Thunder vs. Grizzlies schedule, scores, NBA playoff updates, odds, where to watch: OKC sweeps series 4-0

The top-seeded Thunder beat the Grizzlies and cruised into the second round

The top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder made short work of the eighth-seeded Memphis Grizzlies in the first round of the 2025 NBA playoffs. And after a dominant regular season, the Thunder cruised to a 4-0 series sweep, capped by their 117-115 win on Saturday in Memphis. The Grizzlies were without star Ja Morant, who suffered a hip injury in Game 3, but they still put up a fight in the series finale.

OKC becomes the first team to move on in the NBA playoffs and will face the winner of the Denver Nuggets-Los Angeles Clippers series in the second round. 

During the regular season, OKC won an NBA-best 68 games, finished with the league's best net rating and outscored opponents by 1,055 points over the course of 82 games. The Thunder, led by MVP frontrunner Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, entered the playoffs as championship favorites.

The Grizzlies, meanwhile, have had an eventful few weeks leading up to the postseason. They surprisingly fired coach Taylor Jenkins in late March, replacing him with interim coach Tuomas Iisalo. Things didn't improve much after Jenkins' ousting. The Grizzlies went 4-5 in their final nine regular-season games and had to get their playoff spot through the Play-In Tournament. They beat the Mavericks on April 18 to secure the No. 8 seed after losing to the Warriors in a play-in game three days prior.

Thunder vs. Grizzlies schedule, results

All times Eastern

Game 1: Thunder 131, Grizzlies 80 
Game 2: Thunder 118, Grizzlies 99 
Game 3: Thunder 114, Grizzlies 108
Game 4: Thunder 117, Grizzlies 115 (OKC wins series 4-0)

CBS Sports had updates throughout the Thunder vs. Grizzlies series below.

[Apr 26, 2025 at 6:20 pm ET · Jack Maloney]

FINAL: Thunder 117 -- Grizzlies 115

The Oklahoma City Thunder completed a first-round sweep of the Memphis Grizzlies with a two-point win in Game 4 on Saturday, and are the first team to advance to the second round of the playoffs. They'll now enjoy an extended rest before taking on the winner of the Los Angeles Clippers and Denver Nuggets, whose series is going at least five games. 

The shorthanded Grizzlies, who were without Ja Morant (hip), put up a serious fight with their season on the line. They led briefly in the third quarter and refused to quit while the Thunder were trying to pull away down the stretch. Ultimately, though, one team had Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and the other did not. 

Gilgeous-Alexander had gotten off to a slow start in the playoffs, but was back at his best in Game 4 and showed why he's an MVP finalist by putting up 38 points, five rebounds and six assists on 13 of 24 from the field. Jalen Williams added 23 points, four rebounds and five assists for the Thunder. 

This defeat marks the end of another frustrating season for the Grizzlies, who have not advanced past the first round of the playoffs since 2022. 

[Apr 26, 2025 at 4:44 pm ET · Jack Maloney]

Halftime: Thunder 60 -- Grizzlies 59

The Grizzlies are without Ja Morant, who was ruled out with a hip injury he suffered in Game 3, and facing elimination, but they're not going down without a fight. After an extremely competitive first half, the Thunder take a narrow one-point lead into the break. 

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams, as per usual, are leading the way for the Thunder with a combined 32 points and seven assists. The Thunder have made 21 of their 29 attempts inside the arc, but are just 4 of 24 from 3-point range. 

Scotty Pippen Jr. has stepped up without Morant, and is leading the Grizzlies with 13 points, four rebounds and three assists. Santi Aldama has also knocked down four 3-pointers, as many as the Thunder's entire team, to lead the Grizzlies' strong outside attack. 

[Apr 26, 2025 at 11:37 am ET · Aaron Gray]

Best bets for Saturday's Game 4

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[Apr 25, 2025 at 4:28 pm ET · Aaron Gray]

Ja Morant injury update

Ja Morant injury update: Grizzlies star will miss elimination game Saturday after hurting hip, per report

James Herbert

[Apr 25, 2025 at 12:25 am ET · Jasmyn Wimbish]

🚨 Game 3 Final: Thunder 114, Grizzlies 108

The Thunder made history Thursday night, posting the second-largest comeback win in the postseason after falling behind by 29 points. Their 26-point deficit at halftime also marks the largest halftime comeback victory in the NBA playoffs ever. 

The Grizzlies lost Ja Morant at halftime after he took a hard fall at the end of the second quarter, which significantly altered the game. But it was also a near perfect third quarter from the Thunder to climb back into the game. Chet Holmgren took over and the Thunder tightened up on defense to make life incredibly difficult for a Grizzlies team that couldn't get into a rhythm in the second half.

It was a tough loss for Memphis, who looked like they would be able to pull out a win after a superb first-half performance. But Morant's absence in the second half, coupled with the Thunder pressuring the ball on defense was too much for the Grizzlies to hang on in the end. Now, the Thunder can sweep the Grizzlies on Saturday.

[Apr 24, 2025 at 11:18 pm ET · Jasmyn Wimbish]

Morant will not return to Game 3 after taking hard fall

The Grizzlies announced that Ja Morant will not return to Game 3 after taking a hard fall at the end of the second quarter. Morant has been ruled out of the game with a hip contusion, an unfortunate turn of events after such a great first half from Memphis.

Morant landed hard on his left hip after trying to finish a dunk over Lu Dort in transition. He was in visible pain on the ground, and had to be helped to the sideline before shooting two free throws. Morant exited the game immediately after shooting his free throws and went right back to the locker room. He was walking gingerly under his own power, but it was clear he was still in a lot of pain after taking the fall.

We'll have to see if the Grizzlies can hang on for the rest of this game, but they will certainly be thinking about Morant's status past this game. It will be a massive loss if Morant isn't able to suit up for Game 4, especially if the Grizzlies can hang on to win this game.

[Apr 24, 2025 at 10:55 pm ET · Jasmyn Wimbish]

Halftime: Grizzlies 77, Thunder 51

Memphis flipped the script on Oklahoma City in the first half of Game 3 after losing the first two games by an average margin of 35 points. But the story of the game now shifts focus to the status of Ja Morant, who took a scary fall at the end of the second quarter. He collided with Oklahoma City's Lu Dort while trying to finish a dunk and landed directly on his hip, so we'll see if he's able to return.

But the Morant injury aside, the first half couldn't have gone any better for the Grizzlies. The offense has gotten pretty much whatever it wants, which has resulted in the Grizzlies shooting 57% from the field and 50% from 3-point range. Scotty Pippen Jr. came out hot, putting up 23 first-half points.

The 3-point shooting specifically has been a day and night performance for the Grizzlies. They reminded us in the first half why they finished the regular season as the 11th-best 3-point shooting team in the league. Pippen did a bulk of the damage, going 5 of 6 from deep, but that hot shooting can have a tendency to rub off on others on the roster.

For OKC, the defense has been out of sorts, and they're letting Memphis get easy looks at the rim, too. Outside of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams, the Thunder are struggling to find a rhythm on offense, and if that trend carries over into the second half, they'll let the Grizzlies back into this series.

[Apr 24, 2025 at 10:48 pm ET · Jasmyn Wimbish]

Morant takes scary fall, exits game

Grizzlies star Ja Morant was helped off the court late in the second quarter after taking a scary fall while attempting to dunk. On a transition play for the Grizzlies, Morant elevated to try and finish over Thunder's Lu Dort, who slipped and still tried to make a play on the ball, but Morant collided with Dort while he was in the air and landed directly on his left hip area.

Morant was writhing in pain for some time before being helped off the court. He returned shortly after to shoot his two free throws, and then immediately exited the game after. The officials reviewed the foul on Dort to determine if it was a flagrant foul, but found there was nothing for it to be elevated from a common foul. 

We'll now have to wait and see if Morant will be able to return for the second half of this game with his Grizzlies holding a significant lead just before halftime. 

[Apr 24, 2025 at 3:56 pm ET · Aaron Gray]

Best bets for Thursday's Game 3

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[Apr 22, 2025 at 9:53 pm ET · Sam Quinn]

🚨 Game 2 Final: Thunder 118, Grizzlies 99

Well, at least this time the Grizzlies managed to force the Thunder to break a sweat. Oklahoma City led Game 2 by as many as 23 points. The Grizzlies got it down to single digits in the second half. In the end, though, it was another comfortable win for the No. 1 seed: 118-99. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the way with 27 for the Thunder, while the Grizzlies missed their first 10 shots and wound up shooting 42.4% from the field and 32.3% from 3-point range.

With a series this lopsided, there just aren't obvious schematic flaws or adjustments to make. The Grizzlies are just getting out-talented. That was the case in the regular season, too, as the Thunder won all four regular-season matchups by 75 combined points. With Brandon Clarke and Jaylen Wells injured, Memphis is far from full strength, but two role players just wouldn't be enough to make a difference here. For the Grizzlies, this is starting to feel like a wake-up call. If the Thunder are the standard, they need serious changes to catch up.

For Oklahoma City, meanwhile, it's validation. Despite their 68-win regular season, critics still doubted them as a playoff team because of their inexperience. But a week ago, the Grizzlies pushed the Warriors to the brink. Now they're roadkill for the Thunder. If you doubted the Thunder before, hopefully you're on board now, because this team has a whole lot of playoff basketball still to come.

[Apr 22, 2025 at 8:35 pm ET · Sam Quinn]

Halftime: Thunder 70, Grizzlies 52

Welp, it turns out Game 1 wasn't a fluke. The Oklahoma City Thunder ran the Memphis Grizzlies off of the floor, 131-80, on Sunday, and now, unsurprisingly, the Thunder are at it again tonight. Through two quarters in Oklahoma City, the 68-win team leads the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference, 70-52. 

The game is going about as you'd expect it to. The Grizzlies missed their first 10 shots against the NBA's best defense. They've struggled from 3-point range all night, and the Thunder are using turnovers to generate easy offense in transition. It's been a balanced attack for the Thunder, with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren leading the way with 12 points apiece. After a slow shooting start, Oklahoma City is up to 12-of-26 from deep as they've run up this lead.

Maybe the Grizzlies mount a miraculous comeback, but more likely, they're looking ahead to some home cooking. Game 3 will come on Thursday, where the Grizzlies will hope that a venue change is enough to shake things up against a Thunder team that looks completely and utterly unstoppable right now.

[Apr 20, 2025 at 5:11 pm ET · Sam Cooper]

Thunder show they are more than just the SGA show in historic 51-point beatdown of Grizzlies in Game 1

James Herbert

[Apr 20, 2025 at 3:25 pm ET · James Herbert]

🚨 Final: Thunder 131, Grizzlies 80

OKC utterly dominated Memphis from the get-go

The Oklahoma City Thunder did not just blow out the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday. They annihilated them. After a historic regular season, in which they won 68 games with a plus-12.7 net rating, the Thunder started the playoffs by making more history: Their 131-80 win in Game 1 represents the largest margin of victory in a series opener in NBA history. It's also the most lopsided win in OKC playoff history and the most lopsided loss in Memphis playoff history.

On both ends, Oklahoma City was even more dominant than usual. When it went on a 40-9 run to break the game (wide, wide) open in a nine-minute stretch beginning in the first quarter, the Grizzlies looked like they were playing against six defenders. OKC pressured Memphis on the perimeter, swarmed any Grizzly that got near the paint and turned stops into easy buckets on the other end. It was mean, and it was relentless. 

Strangely, this was not a showcase for MVP favorite Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who finished with 15 points on 4-for-13 shooting (including 1-for-7 from deep), three rebounds and five assists in 23 minutes. Gilgeous-Alexander wasn't bad -- he blocked 7-foot-4 center Zach Edey twice! -- but, for perhaps the most consistent star in the league, the shooting struggles were surprising.

Jalen Williams scored 20 points on 10-for-16 shooting, plus five rebounds, six assists, three steals and a block in 21 minutes. Aaron Wiggins led the Thunder in scoring with 21 points off the bench. Chet Holmgren had 19 points on 5-for-11 shooting, including 3-for-4 from deep, plus 10 rebounds and two blocks. Isaiah Hartenstein added 14 points on 7-for-8 shooting, all in the first half, mostly on floaters, plus five assists and a steal.

Memphis shot 6 for 34 (17.6%) from 3-point range and committed 24 turnovers. OKC had 27 fast break points and the Grizzlies had just five.

[Apr 20, 2025 at 3:01 pm ET · James Herbert]

End of third quarter: Thunder 112, Grizzlies 63

There are 12 minutes left to play, but we're already deep in garbage time. The Thunder scored the first 12 points of the third quarter, and they led by as many as 52 points. 

Hilariously, Marvin Bagley III made a heave from beyond halfcourt at the buzzer to cut Memphis' deficit to 49. Bagley has 17 points on 8-for-8 shooting in 16 minutes off the bench, but there's no good news beyond that for the Grizzlies.

With that heave, Memphis improved to 5 for 27 (18.5%) from 3-point range.

OKC outscored the Grizzlies 44-27 in the third quarter. This is as dominant a performance as I can imagine.

The Thunder have a chance to make history today. No team has ever won a playoff game by more than 58 points, and no team has ever won a Game 1 by more than 47. Let's see if their reserves can maintain/extend this lead in the fourth.

[Apr 20, 2025 at 2:16 pm ET · James Herbert]

Halftime: Thunder 68, Grizzlies 36

Well, that was Thunderous. OKC outscored the Grizzlies 36-16 in the second quarter, so it's heading into halftime with a 32-point lead. This is its largest halftime lead in a playoff game in franchise history.

All the stats are horrible for Memphis. The team is shooting 2 for 18 (11.1%) from 3-point range. This is its lowest-scoring first half of the season, and its seven assists are the fewest it has had in a first half this season.

Thunder big man Isaiah Hartenstein made his first seven field goal attempts, including four of his patented floaters. He has 14 points on 7-for-8 shooting. OKC wing Jalen Williams has 14 points on 7-for-12 shooting, including this alley-oop dunk from Aaron Wiggins on a fast break:

The Thunder have a 17-0 advantage in fast break points.

The funny thing is Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has only nine points on 2-for-10 shooting. He had missed eight straight shots before making a 3-pointer in the final seconds of the half. 

OKC led by as many as 35 points.

[Apr 20, 2025 at 1:56 pm ET · James Herbert]

Thunder (way, way) up

OK, this is an onslaught. The Thunder are running circles around the Grizzlies. With 8:07 left in the second quarter, OKC leads 51-22. This is now a 30-5 run in the last 6:15.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander hasn't played at all in the second quarter and the Thunder have outscored Memphis 19-2 with him on the bench. Unreal.

Aaron Wiggins, one of the league's most improved players, has made three 3s during this run. As a team, OKC is shooting 7 for 12 from deep. 

The Thunder have 15 fast break points. The Grizzlies have zero!

[Apr 20, 2025 at 1:49 pm ET · James Herbert]

Wallace to the rim!

OKC led 32-20 heading into the second quarter, which was kind of crazy considering Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Chet Holmgren shot a combined 2 for 10 from the field in the first quarter and the Thunder missed five of their first six 3-point attempts.

Memphis predictably had a lot of trouble finding good looks against this OKC defense, and the Thunder went on an 8-0 run late in the first to create some separation. Early in the second, OKC has extended its lead to 41-22. This already appears to be getting out of hand.

This clip of Cason Wallace attacking the rim in transition is a microcosm of the last few minutes: