shai-gilgeous-alexander-scores-34-as-thunder-top-spurs-for-first-time-in-four-meetings-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/408074\/","title":{"rendered":"Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 34 as Thunder top Spurs for first time in four meetings this season"},"content":{"rendered":"

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) \u2014 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> scored 34 points, and the defending NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> beat San Antonio 119-98 on Tuesday night to earn their first win in four tries against the Spurs this season.<\/p>\n

Jalen Williams<\/a> added 20 points and Chet Holmgren<\/a> chipped in eight points, 10 rebounds and three blocks for Oklahoma City. The Thunder improved to a league-best 34-7 at the midway point of the season \u2014 on pace to match last season\u2019s 68-14 regular-season finish.<\/p>\n

Stephon Castle<\/a> scored 20 points and Victor Wembanyama<\/a> added 17 points and seven rebounds for the Spurs.<\/p>\n

San Antonio started the night in second place behind Oklahoma City in the Western Conference standings. The Spurs announced their presence as a title contender with the three wins over the Thunder in a two-week span last month, but now they have lost six of 10.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City started this season with a 24-1 record, then hit a lull that included the three losses to the Spurs. The Thunder have recovered and now have won four straight.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City won without two starters \u2014 top rebounder Isaiah Hartenstein<\/a> and defensive stopper Lu Dort. The Thunder still held the Spurs to 40% shooting from the floor.<\/p>\n

Gilgeous-Alexander scored 13 points in the first quarter to help the Thunder take a 32-26 lead. The Thunder led 55-52 at halftime.<\/p>\n

In the third quarter, Gilgeous-Alexander scored and was fouled, and his free throw gave the Thunder a 73-62 lead. It also gave him his 111th consecutive game with at least 20 points, extending the second-longest streak in NBA history. <\/p>\n

Gilgeous-Alexander eventually finished with 15 points in the quarter, and Oklahoma City took a 95-76 lead into the fourth. <\/p>\n

The teams will play for the last time this regular season on Feb. 4 in San Antonio.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Spurs: Host the Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Thunder: Visit the Houston Rockets<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/NBA<\/p>\n

Cliff Brunt, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) \u2014 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points, and the defending NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder beat…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408075,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-408074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}