Oklahoma City Thunder vs Los Angeles Lakers Prediction, 2/9/2026 Preview and Pick

Game: Oklahoma City Thunder vs Los Angeles Lakers

Date: Monday, February 9, 2026

Location: crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA

TV: Peacock

The Oklahoma City Thunder (40-12) are en route to crypto.com Arena on Monday where they will try to defeat the Los Angeles Lakers (31-19).

The Thunder stepped onto the hardwood against the Spurs and ended up losing by a score of 116-106 in their last game. In regard to personal fouls, the Thunder finished with 16 and the Spurs accounted for 15 personal fouls. They also made 14 out of their 42 tries from beyond the perimeter. San Antonio finished the game at 60.0% at the free throw line by making 12 of their 20 attempts. Additionally, San Antonio collected 63 rebounds (18 offensive, 45 defensive) and got 9 rejections. San Antonio distributed 26 dimes and had 11 steals for the contest. With regard to the defense, Oklahoma City allowed the other team to go 44.6% from the field on 45 of 101 shooting. They also recorded 26 dimes for the contest in addition to forcing the other team into 14 turnovers and getting 10 steals. Pertaining to rebounding, they compiled 46 with 9 of them being offensive. At the free throw line, the Thunder buried 13 of 14 shots for a rate of 92.9%. Oklahoma City ended having earned a 39.8% FG percentage (37 out of 93) and made 19 of their 47 3-point attempts.

Kenrich Williams is one guy who was a major contributor in this game. Williams shot 50.0% from the floor and also totaled 2 dimes. He saw the court for 35 mins and also collected 9 boards. He notched 25 points on 9 out of 18 shooting.

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Oklahoma City will enter this game with a mark of 40-12 so far this season. They are averaging 120.2 points per outing (1st in basketball) while going 48.8% from the field. The Thunder are connecting on 36.0% on three-point shots (696 of 1,934) and 82.6% from the free throw line. As a team, Oklahoma City is snagging 43.7 boards per game and has tallied 1,330 dimes for the year, which ranks 15th in the NBA in terms of passing. They are losing possession via turnover 12.3 times per contest and as a team are committing 19.8 personal fouls per contest.

On defense, the Thunder are forcing their opponents into 17.3 turnovers per game while drawing 21.2 fouls. They are conceding 37.2% on three-point shots while they are 1st in basketball in opponents points per game (107.9). The Thunder defense is giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 43.2% (1,982 of 4,585) and they relinquish 45.7 boards per game as a basketball team. They are currently ranked 6th in the league in giving up assists with 1,295 conceded so far this year.

When they last played, the Lakers walked away with a victory by a final of 119-115 when they played the 76ers. The Lakers pulled down 32 defensive rebounds and 10 offensive rebounds totaling 42 in this matchup. They also gave up possession of the ball 22 times, while getting 8 steals for this contest. The 76ers earned 22 fouls for the game which took the Lakers to the free throw line for a total of 27 tries. They were able to knock down 22 of the free throws for a rate of 81.5%. With respect to 3-point shots, Los Angeles knocked down 9 of 25 attempts (36.0%). When the final whistle blew, the Lakers shot 44 out of 79 from the field which had them at 55.7%. The Lakers allowed the 76ers to make 45 of 84 tries from the floor which had them sitting at 53.6% for the matchup. They went 20.8% from beyond the arc by shooting 5 of 24 and ended up shooting 20 of 23 at the charity stripe (87.0%). With respect to how they rebounded, Los Angeles allowed Philadelphia to get 28 in total (4 on the offensive side).

Austin Reaves pitched in for the Lakers for the game. Reaves recorded 35 points in his 25 mins of playing time and added 2 assists in this game. He knocked down 12 out of 17 for the matchup giving him a field goal percentage of 70.6%, and tallied 6 rebounds.

Los Angeles has a mark of 31-19 for the year. As an offense, the Lakers are connecting on 49.9% from the floor, which ranks 1st in the NBA. Los Angeles has accounted for 5,818 pts so far this season (116.4 per game) and they average 41.3 rebounds per game. They are dishing out assists 25.1 times per game (21st in the league) and they are turning it over 14.9 times per game. The Lakers commit 18.9 personal fouls per game and they hit 76.8% from the charity stripe.

The Los Angeles defense gives up 36.7% on shots from beyond the perimeter (678 of 1,849) and their opponents are converting on 79.0% of their free throw shots. They have given up 27.6 dimes and 40.7 boards per game, which has them ranked 25th and 3rd in the league. The Lakers on the defensive side of the court are 18th in the league in PPG allowed with 116.2. They are able to force 14.7 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 48.6% from the field (27th in the league).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Oklahoma City

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