OKLAHOMA CITY (Interstat) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points, Ajay Mitchell added 18 off the bench and the Oklahoma City Thunder remained unbeaten with a 108-101 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday at Paycom Center. Isaiah Hartenstein had 12 points and 12 rebounds for Oklahoma City, which improved to 3-0. Alex Caruso added 12 points, seven rebounds and six assists. The Clippers fell to 1-2. Attendance was 18,203. Oklahoma City won despite losing three players to injury, including All-Star guard Jalen Williams, who went down hard on a drive to the basket with 1:14 left and left the court on a stretcher with towels covering his left leg. Guard Cason Wallace left in the first quarter with left shoulder soreness, and forward Jaylin Williams left in the first quarter with right wrist soreness. Neither returned.

Los Angeles opened with a 26-20 lead after the first quarter, getting early baskets from Isaiah Jackson and Kris Dunn and a pair of 3-pointers from Dunn and Derrick Jones. Oklahoma City answered through Hartenstein inside and Gilgeous-Alexander’s shot-making. The Clippers stretched their lead in the second quarter behind Brook Lopez, who made two 3-pointers and an alley-oop layup, and Kobe Sanders, who hit a 3-pointer and two free throws. Oklahoma City closed the half with a 22-foot 3-pointer from Mitchell and a 27-foot 3-pointer from Darius Garland, sending Los Angeles into halftime ahead 56-54. The Thunder scored 34 points in the second quarter after scoring 20 in the first.

Oklahoma City took control in the third quarter. Hartenstein made two shots inside, Gilgeous-Alexander scored on drives and pull-up jumpers, and Caruso hit a 3-pointer to tie the game. The Clippers answered with Garland and Lopez, but the Thunder closed the quarter on a run keyed by Gilgeous-Alexander’s layup, dunk and two free throws. Mitchell added a driving floater, and Oklahoma City took an 85-81 lead into the fourth quarter. Los Angeles scored 25 points in the third, while Oklahoma City scored 31.

The Clippers kept the game close in the fourth. Gradey Dick hit a running jumper, and Jackson made a short running shot to tie the score. Oklahoma City responded with Mitchell’s three-point play, Caruso’s tip shot and Gilgeous-Alexander’s shot inside. Derrick Jones made a 3-pointer to pull Los Angeles within one. Caruso made two free throws, Jalen Williams dunked off a Caruso assist and Mitchell scored again to push the Thunder ahead. Lopez converted a three-point play to cut the deficit, but Gilgeous-Alexander made four free throws around a flagrant foul with about 1:14 left to make it 106-99. Garland’s driving layup made it 106-101 with 46.6 seconds remaining, and Chet Holmgren made two free throws with 14.2 seconds left to close the scoring.

Gilgeous-Alexander finished with six rebounds, five assists and one block in 36 minutes. Mitchell had 18 points, six rebounds and four assists in 28 minutes. Hartenstein added 12 points and 12 rebounds in 27 minutes, and Caruso had 12 points, seven rebounds, six assists and one block in 22 minutes. For Los Angeles, Dunn had 15 points, four rebounds, six assists and two blocks in 33 minutes. Garland added 16 points, four rebounds and 11 assists in 36 minutes. Jackson scored 10 points with six rebounds and four assists, Jones had 11 points and six rebounds, Keaton Wagler scored 11 points with five rebounds and four assists, and Sanders added 12 points and four rebounds.

Los Angeles shot 37 of 81 from the floor, 15 of 38 from 3-point range and 12 of 15 from the free throw line. Oklahoma City shot 42 of 94 overall, 8 of 24 from beyond the arc and 16 of 17 from the line. The Thunder held a 15-8 edge in offensive rebounds and a 15-10 edge in assists. Oklahoma City blocked five shots to Los Angeles’ four. The Clippers committed 27 turnovers to Oklahoma City’s 16 and were called for 19 fouls to Oklahoma City’s 16. Los Angeles scored 101 points from 107 possessions, an offensive rating of 94.3. Oklahoma City scored 108 points from 103 possessions, an offensive rating of 104.8. Oklahoma City next hosts Phoenix, and Los Angeles next hosts the Lakers.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Oklahoma City 116, Los Angeles Clippers 115. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Oklahoma City with a 94 percent probability to win. Oklahoma City had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -16.5. The total score of 209 went over the over/under line of 224.5.