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Thunder at Lakers · Tue, Jan 26 · 11:00 PM ET

Oklahoma City at Lakers. Here is where each team has the edge.

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Pregame win chance

The win-chance line starts at tip-off.

Every basket moves it.

From team Elo ratings, home court and rest. How this works

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01Where the edges are

Based on 2025-26

Thunder edges

No clear mismatch in Oklahoma City's favor.

Lakers edges

No clear mismatch in Los Angeles' favor.

Key battles

  • Los Angeles' offense shoots efficiently (2nd), but Oklahoma City's defense contests every shot (2nd). Watch the shooting.
  • Los Angeles' offense gets to the line (2nd), but Oklahoma City's defense defends without fouling (3rd). Watch the free throws.

An edge is where one team ranks top 5 on a four-factor battle and the other ranks bottom 8. How edges work

Using last season's numbers until both teams have played 10 games this season. Rosters may have changed.

02Tale of the tape

Based on 2025-26
OKCRankStatRankLAL
119.87thOffensive rating9th119.0
108.51stDefensive rating19th117.2
+11.21stNet rating14th+1.8
98.516thPace21st97.6
56.14thEffective FG %2nd57.3
10.82ndTurnover %20th12.6
22.328thOffensive rebound %22nd23.9
21.313thFree throw rate2nd24.4
51.92ndOpponent eFG %22nd55.5
14.02ndForced turnover %11th12.6
74.411thDefensive rebound %13th74.3
18.43rdOpponent FT rate8th19.1

Game plan

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03Form and season series

Thunder6-4 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. L
  3. W
  4. L
  5. W
  6. W
  7. L
  8. W
  9. W
  10. W

Lakers4-6 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. L
  3. L
  4. L
  5. W
  6. L
  7. L
  8. W
  9. W
  10. W

2025-26 series: Wed, Nov 12 LAL 92, OKC 121 · Mon, Feb 9 OKC 119, LAL 110 · Thu, Apr 2 LAL 96, OKC 139 · Tue, Apr 7 OKC 123, LAL 87 · Tue, May 5 LAL 90, OKC 108 · Thu, May 7 LAL 107, OKC 125 · Sat, May 9 OKC 131, LAL 108 · Mon, May 11 OKC 115, LAL 110

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers