Los Angeles Lakers vs Oklahoma City Thunder Prediction, 11/12/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Los Angeles Lakers vs Oklahoma City Thunder

Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Location: Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, OK

TV: ESPN

The Oklahoma City Thunder (10-1) host the Los Angeles Lakers (7-3) at Paycom Center on Wednesday.

The Lakers faced off with the Hawks and went home with a loss by a final score of 122-102 in their last game. When it comes to personal fouls, the Lakers ended up finishing with 11 while the Hawks totaled 14 personal fouls. They also made 16 of their 39 shots from beyond the arc. Atlanta ended up going 90.9% when shooting free throws by converting 10 of their 11 attempts. Moreover, Atlanta grabbed 37 boards (7 offensive, 30 defensive) and earned 5 blocked shots. Atlanta doled out 37 dimes and had 13 steals in this game. In the matter of defense, Los Angeles allowed the other team to shoot 51.6% from the floor on 48 out of 93 shooting. They also recorded 23 assists in the game while forcing 11 turnovers and having 8 steals. In reference to pulling down rebounds, they compiled 47 with 13 of them being offensive. When they shot from the free throw line, the Lakers knocked down 16 of their 20 tries for a percentage of 80.0%. Los Angeles ended the game with a 45.7% FG percentage (37 out of 81) and converted 12 of their 30 shots from downtown.

Luka Doncic is a guy who was a major contributor for this game. Doncic went 41.2% from the floor and totaled 11 assists. He played 27 minutes and grabbed 5 rebounds. He scored 22 points on 7 out of 17 shooting.

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Los Angeles enters this game with a win-loss record of 7-3 for the year. They average 117.8 pts per game (15th in the league) while hitting 51.3% from the field. The Lakers are connecting on 33.7% on 3-pointers (105 of 312) and 79.0% from the free throw line. As a unit, Los Angeles is pulling in 40.6 boards per contest and has accumulated 264 dimes so far this season, which is 14th in the league in terms of passing. They lose possession via turnover 17.1 times per game and as a team they are committing 20.4 fouls per game.

On defense, the Lakers are forcing 15.8 turnovers per contest while drawing 23.3 fouls. They rank 25th in basketball in giving up assists to their opponents with 273 surrendered this year. The Lakers are giving up a shooting percentage of 47.8% (422 of 882) and they concede 39.9 boards per contest as a squad. They are conceding 35.9% from 3-point land while they are 17th in basketball in PPG from their opponents (117.1).

The last time they took the court, the Thunder went home victorious with a score of 114-100 when they played the Grizzlies. Concerning attacking the glass, Oklahoma City allowed Memphis to snag 50 overall (11 on the offensive side). They shot 38.6% from behind the 3-point line by shooting 17 out of 44 and walked away from this one shooting 13 out of 18 from the free throw line (72.2%). The Thunder permitted the Grizzlies to knock down 35 out of their 91 attempts from the field which had them shooting 38.5% for this game. Overall, the Thunder finished 41 for 95 from the field which gave them a rate of 43.2%. In regard to shooting from beyond the arc, Oklahoma City buried 10 of 43 attempts (23.3%). They were able to convert 22 of the free throw attempts for a rate of 84.6%. The Grizzlies were called for 25 personal fouls for the matchup which took the Thunder to the charity stripe for a total of 26 shots. They turned it over 6 times, while getting 10 steals in the matchup. The Thunder recorded 42 defensive boards and 9 offensive rebounds for a total of 51 in this contest.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ended up having an impact for the Thunder in this game. Gilgeous-Alexander accumulated 35 points in his 35 mins on the hardwood and accounted for 6 dimes for the matchup. He buried 11 of 22 for the contest for a field goal rate of 50.0%, and tallied 7 rebounds.

Oklahoma City has a win-loss mark of 10-1 for the year. When it comes to executing on offense, the Thunder are hitting on 47.1% from the field, which ranks 16th in basketball. Oklahoma City has totaled 1,346 pts so far this season (122.4 per contest) and they pull in 48.1 rebounds per contest. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 24.9 times per contest (24th in basketball) and they are giving up possession 11.7 times per contest. The Thunder commit 21.9 fouls per game while shooting 86.2% from the free throw line.

The Thunder defensively are ranked 1st in the league in points per game surrendered with 108.8. They are forcing their opponents into 17.3 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 41.9% from the floor (1st in the NBA). The Oklahoma City defense gives up 37.4% from downtown (164 of 439) and their opponents are knocking down 78.6% of their shots from the free throw line. They concede 24.4 dimes and 45.5 boards per game, which ranks them 4th and 20th in basketball.

Who will win tonight's NBA game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Oklahoma City

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