Gilgeous-Alexander scores 29 and NBA-best Thunder beat Pelicans 104-95 to stop 2-game skid

— Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 29 points and the short-handed Oklahoma City Thunder beat the New Orleans Pelicans 104-95 on Tuesday night to avoid their first three-game skid of the season.
Jan 27, 2026, 11:06 pm - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

0%
--NO
100%
--OKC

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Luguentz Dort misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Saddiq Bey misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Trey Murphy III blocks Aaron Wiggins 's 5-foot pullup jump shot
  • Derik Queen makes 15-foot jumper (Trey Murphy III assists)
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Trey Murphy III misses running pullup jump shot
  • Chet Holmgren blocks Saddiq Bey 's 1-foot two point shot
  • Saddiq Bey misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Chet Holmgren misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Trey Murphy III misses 5-foot two point shot
  • Saddiq Bey makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Saddiq Bey makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Saddiq Bey makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Jaylin Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Herbert Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Herbert Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses layup
  • Saddiq Bey misses 10-foot jumper
  • Aaron Wiggins misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Derik Queen misses 15-foot fade away jump shot
  • Luguentz Dort misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Trey Murphy III misses running pullup jump shot
  • Aaron Wiggins makes 22-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
  • Derik Queen makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Saddiq Bey misses two point shot
  • Chet Holmgren misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Jaylin Williams blocks Zion Williamson 's 2-foot driving layup
  • Chet Holmgren makes 1-foot layup (Aaron Wiggins assists)
  • Herbert Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Trey Murphy III misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Ousmane Dieng makes 16-foot two point shot
  • Herbert Jones misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Ousmane Dieng makes 1-foot running dunk (Jaylin Williams assists)
  • Herbert Jones misses driving floating jump shot
  • Karlo Matkovic misses two point shot
  • Karlo Matkovic blocks Ousmane Dieng 's 1-foot driving layup
  • Herbert Jones misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Herbert Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Chet Holmgren makes two point shot
  • Jeremiah Fears misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Isaiah Joe misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Karlo Matkovic makes 23-foot three point jumper (Yves Missi assists)
  • Isaiah Joe makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kenrich Williams assists)
  • Jeremiah Fears misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Karlo Matkovic misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Isaiah Joe misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Trey Murphy III misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Trey Murphy III misses running pullup jump shot
  • Yves Missi makes tip in dunk
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Jose Alvarado makes 23-foot three point jumper (Zion Williamson assists)
  • Ousmane Dieng misses 22-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Jeremiah Fears misses running layup
  • Yves Missi makes tip in dunk
  • Branden Carlson misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Zion Williamson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Zion Williamson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Luguentz Dort makes 27-foot three point jumper (Isaiah Joe assists)
  • Jeremiah Fears misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Yves Missi misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Yves Missi makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Luguentz Dort assists)
  • Yves Missi makes 2-foot layup (Jose Alvarado assists)
  • Kenrich Williams makes 27-foot three pointer
  • Jose Alvarado misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Yves Missi blocks Kenrich Williams 's 6-foot two point shot
  • Micah Peavy misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Jose Alvarado makes two point shot
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 16-foot jumper (Luguentz Dort assists)
  • Jeremiah Fears misses two point shot
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jose Alvarado misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Isaiah Joe makes running layup
  • Isaiah Joe makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
  • Yves Missi misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Yves Missi misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Isaiah Joe misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Jaylin Williams blocks Saddiq Bey 's 7-foot pullup jump shot
  • Aaron Wiggins makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Aaron Wiggins misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Chet Holmgren makes 5-foot two point shot (Jaylin Williams assists)
  • Trey Murphy III misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Herbert Jones misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Derik Queen misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Zion Williamson makes two point shot
  • Zion Williamson blocks Luguentz Dort's driving layup
  • Trey Murphy III makes running layup (Saddiq Bey assists)
  • Trey Murphy III makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Trey Murphy III makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Aaron Wiggins misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Zion Williamson makes driving layup (Trey Murphy III assists)
  • Luguentz Dort misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jaylin Williams blocks Derik Queen 's 2-foot running dunk
  • Herbert Jones makes 6-foot pullup jump shot (Zion Williamson assists)
  • Isaiah Joe misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Isaiah Joe makes 22-foot three point jumper (Luguentz Dort assists)
  • Herbert Jones makes driving layup (Saddiq Bey assists)
  • Herbert Jones blocks Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's layup
  • Jaylin Williams makes driving layup (Isaiah Joe assists)
  • Derik Queen makes 1-foot reverse layup (Saddiq Bey assists)
  • Derik Queen makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 1-foot two point shot (Kenrich Williams assists)
  • Trey Murphy III misses technical free throw
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Derik Queen makes 13-foot jumper (Herbert Jones assists)
  • Saddiq Bey makes 24-foot running jump shot (Herbert Jones assists)
  • Derik Queen misses running layup
  • Luguentz Dort makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chet Holmgren assists)
  • Trey Murphy III misses driving layup
  • Saddiq Bey misses 1-foot tip shot
  • Zion Williamson misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jaylin Williams misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Aaron Wiggins makes tip in dunk
  • Herbert Jones misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses driving layup
  • Herbert Jones misses 25-foot running jump shot
  • Luguentz Dort misses driving layup
  • Chet Holmgren makes two point shot
  • Zion Williamson makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Zion Williamson makes 2-foot layup (Trey Murphy III assists)
  • Chet Holmgren makes alley oop dunk (Jaylin Williams assists)
  • Saddiq Bey makes 25-foot three point jumper (Herbert Jones assists)
  • Jaylin Williams misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jaylin Williams blocks Derik Queen 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses running layup
  • Chet Holmgren makes two point shot
  • Chet Holmgren makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Derik Queen misses driving layup
  • Chet Holmgren makes 7-foot fade away jump shot (Jaylin Williams assists)
  • Trey Murphy III misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Saddiq Bey misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Zion Williamson makes two point shot
  • Yves Missi blocks Jaylin Williams 's 2-foot layup
  • Jose Alvarado misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 2 of 3
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Trey Murphy III makes 22-foot step back jumpshot (Jose Alvarado assists)
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
  • Aaron Wiggins misses 2-foot tip shot
  • Trey Murphy III makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Trey Murphy III misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Isaiah Joe makes 26-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
  • Saddiq Bey misses driving layup
  • Aaron Wiggins misses 23-foot running jump shot
  • Trey Murphy III misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Trey Murphy III misses driving floating jump shot
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 3-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Saddiq Bey makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Saddiq Bey makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Yves Missi makes 2-foot layup (Jose Alvarado assists)
  • Branden Carlson makes 6-foot floating jump shot (Isaiah Joe assists)
  • Karlo Matkovic makes 23-foot three point jumper (Yves Missi assists)
  • Chet Holmgren makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kenrich Williams assists)
  • Micah Peavy misses 11-foot fade away jump shot
  • Zion Williamson makes 10-foot pullup jump shot (Jose Alvarado assists)
  • Jaylin Williams misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Micah Peavy misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Micah Peavy misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Ousmane Dieng misses 29-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Jose Alvarado makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jeremiah Fears assists)
  • Jeremiah Fears blocks Aaron Wiggins 's 5-foot driving layup
  • Isaiah Joe makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chet Holmgren assists)
  • Micah Peavy misses two point shot
  • Chet Holmgren makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Chet Holmgren makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 13-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 9-foot two point shot
  • Jose Alvarado misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Aaron Wiggins makes 2-foot two point shot (Chet Holmgren assists)
  • Zion Williamson makes 9-foot two point shot
  • Jeremiah Fears misses running layup
  • Luguentz Dort makes 22-foot running jump shot (Ousmane Dieng assists)
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jeremiah Fears makes 3-foot layup (Saddiq Bey assists)
  • Jeremiah Fears makes running layup
  • Derik Queen blocks Chet Holmgren 's 3-foot driving layup
  • Saddiq Bey makes 25-foot three point jumper (Trey Murphy III assists)
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
  • Saddiq Bey misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Chet Holmgren blocks Zion Williamson 's 4-foot two point shot
  • Luguentz Dort misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 10-foot pullup jump shot (Ousmane Dieng assists)
  • Chet Holmgren blocks Saddiq Bey 's 1-foot driving layup
  • Trey Murphy III misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Herbert Jones blocks Jaylin Williams 's 3-foot layup
  • Herbert Jones makes 22-foot three point jumper (Trey Murphy III assists)
  • Aaron Wiggins misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Trey Murphy III makes 25-foot three point jumper (Saddiq Bey assists)
  • Aaron Wiggins makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Aaron Wiggins makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Chet Holmgren blocks Derik Queen 's 3-foot driving layup
  • Jeremiah Fears makes 22-foot jump bank shot (Derik Queen assists)
  • Chet Holmgren misses 16-foot jumper
  • Saddiq Bey misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Isaiah Joe misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Aaron Wiggins makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kenrich Williams assists)
  • Trey Murphy III misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Luguentz Dort makes 27-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
  • Chet Holmgren blocks Trey Murphy III 's 1-foot layup
  • Trey Murphy III misses two point shot
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Zion Williamson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Zion Williamson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Chet Holmgren misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Zion Williamson makes 9-foot pullup jump shot
  • Luguentz Dort misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Yves Missi blocks Chet Holmgren 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses layup
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 7-foot two point shot (Jaylin Williams assists)
  • Zion Williamson makes driving layup (Herbert Jones assists)
  • Yves Missi blocks Jaylin Williams 's 2-foot dunk
  • Luguentz Dort misses 9-foot jumper
  • Jaylin Williams makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jaylin Williams makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Saddiq Bey makes 2-foot two point shot (Herbert Jones assists)
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Trey Murphy III misses 28-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Trey Murphy III misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Herbert Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Shot Made
Shot Missed
OpenSpreadTotalML
New Orleans PelicansPelicansNO
(12-37)
(12-37, 5-18 Away)
o234.5
-110
+14.5
-112
o233.5
-108
+575
Oklahoma City ThunderThunderOKC
(38-10)
(38-10, 21-5 Home)
-14.5
-110
-14.5
-108
u233.5
-112
-850
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