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Detroit Pistons vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

February 25, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Pistons beat the Thunder 124-116 on 2026-02-25 at home. The Pistons started Tobias Harris, Duncan Robinson, Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duren, and Ausar Thompson. The Thunder started Luguentz Dort, Isaiah Joe, Aaron Wiggins, Jaylin Williams, and Cason Wallace. Nikola Topić (Thunder) scored 8 points (4/7) in his matchups, with Ronald Holland II as his primary defender. Cade Cunningham (Pistons) scored 25 points (9/22) in his matchups, with Cason Wallace as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

DET
Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons 124

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Cade Cunningham GS 38:09 29 4 13 3 3 8 5 11-16 3-5 4-4 +17
Jalen Duren GS 31:16 29 15 2 0 1 0 2 12-17 0-0 5-7 +12
Duncan Robinson GS 30:18 16 3 3 1 0 1 0 4-11 3-9 5-5 +15
Ausar Thompson GS 28:09 11 4 7 3 2 3 1 5-7 0-0 1-4 +15
Tobias Harris GS 23:46 4 8 1 0 1 0 1 2-5 0-2 0-0 +2
Javonte Green 17:25 6 4 0 1 1 0 1 2-4 2-3 0-0 +9
Caris LeVert 17:16 9 0 1 0 0 2 3 3-6 1-2 2-2 -11
Paul Reed 16:33 8 6 0 0 4 1 2 3-7 0-0 2-4 -4
Ronald Holland II 16:19 8 5 2 1 0 0 4 4-9 0-3 0-0 -2
Daniss Jenkins 13:09 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 2-6 0-2 0-0 -7
Kevin Huerter 7:40 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 -6
Totals 124 52 29 9 12 15 21 48-89 9-27 19-26

Did not play: Isaac Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Marcus Sasser (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tolu Smith (DNP - Coach's Decision), Isaiah Stewart (DNP - League Suspension)

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder 116

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jaylin Williams GS 35:27 30 11 4 1 1 4 2 9-14 5-10 7-7 -15
Aaron Wiggins GS 34:34 20 4 6 1 1 3 4 6-16 2-7 6-7 +4
Cason Wallace GS 30:09 23 2 5 1 0 1 5 9-17 3-6 2-2 -16
Luguentz Dort GS 28:25 3 3 4 2 0 0 1 1-8 1-5 0-0 -15
Isaiah Joe GS 13:49 3 2 1 1 0 1 2 1-5 1-5 0-0 -6
Jared McCain 29:57 20 3 2 0 0 0 1 6-16 4-10 4-4 +4
Kenrich Williams 25:59 13 4 0 0 0 1 3 5-10 2-3 1-1 -2
Brooks Barnhizer 21:56 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0-3 0-1 0-0 +6
Nikola Topić 15:30 0 2 4 0 0 1 1 0-3 0-0 0-0 -11
Branden Carlson 3:42 4 4 2 0 0 1 0 2-4 0-2 0-0 +11
Buddy Boeheim 0:32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 116 37 28 7 3 13 20 39-96 18-49 20-21

Did not play: Alex Caruso (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

DET
Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Pistons defense

Defender Guarded most
Cade Cunningham Luguentz Dort: 29 poss., 10 pts (4/5) · Cason Wallace: 23 poss., 8 pts (3/5)
Jalen Duren Jaylin Williams: 42 poss., 9 pts (4/6) · Aaron Wiggins: 8 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
Duncan Robinson Aaron Wiggins: 20 poss., 6 pts (1/1) · Luguentz Dort: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/5)
Ausar Thompson Jared McCain: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Aaron Wiggins: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tobias Harris Cason Wallace: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Kenrich Williams: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Javonte Green Jared McCain: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Aaron Wiggins: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Caris LeVert Brooks Barnhizer: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Aaron Wiggins: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Paul Reed Kenrich Williams: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Brooks Barnhizer: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Daniss Jenkins Jared McCain: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Aaron Wiggins: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ronald Holland II Kenrich Williams: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nikola Topić: 5 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Kevin Huerter Brooks Barnhizer: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kenrich Williams: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Thunder defense

Defender Guarded most
Jaylin Williams Jalen Duren: 42 poss., 14 pts (4/7) · Ausar Thompson: 6 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Aaron Wiggins Duncan Robinson: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Ausar Thompson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Luguentz Dort Duncan Robinson: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cade Cunningham: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jared McCain Ausar Thompson: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Daniss Jenkins: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Cason Wallace Cade Cunningham: 21 poss., 9 pts (3/7) · Tobias Harris: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Kenrich Williams Paul Reed: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Tobias Harris: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brooks Barnhizer Caris LeVert: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kevin Huerter: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nikola Topić Ronald Holland II: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Duncan Robinson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaiah Joe Duncan Robinson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ausar Thompson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Branden Carlson Paul Reed: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jalen Duren: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Buddy Boeheim Ausar Thompson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)