Thunder Sweep Lakers, 115-110, to Reach Western Conference Finals

The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Los Angeles Lakers 115-110 in Game 4 on Monday night, completing a 4-0 sweep in the Western Conference semifinals and advancing to the Western Conference finals. The victory kept Oklahoma City unbeaten in the postseason and made it the first team on the Western Conference side of the bracket to secure a spot in the next round.

The Thunder are now 8-0 in the 2026 NBA playoffs after opening with another sweep, a 4-0 first-round win over the Phoenix Suns that ended April 27. Oklahoma City, the top seed in the West, has moved through two rounds without a loss and has yet to be pushed beyond four games in a series.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led Oklahoma City in the clinching win, according to multiple postgame recaps, as the Thunder held off the Lakers to finish the series Monday. The game tipped off late Monday in the United States, with NBA schedule listings showing a 10:30 p.m. ET start, which corresponds to 2:30 a.m. UTC on Tuesday.

The result ends the Lakers’ season and sends Oklahoma City into the conference finals to await the winner of the other Western Conference semifinal between the San Antonio Spurs and the Minnesota Timberwolves. For readers tracking the bracket, the Thunder are the first West team from their side of the draw to advance.

Oklahoma City’s back-to-back sweeps have put the franchise into the Western Conference finals without a playoff loss through two rounds, a rare start that underscores how decisively the Thunder have controlled the postseason so far.