Overview
- Tipoff is 9:30 p.m. ET at Paycom Centre in Oklahoma City, airing on ESPN, SportsNet LA and FDSOK.
- Oklahoma City is 11-1 while Los Angeles is 8-3 to open the 2025–26 season.
- LeBron James remains out for the Lakers with sciatica.
- The SportsLine Projection Model ran 10,000 simulations, leaning to the Over and indicating one side of the spread hits in roughly two-thirds of trials.
- This is the first of four regular-season meetings between the clubs.