MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- — Chet Holmgren scored all but one of his 24 points in the second half and the Oklahoma City Thunder overcame a 29-point deficit after Ja Morant left the game with a hip injury and beat the Memphis Grizzlies 114-108 on Thursday night for a 3-0 series lead.

Morant was hurt with just over three minutes left in the first half and Memphis leading 67-40. The Grizzlies led by 26 at halftime.

The 29-point comeback was the second-largest in an NBA postseason game since play-by-play data began being recorded in the 1996-97 season.

The only one bigger: A comeback from 31 points down by the Los Angeles Clippers against Golden State on April 15, 2019.

The top-seeded Thunder, who won Game 1 131-80 in the fifth-biggest margin of victory in NBA postseason history, didn’t even have a lead in this one until the fourth quarter. Now, they can close out the series Saturday.

“I just through out of halftime, we kind of reconnected to who we are. We were very out of character in the first half,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points for Oklahoma City and Jalen Williams added 26, splitting a pair of free throws with 1:20 left to give the Thunder their first lead.

Scotty Pippen scored 28 points, two short of his career high, to lead Memphis. Jaren Jackson Jr. added 22 points as Memphis saw its substantial lead evaporate in the second half.

“Understanding leads,” Williams said. “You're never too far ahead, and you're never too far behind.”

“They built a 29-point lead in a half, so we felt like all we had to do was build our own 29-point lead,” GIlgeous-Alexander said.

Morant went down hard under the basket with just over three minutes remaining in the first half and was ruled out for the remainder of the game early in the second half with a left hip contusion.

Memphis was on a fast break after a Thunder turnover. Pippen was driving to the basket when he dropped the ball off to Morant at the rim. Luguentz Dort, who was stumbling at the time, fell into Morant while he was in the air, sending the Morant crashing to the floor. The play was reviewed for a flagrant foul, but was ruled a common foul.

Morant had 15 points and five assists.

Memphis carried a 77-51 lead into the break. But the Thunder used a 36-18 scoring edge in the third quarter to claw back,

“I think it is very hard to describe to anyone who hasn't been in that situation,” Grizzlies interim coach Tuomas Iisalo said.

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Play By Play

Recent plays and game events

TIME	PLAY
12:00	Chet Holmgren vs. Zach Edey (Ja Morant gains possession)	0	0
11:45	Desmond Bane misses 24-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:41	Luguentz Dort defensive rebound	0	0
11:27	Chet Holmgren misses 22-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:24	Scotty Pippen Jr. defensive rebound	0	0
11:19	Scotty Pippen Jr. misses two point shot	0	0
11:18	Grizzlies offensive team rebound	0	0
11:11	Chet Holmgren shooting foul	0	0
11:11	Zach Edey makes free throw 1 of 2	1	0
11:11	Zach Edey makes free throw 2 of 2	2	0
11:01	Chet Holmgren misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot	2	0
10:59	Desmond Bane defensive rebound	2	0
10:44	Ja Morant misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot	2	0
10:41	Jalen Williams defensive rebound	2	0
10:30	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 15-foot step back jumpshot	2	2
10:11	Ja Morant misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot	2	2
10:09	Zach Edey offensive rebound	2	2
9:57	Ja Morant makes 13-foot two point shot	4	2
9:46	Desmond Bane shooting foul	4	2
9:46	Jalen Williams makes free throw 1 of 2	4	3
9:46	Jalen Williams makes free throw 2 of 2	4	4
9:39	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander personal foul	4	4
9:33	Ja Morant misses driving layup	4	4
9:31	Chet Holmgren defensive rebound	4	4
9:22	Luguentz Dort misses 22-foot three point jumper	4	4
9:17	Desmond Bane defensive rebound	4	4
9:02	Desmond Bane bad pass (Jalen Williams steals)	4	4
9:02	Luguentz Dort traveling	4	4
8:55	Jaren Jackson Jr. makes 3-foot two point shot	6	4
8:44	Zach Edey blocks Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's driving layup	6	4
8:42	Scotty Pippen Jr. defensive rebound	6	4
8:28	Jaren Jackson Jr. misses driving floating jump shot	6	4
8:28	Grizzlies offensive team rebound	6	4
8:28	Isaiah Hartenstein loose ball foul	6	4
8:22	Jaren Jackson Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Zach Edey assists)	9	4
8:07	Chet Holmgren lost ball turnover (Desmond Bane steals)	9	4
8:02	Desmond Bane misses 24-foot three point shot	9	4
8:00	Desmond Bane offensive rebound	9	4
7:58	Desmond Bane misses 24-foot three point jumper	9	4
7:56	Thunder defensive team rebound	9	4
7:56	Santi Aldama enters the game for Jaren Jackson Jr.	9	4
7:43	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 16-foot pullup jump shot	9	4
7:40	Zach Edey defensive rebound	9	4
7:32	Scotty Pippen Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ja Morant assists)	12	4
7:31	Thunder Full timeout	12	4
7:31	Isaiah Joe enters the game for Chet Holmgren	12	4
7:09	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot	12	6
6:53	Scotty Pippen Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ja Morant assists)	15	6
6:39	Jalen Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper	15	6
6:36	Isaiah Joe offensive rebound	15	6
6:35	Luguentz Dort misses 26-foot three point jumper	15	6
6:33	Jalen Williams offensive rebound	15	6
6:29	Jalen Williams makes 2-foot two point shot	15	8
6:21	Zach Edey makes 22-foot jumper (Scotty Pippen Jr. assists)	17	8
6:14	Desmond Bane personal foul	17	8
6:14	John Konchar enters the game for Desmond Bane	17	8
6:00	Isaiah Joe makes 22-foot three point jumper (Isaiah Hartenstein assists)	17	11
5:52	Santi Aldama makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ja Morant assists)	20	11
5:40	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 19-foot step back jumpshot	20	13
5:31	Scotty Pippen Jr. makes 25-foot three pointer	23	13
5:18	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 15-foot pullup jump shot	23	15
5:11	Luguentz Dort personal foul	23	15
5:11	Luke Kennard enters the game for Ja Morant	23	15
5:11	Jaren Jackson Jr. enters the game for Zach Edey	23	15
5:06	Scotty Pippen Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jaren Jackson Jr. assists)	26	15
4:51	Jalen Williams makes 13-foot pullup jump shot	26	17
4:41	Jalen Williams personal foul	26	17
4:41	Scotty Pippen Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2	27	17
4:41	Scotty Pippen Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2	28	17
4:31	Isaiah Joe makes 1-foot two point shot (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)	28	19
4:08	Jaren Jackson Jr. misses 8-foot two point shot	28	19
4:06	Isaiah Hartenstein defensive rebound	28	19
3:58	Jalen Williams makes 1-foot dunk (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)	28	21
3:48	John Konchar makes 24-foot three point jumper (Luke Kennard assists)	31	21
3:47	Thunder Full timeout	31	21
3:47	Chet Holmgren enters the game for Luguentz Dort	31	21
3:47	Alex Caruso enters the game for Jalen Williams	31	21
3:47	Cason Wallace enters the game for Isaiah Hartenstein	31	21
3:35	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 9-foot two point shot (Alex Caruso assists)	31	23
3:13	Santi Aldama makes 24-foot three point jumper (Scotty Pippen Jr. assists)	34	23
2:57	John Konchar shooting foul	34	23
2:57	Chet Holmgren makes free throw 1 of 2	34	24
2:57	Chet Holmgren misses free throw 2 of 2	34	24
2:52	John Konchar defensive rebound	34	24
2:34	Jaren Jackson Jr. misses 5-foot two point shot	34	24
2:32	Chet Holmgren defensive rebound	34	24
2:20	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 17-foot step back jumpshot	34	24
2:18	Chet Holmgren offensive rebound	34	24
2:18	Chet Holmgren misses two point shot	34	24
2:16	Santi Aldama defensive rebound	34	24
2:09	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander personal foul	34	24
2:09	Jaren Jackson Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2	35	24
2:09	Ja Morant enters the game for Scotty Pippen Jr.	35	24
2:09	Ajay Mitchell enters the game for Isaiah Joe	35	24
2:09	Jaren Jackson Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2	36	24
1:55	Alex Caruso makes 1-foot dunk (Cason Wallace assists)	36	26
1:34	Santi Aldama misses 28-foot three point jumper	36	26
1:30	Ajay Mitchell defensive rebound	36	26
1:25	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses two point shot	36	26
1:25	Grizzlies defensive team rebound	36	26
1:06	Ja Morant makes 1-foot two point shot	38	26
56.1	John Konchar shooting foul	38	26
56.1	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 1 of 2	38	27
56.1	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 2 of 2	38	28
46.1	Ja Morant misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot	38	28
43.1	Santi Aldama offensive rebound	38	28
43.1	Santi Aldama makes 6-foot two point shot	40	28
28.1	Santi Aldama shooting foul	40	28
28.1	Ajay Mitchell misses free throw 1 of 2	40	28
28.1	Thunder offensive team rebound	40	28
28.1	Ajay Mitchell makes free throw 2 of 2	40	29
7.0	Santi Aldama misses 20-foot two point shot	40	29
3.0	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander defensive rebound	40	29
0.1	John Konchar blocks Alex Caruso 's 28-foot three point pullup jump shot	40	29
0.1	Santi Aldama defensive rebound	40	29
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	40	29

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Memphis, TN

Date & Time

1:30 AM, April 25, 2025

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TNT, FanDuel SN SE, FanDuel SN OK

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16,849

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Marat Kogut, Josh Tiven, Kevin Cutler, Mitchell Ervin

2025-26 Northwest Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	STRK
Oklahoma City	46	15	.754	W1
Denver	37	23	.617	L1
Minnesota	37	23	.617	W2
Portland	29	32	.475	L1
Utah	18	42	.300	L5

2025-26 Southwest Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	STRK
San Antonio	43	16	.729	W11
Houston	37	22	.627	L1
Memphis	22	36	.379	W1
Dallas	21	38	.356	L2
New Orleans	19	42	.311	W4

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