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Live Updates: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's Thunder take on Victor Wembanyama's Spurs on a seven-game night

Enjoy the top highlights, moments, stats and observations from Tuesday's action with the NBA.com live blog.

Ben Lambert, for NBA.com

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder are hosting the San Antonio Spurs to open our ‘Coast 2 Coast Tuesday’ doubleheader on NBC and Peacock.

Enjoy the best of Tuesday’s slate with the NBA.com live blog, featuring all of the meaningful moments, performances, observations, news, notes and highlights.

What we know ahead of Tuesday’s games:

  • The Oklahoma City Thunder host the San Antonio Spurs (8 ET) to open our ‘Coast 2 Coast Tuesday’ doubleheader on NBC and Peacock, looking to take their first win over their Western Conference rival this season.
  • The national nightcap features the Portland Trail Blazers and Golden State Warriors (11 ET) as both vie for position in the Play-In Tournament ranks.

JANUARY 13, 2026 // 10:27 ET

Rockets defend home court

119-113, overcoming Tre Jones’ career-high 34 points.

Kevin Durant had 28 for Houston, while Alperen Sengun (23 pts, 7 reb, 11 ast) and Amen Thompson (23 pts, 5 reb, 2 stl) did their thing.

JANUARY 13, 2026 // 10:17 ET

Bulls-Rockets in a tight one late

104-103 Chicago with 3:29 to go in the fourth.

Tre Jones has 27 points on 8-of-9 shooting to lead the way for the Bulls — his career high is 30.

JANUARY 13, 2026 // 10:13 ET

Spurs on a 14-2 run

To cut it to 102-90. Keldon Johnson — the subject of tonight’s mini-profile — just knocked down a corner three for San Antonio.

JANUARY 13, 2026 // 10:11 ET

Nuggets-Pelicans going down to the wire

Tied at 106 with 4:42 to go.

Peyton Watson has 27 points on 14 shots for Denver, while Trey Murphy leads six Pelicans in double figures with 24.

Peyton Watson's shot chart

Peyton Watson’s shot chart.

JANUARY 13, 2026 // 9:56 ET

Thunder take control in the third

A 40-26 advantage for Oklahoma City in the third quarter, giving them a 95-76 lead heading into the fourth quarter. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has 30 points, along with six rebounds.

OKC’s come out motivated in front of a rollicking home crowd, holding the Spurs to 39 percent shooting so far.

JANUARY 13, 2026 // 9:52 ET

Suns on the comeback

It’s now 106-105 Phoenix with just over five minutes to go.

Dillon Brooks leads the Suns with 25 points. Devin Booker’s just behind at 24, adding eight assists as well.

JANUARY 13, 2026 // 9:44 ET

Thunder rolling

80-69 with 5:16 to go in the third quarter.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (22 pts) and Jalen Williams (16 pts) are in their element, while Chet Holmgren (8 pts, 8 reb, 1 blk) is battling Victor Wembanyama (14 pts).

JANUARY 13, 2026 // 9:22 ET

Timberwolves up 31 at the half

76-45 over the Bucks. Julius Randle has 24 points — his most in a half this season.

The Bucks had some beautiful ball movement, though.

JANUARY 13, 2026 // 9:17 ET

Phoenix with the defensive effort

Flashing the foundations of the sixth-best defensive rating in the NBA (111.9).

Heat up 82-76 with 4:48 to go in the third quarter.

JANUARY 13, 2026 // 9:04 ET

Amen at the rim

Floating up to the stratosphere.

JANUARY 13, 2026 // 8:58 ET

Keep the ball moving

Another example of sterling ball movement from the Rockets.

Bulls are up 52-51 with 2:41 to go in the half. Tre Jones has 11 for Chicago, while Kevin Durant has 12 to lead Houston.

 

JANUARY 13, 2026 // 8:53 ET

Timberwolves dominating Bucks

64-39 in the second quarter. Jaden McDaniels is a big reason why.

JANUARY 13, 2026 // 8:40 ET

Thunder up after one

32-26. SGA leads all scorers with 13 points.

JANUARY 13, 2026 // 8:20 ET

Spurs-Thunder underway

Victor Wembanyama has two big dunks early as this clash between the top two teams in the Western Conference gets rolling on NBC and Peacock.

JANUARY 13, 2026 // 8:00 ET

Heat up early on Suns

25-15. Bam Adebayo has 10 points, while Tyler Herro has seven.

Check the unquestioned passing here. Swing, swing, bucket.

JANUARY 13, 2026 // 6:30 ET

Keldon Johnson keeps grinding

The longest-tenured San Antonio Spur has picked it up lately, helping drive his team up to second in the Western Conference at 27-12.

Johnson (15.7 ppg, 6.5 reb, 55.1 FG% over his last 10 games) is a strong slasher and consistent worker.

As the team around him has grown in talent, he’s focused his role, shooting his career-best from the field and three-point range this season.

Keldon Johnson's highlights over the last 10 games.

The 2020 Olympic gold medalist has a bowling ball frame and knows how to use it.

Keldon’s made 117 of 178 shots (65.7 percent) within five feet of the hoop this season — no Spur has taken more shots at the rim — while also hitting 50 of 118 (42.4 percent) of his three-pointers.

He’s also third on the team at 1.3 box outs per game, behind Victor Wembanyama and Luke Kornet, and has the second-best rebound percentage on the team, trailing only the French superstar.

“He’s as consistent as it gets for us in terms of his rebounding, his efficiency,” said Coach Mitch Johnson. “He’s been a mainstay and yeah, it’s every night with that guy.”

JANUARY 13, 2026 // 6:00 ET

Welcome to a seven-game night in the NBA!

Stephon Castle and the San Antonio Spurs take on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder tonight on NBC and Peacock.

It’s ‘Coast 2 Coast Tuesday’ on NBC and Peacock, featuring Spurs-Thunder (8 ET) and Trail Blazers-Warriors (11 ET).

The defending NBA champions are 0-3 against the Spurs so far this season, including a loss in the Emirates NBA Cup 2025 Semifinals, while going 33-4 against the rest of the league.

“You don’t lose to a team three times in a row in a short span without them being better than you,” said Shai Gilgeous-Alexander after OKC’s most recent loss to San Antonio on Christmas. “We have to get better. We have to look in the mirror – and that’s everybody, top to bottom – if we want to reach our ultimate goal.”

Here’s tonight’s complete schedule:

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