Overview
- Oklahoma City, which poured in a season-high 146 points on Sunday, lowered its magic number to two to clinch the West’s No. 1 seed.
- The Thunder shot 58% from the field and 53% from three with seven players in double figures and a season-best 40 assists.
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander logged 20 points in 24 minutes to extend his NBA-record streak of 20-point games to 138.
- Utah was short-handed, missing key pieces such as Lauri Markkanen, and dropped a ninth straight loss as Brice Sensabaugh led with 34 points.
- The defeat locked the Jazz into no better than the league’s fifth-worst record, strengthening the odds they keep their top-eight protected first-round pick.