OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points, and the defending NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder beat San Antonio 119-98 on Tuesday night to earn their first win in four tries against the Spurs this season.
Jalen Williams added 20 points and Chet Holmgren chipped in eight points, 10 rebounds and three blocks for Oklahoma City. The Thunder improved to a league-best 34-7 at the midway point of the season — on pace to match last season’s 68-14 regular-season finish.
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San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) holds the shirt of Oklahoma City Thunder center Chet Holmgren (7) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Nate Billings)
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) moves to the basket near Oklahoma City Thunder center Chet Holmgren (7) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Nate Billings)
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Jalen Williams (8) goes up for a dunk in front of San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Nate Billings)
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) looks to shoot between San Antonio Spurs guard De'aaron Fox, left, and forward Victor Wembanyama (1) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Nate Billings)
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) looks for an outlet against San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Nate Billings)
Stephon Castle scored 20 points and Victor Wembanyama added 17 points and seven rebounds for the Spurs.
San Antonio started the night in second place behind Oklahoma City in the Western Conference standings. The Spurs announced their presence as a title contender with the three wins over the Thunder in a two-week span last month, but now they have lost six of 10.
Oklahoma City started this season with a 24-1 record, then hit a lull that included the three losses to the Spurs. The Thunder have recovered and now have won four straight.
Oklahoma City won without two starters — top rebounder Isaiah Hartenstein and defensive stopper Lu Dort. The Thunder still held the Spurs to 40% shooting from the floor.
Gilgeous-Alexander scored 13 points in the first quarter to help the Thunder take a 32-26 lead. The Thunder led 55-52 at halftime.
In the third quarter, Gilgeous-Alexander scored and was fouled, and his free throw gave the Thunder a 73-62 lead. It also gave him his 111th consecutive game with at least 20 points, extending the second-longest streak in NBA history.
Gilgeous-Alexander eventually finished with 15 points in the quarter, and Oklahoma City took a 95-76 lead into the fourth.
The teams will play for the last time this regular season on Feb. 4 in San Antonio.
Spurs: Host the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday.
Thunder: Visit the Houston Rockets on Thursday.
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San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) holds the shirt of Oklahoma City Thunder center Chet Holmgren (7) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Nate Billings)
San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) moves to the basket near Oklahoma City Thunder center Chet Holmgren (7) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Nate Billings)
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Jalen Williams (8) goes up for a dunk in front of San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Nate Billings)
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) looks to shoot between San Antonio Spurs guard De'aaron Fox, left, and forward Victor Wembanyama (1) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Nate Billings)
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) looks for an outlet against San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Nate Billings)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Tensions between residents and federal immigration officers continued to rise in the Twin Cities area. Officers responded with tear gas to a crowd of whistle-blowing bystanders in Minneapolis who came to see the aftermath of a car crash involving immigration agents, just a few blocks from where a woman was fatally shot last week. Students from Roosevelt High School staged a protest against her killing.
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
Fireworks are set off by protesters outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)
A protester is sprayed with pepper spray by a Federal agent Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Minneapolis.(AP Photo/Adam Gray)
Sue Claude, 65, of Minneapolis, outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
EDS NOTE: OBSCENITY - Protesters block the road as Federal agents try to leave Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Minneapolis.(AP Photo/Adam Gray)
Monica Travis shares an embrace while visiting a makeshift memorial for Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer last week, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
The car of Patty O'Keefe, a U.S. citizen who was arrested while following federal agents' vehicles and briefly held at a federal facility in Minneapolis, shows glass on the floor after her front driver's side window was smashed in, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)
Protesters display two magazines of live ammunition found on the ground after federal immigration officers deployed tear gas and disrupted a demonstration outside the Bishop Whipple Federal Building, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)
A protester burns the flag of the United States Department of Homeland Security outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
A protester pours liquid on a tear gas canister deployed by federal immigration officers near the scene where Renee Good was fatally shot by an ICE officer last week, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Protesters confront federal immigration officers outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino, center, and other federal immigration officers stop at a gas station Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Columbia Heights, Minn. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
A protester is detained by federal agents near the scene where Renee Good was fatally shot by an ICE officer last week, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
Federal immigration officers are seen outside Bishop Whipple Federal Building after tear gas was deployed Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)
A man walks into smoke from tear gas dispersed by federal agents, during a protest, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026 in Minneapolis (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
Protesters are detained by federal immigration officers Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
Two people sit in the street with their hands up in front of Minnesota State Patrol during a protest and noise demonstration calling for an end to federal immigration enforcement operations in the city, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
EDS NOTE: OBSCENITY - A person makes obscene gestures at Border Patrol agents after they've made arrests, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
Bystanders are treated after being pepper sprayed as federal immigration officers make an arrest Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
A federal immigration officer deploys pepper spray as officers make an arrest Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino walks through a Target store Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
EDS NOTE: OBSCENITY - Students walk out of Roosevelt High School during a protest, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)
Federal immigration officers get in a car as they prepare to deploy tear gas at a protest, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
A protester shouts at federal immigration officers Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)
A family member reacts after federal immigration officers make an arrest Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
A man becomes emotional as he is arrested by federal immigration officers Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Federal immigration officers prepare to enter a home to make an arrest after an officer used a battering ram to break down a door Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Rob Potylo, aka Robby Roadsteamer, wearing a giraffe costume he calls the "Jeffrey Epstein Giraffe", is arrested by police from the homeland security rapid protection force, during a protest outside of the Bishop Whipple Federal Building, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)
Rob Potylo, aka Robby Roadsteamer, wearing a giraffe costume he calls the "Jeffrey Epstein Giraffe", joins in a protest outside of the Bishop Whipple Federal Building, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)
Monica Travis shares an embrace while visiting a makeshift memorial for Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer last week, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
A protester's face is doused in water after he was pepper sprayed outside of the Bishop Whipple Federal Building, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)
Students from Roosevelt High School protest during a walkout, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)
Protesters try to avoid tear gas dispersed by federal agents, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026 in Minneapolis (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
Federal immigration officers get in a car to leave a scene Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
