Pakistan, May 11 -- Ajay Mitchell scored 18 of his 24 points in the second half, as the Oklahoma City Thunder dominated the final 24 minutes en route to a convincing 131-108 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in ??Game 3 of their Western Conference second-round ??series.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 23 points and nine assists as defending champions Thunder took a commanding 3-0 series lead in the Playoff semifinals. Chet Holmgren had 18 points and nine rebounds, Cason Wallace added 16 points off the bench? and Mitchell had 10 assists.

"The confidence I got from my teammates and our coaching staff has been amazing from Day 1," Mitchell said. "That's the key."

The Thunder trailed by two points at half time before steamrolling Los Angeles...