OKLAHOMA CITY — Isaiah Hartenstein had his first career-triple double, Isaiah Joe scored 22 factors and the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder rolled previous the Orlando Magic 128-92 on Tuesday night time.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 20 factors and 9 assists, Lu Dort scored 18 factors and first-time All-Star Chet Holmgren added 16 factors and 10 rebounds for the defending champion Thunder (40-11), who grew to become the primary crew this season to achieve 40 wins.
Hartenstein completed with 12 factors, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in 23 minutes. The eighth-year middle grew to become the tenth Thunder participant to document a triple-double.
Oklahoma Metropolis performed with out Jalen Williams, who missed his eighth straight recreation with a hamstring damage, and Ajay Mitchell, who sat out his sixth recreation in a row with an belly pressure.
Jalen Suggs led Orlando with 20 factors, and Paolo Banchero added 17 factors on 6-of-17 capturing. Franz Wagner, the Magic’s main scorer, missed his fifth straight recreation with a excessive left ankle sprain.
It was the Thunder’s fourth annual HBCU Night time, a part of the crew’s Black Historical past Month celebration, and the crew fed off an energized crowd. Joe hit a 3-pointer on the first-quarter buzzer to present Oklahoma Metropolis a 39-14 lead. That matched the lowest-scoring quarter by a Thunder opponent this season.
Joe’s left-handed throwdown on Banchero within the second quarter ignited the gang. He accomplished the three-point play for a 56-24 lead.
Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) seems to be to shoot over Orlando Magic ahead Paolo Banchero (5) throughout the second half of an NBA basketball recreation Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, in Oklahoma Metropolis. Credit score: AP/Nate Billings
Oklahoma Metropolis led 68-41 at halftime.
By the third quarter, the one concern for the Thunder was whether or not Gilgeous-Alexander would prolong his streak of video games with at the least 20 factors to 121. He started the second half with 12 factors and did not get to twenty till he made a free throw with 2:14 left within the fourth quarter. He is inside 5 of tying Wilt Chamberlain’s document of 126 straight video games with at the least 20.
Up subsequent
Magic: Host Brooklyn on Thursday.
Thunder: Go to San Antonio on Wednesday.
