The NBA Belt · rivalry

Los Angeles Lakers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

26Belt meetings

15Lakers wins

11Thunder wins

9Title changes

Los Angeles Lakers and Oklahoma City Thunder have met 26 times with the NBA belt on the line, from December 10, 1967 to March 24, 2015. The belt changed hands in 9 of those games. Los Angeles Lakers lead the belt series 15–11.

Belt game	Date	Result
1,782	Dec 10, 1967	Seattle SuperSonics beat Los Angeles Lakers 133–123	Title change
1,811	Jan 30, 1968	Seattle SuperSonics beat Los Angeles Lakers 128–116	Defense
1,876	Nov 17, 1968	Los Angeles Lakers beat Seattle SuperSonics 105–94	Defense
2,169	Dec 30, 1971	Los Angeles Lakers beat Seattle SuperSonics 122–106	Defense
2,403	Mar 26, 1974	Seattle SuperSonics beat Los Angeles Lakers 121–115	Title change
2,873	Oct 17, 1979	Seattle SuperSonics beat Los Angeles Lakers 112–110	Title change
2,875	Oct 21, 1979	Los Angeles Lakers beat Seattle SuperSonics 106–97	Title change
2,977	Oct 10, 1980	Los Angeles Lakers beat Seattle SuperSonics 99–98	Defense
3,108	Jan 3, 1982	Seattle SuperSonics beat Los Angeles Lakers 110–90	Title change
3,307	Dec 20, 1983	Los Angeles Lakers beat Seattle SuperSonics 108–102	Defense
3,465	Apr 12, 1985	Los Angeles Lakers beat Seattle SuperSonics 145–131	Defense
3,502	Nov 29, 1985	Los Angeles Lakers beat Seattle SuperSonics 108–107	Title change
3,625	Jan 28, 1987	Seattle SuperSonics beat Los Angeles Lakers 125–101	Title change
3,690	Nov 6, 1987	Los Angeles Lakers beat Seattle SuperSonics 113–109	Defense
4,747	May 4, 1998	Seattle SuperSonics beat Los Angeles Lakers 106–92 Playoffs	Title change
4,748	May 6, 1998	Los Angeles Lakers beat Seattle SuperSonics 92–68 Playoffs	Title change
4,749	May 8, 1998	Los Angeles Lakers beat Seattle SuperSonics 119–103 Playoffs	Defense
4,750	May 10, 1998	Los Angeles Lakers beat Seattle SuperSonics 112–100 Playoffs	Defense
4,751	May 12, 1998	Los Angeles Lakers beat Seattle SuperSonics 110–95 Playoffs	Defense
5,061	Feb 14, 2002	Los Angeles Lakers beat Seattle SuperSonics 92–87	Defense
5,275	Apr 2, 2004	Los Angeles Lakers beat Seattle SuperSonics 97–86	Defense
5,769	Feb 10, 2009	Los Angeles Lakers beat Oklahoma City Thunder 105–98	Defense
6,066	Feb 23, 2012	Oklahoma City Thunder beat Los Angeles Lakers 100–85	Defense
6,140	Dec 7, 2012	Oklahoma City Thunder beat Los Angeles Lakers 114–108	Defense
6,182	Mar 5, 2013	Oklahoma City Thunder beat Los Angeles Lakers 122–105	Defense
6,385	Mar 24, 2015	Oklahoma City Thunder beat Los Angeles Lakers 127–117	Defense

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