Who won Cleveland Cavaliers vs Oklahoma City Thunder?

The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 134-114 on January 16, 2025.

Darius Garland scored 20 for the Cleveland Cavaliers; Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 40 for the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Cleveland Cavaliers at Oklahoma City Thunder

2024-25 · Regular season Thu, Jan 16, 2025 · 7:30 pm EST · All results that day · Cleveland Cavaliers vs Oklahoma City Thunder head-to-head · Cleveland Cavaliers schedule · Oklahoma City Thunder schedule

Final

Away

Oklahoma City Thunder

134

Venue: PayCom Center

Schedule source: whynba · Observed Oct 9, 2026, 06:29 UTC.

Game recap

The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 134-114 at home on Thursday, January 16, 2025 at PayCom Center. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 40 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Darius Garland had 20 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Oklahoma City Thunder led 75-49 at halftime and held on in the second half. Their best stretch was the first quarter, won 32-14. Bench points: Cleveland Cavaliers 62, Oklahoma City Thunder 42. Luguentz Dort had 22 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in support for the winners.

Written by the whynba data desk from the licensed final box score and period scores.

Score source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 2026, 06:29:18 UTC. Source update time is unavailable.

Quick answers

Who won Cleveland Cavaliers vs Oklahoma City Thunder?: The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 134-114 on January 16, 2025.
Who led the scoring?: Darius Garland scored 20 for the Cleveland Cavaliers; Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 40 for the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Box score

Score by quarter
Team	q1	q2	q3	q4	Final
Cleveland Cavaliers	14	35	32	33	114
Oklahoma City Thunder	32	43	44	15	134

Game leaders

Cleveland Cavaliers

Points: 20 Darius Garland
Rebounds: 7 Jarrett Allen
Assists: 9 Darius Garland

Oklahoma City Thunder

Points: 40 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Rebounds: 6 Jalen Williams
Assists: 8 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Cleveland Cavaliers
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Dean Wade starter	24:33	6	5	1	0	0	2	2-4	2-4	0-0	0	-10
Darius Garland starter	23:58	20	2	9	0	1	3	7-10	1-4	5-6	2	-18
Donovan Mitchell starter	20:41	8	2	2	1	0	0	3-15	1-4	1-2	0	-28
Evan Mobley starter	18:17	5	3	1	0	1	2	2-7	0-2	1-1	0	-24
Jarrett Allen starter	16:22	13	7	0	0	0	2	6-6	0-0	1-1	1	-18
Isaac Okoro bench	22:42	7	3	1	0	0	2	2-9	1-8	2-2	4	+13
Max Strus bench	19:57	3	3	1	0	0	3	1-4	1-4	0-0	1	-30
Caris LeVert bench	19:47	9	3	3	0	1	3	3-5	0-1	3-5	0	-27
Ty Jerome bench	16:15	12	3	4	0	0	1	4-5	2-3	2-2	2	+6
Georges Niang bench	14:25	5	2	1	0	0	1	2-7	0-3	1-1	0	-30
Tristan Thompson bench	12:00	4	7	2	0	1	0	2-3	0-0	0-0	0	+18
Jaylon Tyson bench	12:00	5	6	1	0	0	1	2-6	1-2	0-0	0	+18
Sam Merrill bench	12:00	9	2	3	1	0	0	3-6	3-6	0-0	0	+18
Craig Porter bench	7:03	8	1	3	0	1	1	3-3	1-1	1-1	1	+12

Not available: Emoni Bates, Luke Travers

Oklahoma City Thunder
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Jalen Williams starter	30:07	19	6	5	3	2	0	8-14	1-4	2-2	2	+29
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander starter	29:14	40	3	8	2	0	2	17-26	1-5	5-5	1	+32
Cason Wallace starter	26:30	6	6	2	0	0	1	3-6	0-1	0-0	2	+13
Luguentz Dort starter	19:42	22	2	2	1	1	1	8-11	6-9	0-0	4	+12
Jaylin Williams starter	14:09	5	5	1	0	0	0	2-6	1-5	0-0	4	+6
Aaron Wiggins bench	32:51	4	5	3	0	0	1	2-8	0-1	0-0	1	+8
Isaiah Joe bench	21:23	12	3	0	2	0	1	4-7	4-7	0-0	2	+14
Branden Carlson bench	17:27	11	4	0	0	1	0	4-8	3-6	0-0	2	+0
Alex Caruso bench	13:34	10	1	2	3	0	0	3-3	2-2	2-2	1	+19
Kenrich Williams bench	11:43	2	1	2	1	0	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	0	+0
Ousmane Dieng bench	9:14	3	2	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	1-2	0	-9
Adam Flagler bench	7:03	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-9	0-8	0-0	0	-12
Alex Ducas bench	7:03	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	-12

Not available: Ajay Mitchell, Chet Holmgren, Isaiah Hartenstein, Nikola Topic

Team statistics
Cleveland Cavaliers	Stat	Oklahoma City Thunder
17/21 (81%)	Free throws	10/11 (90%)
29/48 (60%)	2 pointers	35/52 (67%)
13/42 (31%)	3 pointers	18/53 (34%)
42/90 (46%)	Field goals	53/105 (50%)
49	Rebounds	39
38	Defensive rebounds	31
11	Offensive rebounds	8
32	Assists	25
21	Turnovers	6
2	Steals	12
5	Blocks	5
11	Fouls	20
13	Max points in a row	19
3:06	Time spent in lead	43:34
4	Biggest lead	42

Scoring margin by minute (above the line: Oklahoma City Thunder ahead)

Largest margin: 39 points.

Game flow

Lead changes: 5
Times tied: 2
Largest lead · Cleveland Cavaliers: 4 Q1 11:08
Largest lead · Oklahoma City Thunder: 42 Q3 2:17
Longest run: 19-0 Oklahoma City Thunder · Q1 1:37 to Q2 10:42

Scoring plays

Q1 · 20 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q1
Time left	Team	Play	Cleveland Cavaliers	Oklahoma City Thunder
11:36	Cleveland Cavaliers	Jarrett Allen 2-pt field goal	2	0
11:08	Cleveland Cavaliers	Jarrett Allen 2-pt field goal	4	0
10:58	Oklahoma City Thunder	Luguentz Dort 3-pt field goal	4	3
10:00	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2-pt field goal	4	5
9:12	Oklahoma City Thunder	Jalen Williams 2-pt field goal	4	7
7:37	Cleveland Cavaliers	Donovan Mitchell 3-pt field goal	7	7
7:15	Cleveland Cavaliers	Jarrett Allen 2-pt field goal	9	7
6:26	Oklahoma City Thunder	Isaiah Joe 3-pt field goal	9	10
6:08	Cleveland Cavaliers	Max Strus 3-pt field goal	12	10
5:27	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Free throw	12	11
5:27	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Free throw	12	12
4:53	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2-pt field goal	12	14
4:23	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2-pt field goal	12	16
3:47	Oklahoma City Thunder	Branden Carlson 3-pt field goal	12	19
2:23	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2-pt field goal	12	21
1:51	Cleveland Cavaliers	Evan Mobley 2-pt field goal	14	21
1:37	Oklahoma City Thunder	Branden Carlson 3-pt field goal	14	24
1:10	Oklahoma City Thunder	Isaiah Joe 3-pt field goal	14	27
0:56	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2-pt field goal	14	29
0:35	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 3-pt field goal	14	32

Q2 · 41 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q2
Time left	Team	Play	Cleveland Cavaliers	Oklahoma City Thunder
11:47	Oklahoma City Thunder	Jalen Williams 2-pt field goal	14	34
11:08	Oklahoma City Thunder	Luguentz Dort 3-pt field goal	14	37
10:50	Oklahoma City Thunder	Jalen Williams Free throw	14	38
10:42	Oklahoma City Thunder	Luguentz Dort 2-pt field goal	14	40
10:30	Cleveland Cavaliers	Evan Mobley 2-pt field goal	16	40
10:30	Cleveland Cavaliers	Evan Mobley Free throw	17	40
10:04	Cleveland Cavaliers	Donovan Mitchell 2-pt field goal	19	40
9:45	Oklahoma City Thunder	Luguentz Dort 2-pt field goal	19	42
9:25	Cleveland Cavaliers	Ty Jerome 3-pt field goal	22	42
8:48	Oklahoma City Thunder	Alex Caruso Free throw	22	43
8:48	Oklahoma City Thunder	Alex Caruso Free throw	22	44
8:37	Cleveland Cavaliers	Ty Jerome Free throw	23	44
8:37	Cleveland Cavaliers	Ty Jerome Free throw	24	44
8:17	Oklahoma City Thunder	Alex Caruso 3-pt field goal	24	47
8:05	Cleveland Cavaliers	Isaac Okoro 3-pt field goal	27	47
7:33	Oklahoma City Thunder	Alex Caruso 3-pt field goal	27	50
7:08	Cleveland Cavaliers	Isaac Okoro 2-pt field goal	29	50
6:49	Oklahoma City Thunder	Aaron Wiggins 2-pt field goal	29	52
6:34	Cleveland Cavaliers	Darius Garland 2-pt field goal	31	52
6:09	Cleveland Cavaliers	Darius Garland 2-pt field goal	33	52
5:31	Oklahoma City Thunder	Luguentz Dort 3-pt field goal	33	55
5:14	Oklahoma City Thunder	Kenrich Williams 2-pt field goal	33	57
5:01	Cleveland Cavaliers	Darius Garland Free throw	34	57
5:01	Cleveland Cavaliers	Darius Garland Free throw	35	57
4:51	Cleveland Cavaliers	Darius Garland 3-pt field goal	38	57
4:28	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dean Wade 3-pt field goal	41	57
4:15	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2-pt field goal	41	59
4:15	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Free throw	41	60
3:56	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2-pt field goal	41	62
3:42	Cleveland Cavaliers	Isaac Okoro Free throw	42	62
3:42	Cleveland Cavaliers	Isaac Okoro Free throw	43	62
3:28	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2-pt field goal	43	64
3:04	Cleveland Cavaliers	Darius Garland 2-pt field goal	45	64
2:50	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2-pt field goal	45	66
2:37	Cleveland Cavaliers	Darius Garland 2-pt field goal	47	66
2:26	Oklahoma City Thunder	Jalen Williams 2-pt field goal	47	68
1:48	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cason Wallace 2-pt field goal	47	70
1:34	Cleveland Cavaliers	Darius Garland 2-pt field goal	49	70
1:18	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Free throw	49	71
1:18	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Free throw	49	72
0:51	Oklahoma City Thunder	Jalen Williams 3-pt field goal	49	75

Q3 · 40 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q3
Time left	Team	Play	Cleveland Cavaliers	Oklahoma City Thunder
11:43	Oklahoma City Thunder	Luguentz Dort 3-pt field goal	49	78
11:21	Cleveland Cavaliers	Donovan Mitchell 2-pt field goal	51	78
10:52	Oklahoma City Thunder	Jalen Williams 2-pt field goal	51	80
10:39	Cleveland Cavaliers	Jarrett Allen 2-pt field goal	53	80
10:27	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2-pt field goal	53	82
10:20	Cleveland Cavaliers	Donovan Mitchell Free throw	54	82
10:07	Oklahoma City Thunder	Luguentz Dort 3-pt field goal	54	85
9:47	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2-pt field goal	54	87
9:37	Cleveland Cavaliers	Darius Garland Free throw	55	87
9:37	Cleveland Cavaliers	Darius Garland Free throw	56	87
8:37	Oklahoma City Thunder	Jaylin Williams 3-pt field goal	56	90
8:09	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2-pt field goal	56	92
7:55	Cleveland Cavaliers	Jarrett Allen 2-pt field goal	58	92
7:34	Oklahoma City Thunder	Jaylin Williams 2-pt field goal	58	94
7:18	Cleveland Cavaliers	Jarrett Allen 2-pt field goal	60	94
7:18	Cleveland Cavaliers	Jarrett Allen Free throw	61	94
6:53	Oklahoma City Thunder	Luguentz Dort 3-pt field goal	61	97
6:15	Cleveland Cavaliers	Caris LeVert 2-pt field goal	63	97
5:56	Oklahoma City Thunder	Jalen Williams 2-pt field goal	63	99
5:56	Oklahoma City Thunder	Jalen Williams Free throw	63	100
5:42	Cleveland Cavaliers	Georges Niang 2-pt field goal	65	100
5:26	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cason Wallace 2-pt field goal	65	102
5:21	Cleveland Cavaliers	Darius Garland Free throw	66	102
5:09	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2-pt field goal	66	104
4:46	Cleveland Cavaliers	Darius Garland 2-pt field goal	68	104
4:30	Cleveland Cavaliers	Caris LeVert Free throw	69	104
4:30	Cleveland Cavaliers	Caris LeVert Free throw	70	104
4:17	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2-pt field goal	70	106
3:53	Oklahoma City Thunder	Jalen Williams 2-pt field goal	70	108
3:33	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2-pt field goal	70	110
3:25	Cleveland Cavaliers	Caris LeVert 2-pt field goal	72	110
3:25	Cleveland Cavaliers	Caris LeVert Free throw	73	110
3:12	Oklahoma City Thunder	Alex Caruso 2-pt field goal	73	112
2:17	Oklahoma City Thunder	Isaiah Joe 3-pt field goal	73	115
2:05	Cleveland Cavaliers	Georges Niang 2-pt field goal	75	115
2:05	Cleveland Cavaliers	Georges Niang Free throw	76	115
1:48	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2-pt field goal	76	117
1:37	Cleveland Cavaliers	Caris LeVert 2-pt field goal	78	117
1:10	Cleveland Cavaliers	Dean Wade 3-pt field goal	81	117
0:01	Oklahoma City Thunder	Jalen Williams 2-pt field goal	81	119

Q4 · 21 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q4
Time left	Team	Play	Cleveland Cavaliers	Oklahoma City Thunder
11:13	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cason Wallace 2-pt field goal	81	121
11:02	Cleveland Cavaliers	Jaylon Tyson 3-pt field goal	84	121
10:35	Cleveland Cavaliers	Ty Jerome 3-pt field goal	87	121
9:55	Cleveland Cavaliers	Ty Jerome 2-pt field goal	89	121
9:38	Cleveland Cavaliers	Sam Merrill 3-pt field goal	92	121
8:54	Cleveland Cavaliers	Ty Jerome 2-pt field goal	94	121
8:02	Oklahoma City Thunder	Branden Carlson 2-pt field goal	94	123
7:36	Oklahoma City Thunder	Isaiah Joe 3-pt field goal	94	126
6:21	Cleveland Cavaliers	Craig Porter 2-pt field goal	96	126
6:21	Cleveland Cavaliers	Craig Porter Free throw	97	126
6:10	Oklahoma City Thunder	Aaron Wiggins 2-pt field goal	97	128
6:03	Cleveland Cavaliers	Sam Merrill 3-pt field goal	100	128
5:20	Cleveland Cavaliers	Sam Merrill 3-pt field goal	103	128
4:52	Cleveland Cavaliers	Craig Porter 2-pt field goal	105	128
3:34	Oklahoma City Thunder	Branden Carlson 3-pt field goal	105	131
3:07	Cleveland Cavaliers	Tristan Thompson 2-pt field goal	107	131
2:38	Cleveland Cavaliers	Tristan Thompson 2-pt field goal	109	131
2:19	Oklahoma City Thunder	Ousmane Dieng Free throw	109	132
1:14	Oklahoma City Thunder	Ousmane Dieng 2-pt field goal	109	134
0:59	Cleveland Cavaliers	Craig Porter 3-pt field goal	112	134
0:28	Cleveland Cavaliers	Jaylon Tyson 2-pt field goal	114	134

2024-25 season series

After this game: tied 1-1. Final series: tied 1-1.

Jan 8: Oklahoma City Thunder 122 at Cleveland Cavaliers 129
Jan 16: Cleveland Cavaliers 114 at Oklahoma City Thunder 134 (this game)

Game statistics · retrieved Oct 9, 2026 02:29.

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