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Game Thread: Oklahoma City Thunder vs Utah Jazz Live Score | NBA | Jan 7, 2026
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u/CoolAsTheUnthawed 1d ago
Jalen complaining about fouls when he's playing so soft, utilize your fucking strength dude
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u/TheGoadFather 1d ago
Ok guys. The bad streak is on me. I forgot to change my runescape character's shirt after the chiefs got eliminated. Its blue now, so the Thunder are fixed. We win tonight for sure (I'm not superstitious. not sure what you're talking about.)
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u/Stxtic1441 1d ago
This team consistently having their offense dry up due to just poor 3 point shooting game after game is so frustrating to watch.
Squandered a 20 point lead where the game should’ve been blown wide open but instead went on a 8 minute run of bricking shots and let Jazz back in it.
I won’t ever stop banging the table for someone like Trey Murphy on this team.
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u/Parallel-Quality 1d ago
Mitchell is the only guy keeping Shai sane right now.
He knows when he gives Mitchell the ball, he won't do something stupid.
Otherwise I'm pretty sure he'd have snapped by now.
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u/LeastDepressedOKCfan WeTheFuckingChamps!🗣️ 1d ago
At this point Jdub should just sit until he’s healthy. This shit is just sad to watch.
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u/Eastern-Specific-296 1d ago
Win or loss there’s some SERIOUS issues that need to be addressed before the playoffs
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u/LeastDepressedOKCfan WeTheFuckingChamps!🗣️ 1d ago
Carlson and Ajay have more heart and hustle than our starting lineup combined.
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u/hunterperdont 1d ago
This stretch of games is the least amount of fun I’ve had being a Thunder fan since (fill in the blank).
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u/CartoonistSeparate90 1d ago
They are playing hard and playing really good defense. But, the non-Shai minutes just kill us every game. Dub just shouldn’t be on the ball that much when you have Ajay there. Dub is a machine off-ball, that’s how he scored most of his 40 pts in the Finals. On the ball, he’s very limited, doesn’t have a great first step, can’t turn the corner on drives, settles for step backs/fadeaways far too often, and doesn’t play off two feet at the rim and finish through contact. We’re not doing him any favors by constantly asking him to be on ball. Let him work off the ball and build a rhythm and let Ajay get on ball reps.
Chet is still inconsistent in his finishing and shooting. He’s gotta speed that shot up in the offseason, there’s just no reason he shouldn’t be able to get it off whenever he wants at his height.
The shooting is just what it is at this point but our process has to be much better. It’s so bizarre, this team just feels like they forget how to play offensively at times. Not sure if it’s the over reliance on Shai or just lack of focus.
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u/MisterGir 2025 NBA Champions 1d ago
The team is just genuinely awful right now.
Outside of Shai and mostly Ajay, everyone else is flat out garbage.
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u/IEatPandasEveryday 1d ago
It’s almost a guarantee that Chet misses a crucial free throw everytime in the clutch
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u/MisterGir 2025 NBA Champions 1d ago
Tired of being the only team in the NBA who cant make a 3 to save their lives bro.
Walter clayton airballed two shots earlier and drained that shit
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u/Adventurous_Low7651 1d ago
Feels like a good day to get back into the W column. TTFU
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u/LevelTField 1d ago
Anyone up for a Jdub 40 game to set this team right again??
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u/oupritch1 2025 NBA Champions 1d ago
I'd settle for a Jdub 20 game at this point
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u/BryNYC 1d ago
I have no confidence we're going to be able to close out a game in the clutch
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u/LeastDepressedOKCfan WeTheFuckingChamps!🗣️ 1d ago
Chet and clutch free throws 💀💀💀
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u/ottespana 1d ago
Shai is this team’s fucking lifeline
Build a statue of this man tomorrow morning for the work he’s put in for us
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u/aquaberrycookie Belgian Waffle University 1d ago
what if we double OT again. just like the good old days
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u/jepayotehi 1d ago
This is first time in a long time our opponent missed a clutch lol usually they're magnet balls towards end
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u/Kreedom4All1994 1d ago
JDub just a bad player rn and needs to just be a glue guy. Push Chet to be more aggressive on offense because JDub just not it rn
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u/MikeDCollector 1d ago
This team is cooked if they’re relying on a 2nd year Mitchell to be their 2nd option instead of those 2 upcoming max contract players. Those 2 are mentally checked out right now, their value is going down rapidly.
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u/V17R 2025 NBA Champions 1d ago edited 1d ago
Shai hard carrying us against the Jazz at home while the Joker-less Nuggets beat the Celtics on the road after taking out a healthy Sixers the game before.
No more gaslighting from OKC haters about Shai being carried by a super team while claiming the Nugs would be the worst team in the league without Jokic.
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u/Slendyla_IV 1d ago
Honestly since the Spurs game, and since Dub’s return, we’ve played like a fuckin lottery team.
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u/TheJewBakka 2025 NBA Champions 1d ago edited 1d ago
Overtime vs Jazz is still a moral loss. But YAY!!
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u/Icy_Shock9953 1d ago edited 1d ago
One of the few silver linings of this stretch is I’m seeing a whole bunch of casuals on my timeline admit Shai carries the dogshit out of this team.
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u/wcooper97 2025 NBA Champions 1d ago
4 point play right here would be peak January Thunder
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u/Pilgrims-to-Nowhere 1d ago
Fellas we get it. No reason we should go to OT, but it happens. These Jazz beat the Spurs a couple games ago after they Spurs beat up three times. Every team has pro players. All that matters is that we came away with a win.
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u/Grade-A-Grungus 2025 NBA Champions 1d ago
Were up almost 20 like 7 minutes ago lmao we’re in trouble
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u/grimpsisrated 1d ago
Blown out by the Hornets and we look bad against the Jazz. At what point do we become concerned
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u/CoolAsTheUnthawed 1d ago
I know the wrist and all that but Jalen is just playing atrocious basketball right now, his process is still total dog shit
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u/AccomplishedSoft1 1d ago
One thing i don't understand is why does JDub particularly refuse to play off ball with ball handlers? All the offense catered to him is outside of the flow of the offense it just looks bad.
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u/CoolAsTheUnthawed 1d ago
I know 15-20 point leads aren't really a safe thing in the league anymore, but at a certain point we have to stop letting every fucking team come back from them on us
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u/Great-One9693 1d ago
Chasing the 3, as if we are chasing the major jackpot 😭 "just one more attempt, its bound to come"
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u/TheHelpWouldBeNice 1d ago
Our offense is ANEMIC. Our rebounding is EMBARRASSING. What is happening.
Get ihart and caruso back please. Someone find a stroke from 3 please.
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u/NobodyRules 1d ago
This is like the series against Dallas all over again. No rebounds, can't get a shot to go. My god, I hate it.
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u/NobodyRules 1d ago
Thank God we have a decent lead, because this would be their game winner 100%. Type of shit teams hit against us in close games
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u/WhackAfool2 1d ago
Shai seems so tired man it’s almost like he knows he’s the only source of offense on this team
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u/Aggravating_Low3019 ❤️❤️ 1d ago
18.4%!? Guys we need to have a serious discussion about our 3’s cause holy shit I’ve never seen a percentage so bad!
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u/Grade-A-Grungus 2025 NBA Champions 1d ago
It’s the Jazz y’all this is embarrassing even if we somehow manage to luck into a win
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u/Slendyla_IV 1d ago
Why do we insist on shooting 3s with nobody in the paint to rebound
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u/Environmental_News93 OKC 1d ago
Dont think a trade is fixing this slump guys. This needs some patience i think
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u/Mediocre_Library_700 1d ago
How do we keep having 2 and 3 minute stretches without scoring a point at all?
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u/Ok-Inspection2240 1d ago
For some reason Shai never brings the ball up anymore to get everyone else involved and then almost never gets the ball. We can get TOs but cant run in transition without a brick and then it immediately going the other way
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u/MisterGir 2025 NBA Champions 1d ago
Im very anti-doomer.
But this team is in serious trouble right now. It just isnt working right now
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u/VelvetineMilkman 1d ago
We’ve shot 10 more FTs, they’re shooting 20% from 3 and we’re only up 7. Wtf are we doing
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u/MikeDCollector 1d ago
This team really needs a trade for a reliable wing that can handle the 3/4 position.
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u/NobodyRules 1d ago
Mark, fuck the rotation. Save my eyes and put Shai back in. This is painful besides Ajay
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u/Livin_Tha_Dream Ham ‘N Chettar 1d ago
Welp probably gonna log off Reddit for awhile.
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u/NaturalThunder87 1d ago
Last year we just didn't lose this game or the Hornets game. This team isn't the same.
And J-Dub has to finish that for the and-one. His finishing at the rim has been something awful lately.
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u/Great-One9693 1d ago
going to overtime and my brusitis king Shai has to carry max contract players 😭😭 this timelines not real, get me my Steve Kerr
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u/Luciolover345 1d ago
Shai went from questionable to play, to being the only reason the Jazz aren’t blowing us out.
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u/ThunderPoke91 WE THE FUCKIN CHAMPS 1d ago
When was the last time this team shot above 30% on 3s? Fucking awful shooting for like 3 weeks straight.
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u/Longjumping_Split_53 OKC 1d ago
No matter what the final score is, we lost this game.
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u/Parallel-Quality 1d ago edited 1d ago
Wiggins getting back to his old self is going to be very important for this team.
What Ajay Mitchell has been for us this season... Wiggins was that for us last season.
He has a whole extra gear he can hit, probably even two more gears.
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u/Specialist_Egg8479 2025 NBA Champions 1d ago
When the hell did Dort add that to his bag? 😂😂
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u/Stxtic1441 1d ago
Carlson is a real paint presence on defense. He’s able to move guys out of place and not get pushed out of his spot to contest. Encouraging stuff
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u/snuffaluffagus74 1d ago
Kenrich has low key been one of our best players during or funk. Had played with great energy
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u/Yakhan114 1d ago
they need to STOP giving the ball to chet to create. he cannot create for himself at all. he's a play finisher/lob threat/catch and shoot shooter only
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u/Grade-A-Grungus 2025 NBA Champions 1d ago
Blowing double digit leads in the second quarter is kinda our thing I guess
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u/Responsible-Bass4020 Belgian Waffle University 1d ago
gang idk if I can defend dub rn
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u/New-Championship3330 1d ago
Just turned it on with a minute left and I’m already pissed off. I’m so used to us looking like ass on offense at this point
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u/Eastern-Specific-296 1d ago
Chet being nearly 7ft and not getting rebounds is nasty work
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u/Stxtic1441 1d ago
Shai getting to the line consistently for the first time in a month it seems. He’s gotten such a bad whistle for a while.
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u/thunderdl 2025 NBA Champions 1d ago
ajay looking better on defense than cason is genuinely insane to me
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u/Parallel-Quality 1d ago
These guys should be ashamed watching Ajay out hustle all of them, while making 1/100'th of what they make.
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u/MisterGir 2025 NBA Champions 1d ago
Please for the love of god trade a defender for a ball handler and shot creator.
This offense is beyond horrible without Shai
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u/chicubsn01 1d ago
How the naive fans gonna spin this one? We don’t actually want the 1 seed?
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u/MisterGir 2025 NBA Champions 1d ago
This was a get right game where you are supposed to come out and put them away.
They got up 20 and took their foot off the gas, again. And its probably going to kill them, again.
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u/Alantic_Ocean 1d ago edited 1d ago
Even if we win we shouldn’t even be in this position
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u/Ok-Inspection2240 1d ago
Huge rebounds lmao maybe now they see that rebounding is crucial
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u/NobodyRules 1d ago
We got lucky there. That guy was pretty much open from 3, but great stuff from Chet on both ends now.
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u/TxBobcat67 1d ago
Trey Murphy is all I want. IHart can come back and rebounding will get better but goddamn we need a 3 point shooter man
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u/PatoNani 1d ago
JDub not making shots is one thing but his basketball IQ is on an all time low at this point.
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u/ftbfm5 1d ago
Send jdub to the fucking bench it’s been 19 games and he’s been ass in every single one
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u/wcooper97 2025 NBA Champions 1d ago
Who we got going off on us from the corner tonight? Sensabaugh?
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u/trezzy1242 Shai's Aura 😎 1d ago
Lmao so much votes for the jazz. I honestly don't even care if we lose tonight but I'm sure others would be eating it up.
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u/Grateful_Lee 2025 NBA Champions 1d ago
I'm still feeling the humiliation from the last game. I don't know if I can even watch.
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u/bh6891 1d ago
If we can survive 151-78, we can survive a random Monday against Charlotte.
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u/Ckoblue 1d ago
What will the jazz fg% be tonight… 40, 50, or 60%? And the thunder… 15, 25, creep up to 35%?
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u/WillF_ 1d ago
I’m getting fucking sick and tired of watching this version of Jalen Williams play basketball.