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Hartenstein tops our grades; 40-point Gilgeous-Alexander gets reality check

A 40-point night earned just a 6.5 from our index — the gap with the reference rating is the real story of this one.

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Hartenstein tops our grades; 40-point Gilgeous-Alexander gets reality check
NBA

NBA

BASKETBALL
Intuit DomeLos Angeles
FINAL14/11SAT2026
Los Angeles Clippers
Los Angeles ClippersWinner
113:112
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder
Half 33-27

Pred1x grades

01Isaiah HartensteinCF · Oklahoma City Thunder7.5▼ 1.4
21
PTS
16
REB
6
AST
02Brook LopezC · Los Angeles Clippers7.1▼ 1.1
26
PTS
7
REB
4
AST
03Darius GarlandG · Los Angeles Clippers6.5▼ 1.2
24
PTS
4
REB
7
AST
04Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderGF · Oklahoma City Thunder6.5▼ 2.1
40
PTS
4
REB
5
AST
05Kenrich WilliamsGF · Oklahoma City Thunder6.5▼ 0.7
8
PTS
8
REB
4
AST
06Rui HachimuraF · Los Angeles Clippers6.2▼ 0.5
7
PTS
11
REB
3
AST
07Derrick Jones Jr.F · Los Angeles Clippers5.9▼ 1.5
14
PTS
5
REB
0
AST
08Isaiah JacksonF · Los Angeles Clippers5.8▼ 0.8
5
PTS
3
REB
3
AST

Our index crown went to the losing side's big man: Isaiah Hartenstein topped the Pred1x Grades at 7.5, powered by a perfect 1.0 rebounding component and 0.698 playmaking behind 21 points, 16 rebounds and 6 assists. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's 40-point outburst, by contrast, rated only 6.5 — volume without balance, with playmaking at 0.452, rebounding at 0.267 and defense at 0.156, leaving scoring as his single real lever.

Biggest grade gaps

Δ2.2Kobe SandersG · Los Angeles Clippers4.3 vs 6.5
Δ2.1Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderGF · Oklahoma City Thunder6.5 vs 8.6
Δ2.0Bennett StirtzG · Oklahoma City Thunder4.3 vs 6.3
Δ1.9Gradey DickGF · Los Angeles Clippers5.2 vs 7.1
Δ1.8Keaton WaglerG · Los Angeles Clippers5.3 vs 7.1
Reference rating shown for comparison only; the Pred1x Grade is our own index.

The distance from the reference rating tells the story: it handed Gilgeous-Alexander an 8.6, a 2.1-point gulf, while our biggest split was Kobe Sanders.

Brook Lopez led the winners at 7.1 on 26 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, while Darius Garland's 24-point, 7-assist night rated a modest 6.5. Kenrich Williams matched Garland with 8 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists — our index rewards the rounding-out work.

The Clippers still edged it 113-112 at Intuit Dome, but our grades say Hartenstein's all-around production, not star points, set the quality bar.

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