The Clippers came into Friday night at Intuit Dome at 2-8. The Thunder came in at 8-4, but they had just lost twice in two nights in Portland, 123-103 and 118-108. Oklahoma City had also won the first meeting of the season, 108-101 on October 25.

It was an Emirates NBA Cup West Group B game, played in front of 17,927 fans. Both teams were short-handed. The Clippers had no Brandon Ingram, Bradley Beal, Yanic Konan Niederhauser or Jordan Miller. The Thunder were missing Chet Holmgren, Ajay Mitchell, Cason Wallace, Jaylin Williams and Thomas Sorber.

Garland scored the first five points of the game, a 25-foot turnaround and a floater. Lopez then hit two threes in 28 seconds midway through the quarter, and it was 20-14.

The Clippers made 10 of 11 free throws in the first quarter and led 33-27 after one. Gilgeous-Alexander already had 10 points, six of them from free throws.

1. Q1, 11:10Garland’s second basket: Clippers 5-0.
2. Q1, 7:05Lopez’s second three in 28 seconds: 20-14.
3. Q1, 4:22Isaiah Hartenstein’s running jumper ties it 20-20.
4. Q1, 1:15Kobe Sanders’ three: 31-24.
5. End of Q1Clippers 33, Thunder 27.

Oklahoma City cut it to 35-33 early in the second quarter. From there the Clippers went on a 20-7 run. Keaton Wagler, the rookie, hit a three. Rui Hachimura hit another. Derrick Jones Jr. made two more, and his three with 2:56 left made it 55-40, the biggest lead of the night.

The Thunder scored 17 points in the quarter. The Clippers led 57-44 at halftime.

Points by quarter

The second half started with a 13-1 Thunder run in two and a half minutes. Jared McCain made three threes in it, and by 9:24 of the third quarter the score was 58-57.

McCain scored 17 points in the quarter, with five threes. The last one, from 30 feet with half a second left, put Oklahoma City ahead 84-82 going into the fourth. Gilgeous-Alexander added 14 in the quarter. The Thunder scored 40 points in 12 minutes, and five of the game’s six lead changes came in that quarter.

1. Q3, 9:24McCain’s third three of the half: 58-57.
2. Q3, 6:50Gilgeous-Alexander’s free throws give the Thunder their first lead of the night, 65-63.
3. Q3, 2:08Gilgeous-Alexander layup: Thunder 77-71.
4. Q3, 7.2Gradey Dick’s three puts the Clippers back in front, 82-81.
5. Q3, 0.5McCain from 30 feet: Thunder 84-82.

A Hartenstein free throw and another McCain three opened the fourth, and it was 88-82. Hartenstein scored eight points in the quarter, including a floater, a free throw on a flagrant foul and a tip dunk in 10 seconds that made it 93-87.

Gilgeous-Alexander’s three with 6:49 left made it 98-91, the Thunder’s biggest lead. Dick kept the Clippers close. He scored 10 of his 13 points in the fourth, and Garland’s three with 3:18 left cut it to 107-106.

Then Gilgeous-Alexander answered with a step-back three, and Alex Caruso made two free throws with 2:43 left. It was 112-106. At that point, the in-game win probability gave the Clippers less than a 10 percent chance.

Gilgeous-Alexander made 15 of 26 shots, 2 of 4 threes and 8 of 11 free throws, with five assists, in 39 minutes. His best quarter was the third, with 14.

Gilgeous-Alexander’s points by quarter

He also missed on the Thunder’s last two trips, a 16-foot step-back with 36.6 seconds left and a 20-foot step-back with two seconds left. Hartenstein had 21 points on 9-of-10 shooting, 16 rebounds and six assists, and Oklahoma City outscored the Clippers 58-40 in the paint.

The Clippers scored the last seven points, and Garland had a hand in all of them. Lopez scored twice off his passes, and then Lopez found him for the go-ahead play. Oklahoma City went 0 for 4 from the field after Caruso’s free throws.

1. 2:21Lopez layup, assisted by Garland: 112-108.
2. 1:52Gilgeous-Alexander misses a two. Hachimura rebounds.
3. 1:25After an offensive rebound, Lopez’s 12-foot fadeaway, assisted by Garland: 112-110.
4. 1:03Caruso misses a driving layup. Jones Jr. rebounds.
5. 50.4Garland drives for a layup, assisted by Lopez, and is fouled by McCain. The free throw makes it 113-112.
6. 36.6Gilgeous-Alexander misses a 16-foot step-back. Lopez rebounds.
7. 2.0Gilgeous-Alexander misses a 20-foot step-back. Final: 113-112.

The Clippers won with threes and turnovers. They made 16 of 41 from deep to Oklahoma City’s 11 of 35, and they scored 15 points off 13 Thunder turnovers. Jones Jr. had 14 points with four threes and four blocks. Wagler had 14 in 18 minutes off the bench.

Clippers vs. Thunder

The Clippers are 3-8, and the season series with Oklahoma City is 1-1. The Thunder are 8-5 and have lost three straight, all on this trip, by a combined 31 points.

Thunder margin, game by game

1. Sun., Nov. 15Charlotte at the Clippers, 4:30 p.m. ET (11:30 p.m. Cairo). Oklahoma City at Sacramento, 9 p.m. ET (4 a.m. Monday in Cairo).
2. Wed., Nov. 18The Thunder are home again, against Atlanta.
3. Thu., Nov. 19The Clippers visit San Antonio.
4. Fri., March 26The third and last meeting, in Oklahoma City.