{"id":70,"date":"2026-05-12T07:34:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=70"},"modified":"2026-05-12T07:34:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:34:06","slug":"champion-thunder-hold-off-tenacious-lakers-115-110-in-game-4-for-another-playoff-series-sweep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=70","title":{"rendered":"Champion Thunder hold off tenacious Lakers 115-110 in Game 4 for another playoff series sweep"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 35 points, Chet Holmgren made a tiebreaking dunk with 32.8 seconds to play, and the Oklahoma City Thunder swept the Los Angeles Lakers out of the second round of the NBA playoffs with a 115-110 victory in Game 4 on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=68\">From 4 points to tying a playoff record with a 39-point half, Donovan Mitchell flips Game 4 for Cavs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ajay Mitchell scored 10 of his 28 points in the frantic final period as the Thunder overcame the Lakers\u2019 tenacious effort and improved to 8-0 in the playoffs with their toughest victory of the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve done our job so far, that\u2019s all it really means,\u201d Gilgeous-Alexander said. \u201cWe\u2019ve gone out there, we\u2019ve executed, we\u2019ve played at a high level and we\u2019ve been able to win eight tough games against really good opponents. That\u2019s all it means. Nothing is guaranteed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LeBron James had 24 points and 14 rebounds in the final game of the unprecedented 23rd season for the top scorer in NBA history, but he missed a driving bank shot with 20 seconds left that would have put the Lakers ahead.<\/p>\n<p>The 41-year-old James has repeatedly said he hasn\u2019t decided whether to play next season, so there was no ceremony or momentousness around this game. Instead, the Lakers desperately tried to extend their year, only to lose to Oklahoma City for the eighth time this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what the future holds for me, obviously, as it stands right now, tonight,\u201d James said. \u201cI\u2019ve got a lot of time. I\u2019ll go back and recalibrate with my family and talk with them, and when the time goes, obviously you guys will know what I decide to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Austin Reaves scored 27 points before missing a tying 3-point attempt with eight seconds left for the Lakers, who advanced one round farther than almost anybody expected after losing NBA scoring champion Luka Doncic and Reaves to significant injuries a month ago.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles still lost six of its final seven playoff games and fell well short of the conference finals for the third straight season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t want our season to end,\u201d Lakers coach JJ Redick said. \u201cI wanted to keep this thing going. I enjoyed every bit of this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=66\">Mookie Betts returns to the Dodgers\u2019 lineup after an oblique injury<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma City faced its first fourth-quarter deficits of the entire playoffs in Game 4 as the Lakers repeatedly refused to fold. The Thunder still got it done, and they\u2019ve earned at least the rest of the week off before they open the conference finals against the winner of San Antonio\u2019s second-round series with Minnesota. The Spurs and Timberwolves are even heading to Game 5 on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey won more of the minutes tonight than we did, and that hadn\u2019t been the case (earlier in the series),\u201d Oklahoma City coach Mark Daigneault said. \u201cThey outplayed us for stretches. They\u2019re a really good team with prideful players. We did not expect them to give us an unearned win, and we went out and earned it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma City went 8-0 against the Lakers this season, winning all four regular-season matchups as well \u2014 but this one was the toughest. The Lakers took the lead and kept it close down the stretch with big buckets from Reaves and Rui Hachimura, who scored nine of his 25 points in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Holmgren\u2019s dunk with 2:03 left put the Thunder up 109-103, but Hachimura coolly converted a four-point play. Marcus Smart then drove the lane and hit a layup while being fouled in the final minute, converting a three-point play for a 110-109 Lakers lead.<\/p>\n<p>But Holmgren got the ball inside and triple-pumped for a dunk with 32.8 seconds left, and James missed on his drive. After Gilgeous-Alexander hit two free throws, Reaves missed again, and the Thunder hung on to secure their sixth berth in the Western Conference finals in the last 16 seasons.<\/p>\n<p>The Thunder won the first two games of the series at home by 18 points apiece, and they routed the Lakers 131-108 in Game 3.<\/p>\n<p>Doncic missed the final 15 games of the Lakers\u2019 season after incurring a grade 2 hamstring strain on April 2 in Oklahoma City, and he watched the season finale on the bench in a black sweatsuit. The Slovenian superstar apparently didn\u2019t get close to returning from the injury, which often requires two months of recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=64\">\u2018Dreamer\u2019 still faces removal after being deported, allowed back, rearrested, released<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/NBA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 35 points, Chet Holmgren made a tiebreaking dunk&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Champion Thunder hold off tenacious Lakers 115-110 in Game 4 for another playoff series sweep - 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