Thunder beat the Kings 121-105 for their 7th straight win

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to their seventh straight win and 60th of the season with a 121-105 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night.

Chet Holmgren added 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Alex Caruso scored 15 to give the NBA-leading Thunder their 14th win in 15 games.

Keegan Murray scored 28 points with nine 3-pointers and Zach LaVine added 19 to lead the Kings. Sacramento has dropped four straight games.

The Thunder broke out to a big lead in the first half that grew to 24 points. The Kings scored 16 straight early in the third quarter to get the deficit back into single digits but were never able to get closer than six the rest of the way.

Oklahoma City then pulled away in a dominant fourth quarter.

Thunder: Oklahoma City is the first NBA team to 60 wins this season and it matched the 2012-13 team for the most wins for the club since leaving Seattle following the 2007-08 season. The franchise record for wins is 64 in 1995-96.

Kings: Sacramento fell to 2-4 on a seven-game homestand and is in serious danger of missing the play-in tournament. The Kings fell into a tie with Phoenix for ninth place in the Western Conference and have only a half-game lead over Dallas for the final play-in spot.

The Thunder opened the second quarter with a 14-4 run to take a 20-point lead and were never seriously threatened after that.

Oklahoma City made 12 of 21 attempts from 3-point range in the first half, with eight players draining at least one from long range.

The Kings finish their homestand Thursday night against Portland. The Thunder return home to face Memphis on Thursday.

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Oklahoma City Thunder center Isaiah Hartenstein (55) drives to the basket past Sacramento Kings forward Domantas Sabonis, left, and Keegan Murray during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Randall Benton)

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Alex Caruso, left, lays the ball up over Sacramento Kings guard Markelle Fultz (20) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Randall Benton)

Sacramento Kings guard Markelle Fultz (20) is guarded by Oklahoma City Thunder forward Jaylin Williams (6) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Randall Benton)

Sacramento Kings forward Jake LaRavia (33) is guarded by Oklahoma City Thunder forward Chet Holmgren (7) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Randall Benton)

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Chet Holmgren (7) is guarded by Sacramento Kings forward Keegan Murray during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Randall Benton)

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) drives past Sacramento Kings guard Zach LaVine, left, and Domantas Sabonis during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Randall Benton)

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) is guarded by Sacramento Kings guard Keon Ellis, left, and Domantas Sabonis during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Randall Benton)

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.

A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack on Saturday, regional Gov. Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.

Three other people were wounded and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and a high school were damaged, he said, adding that air defenses shot down 17 drones over Voronezh. The city is home to just over 1 million people and lies some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

The attack came the day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.

For only the second time in the nearly four-year war, Russia used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv and NATO.

The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further aggression by Moscow if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly address that Ukrainian negotiators “continue to communicate with the American side.”

Chief negotiator Rustem Umerov was in contact with U.S. partners Saturday, he said.

Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia targeted Ukraine with 154 drones overnight into Sunday and 125 were shot down.

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This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)