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Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Chicago Bulls

March 27, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Thunder beat the Bulls 131-113 on 2026-03-27 at home. The Thunder started Isaiah Hartenstein, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Jalen Williams, and Cason Wallace. The Bulls started Guerschon Yabusele, Isaac Okoro, Tre Jones, Josh Giddey, and Matas Buzelis. Collin Sexton (Bulls) scored 12 points (4/7) in his matchups, with Ajay Mitchell as his primary defender. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 10 points (4/10) in his matchups, with Isaac Okoro as his primary defender.

Box score

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

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder 131

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Cason Wallace GS 30:40 21 5 2 3 1 1 1 8-11 5-7 0-0 +21
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS 29:29 25 2 5 0 3 1 1 8-24 0-10 9-12 +10
Jalen Williams GS 26:44 18 6 8 1 0 2 3 8-16 0-2 2-4 +12
Isaiah Hartenstein GS 24:14 6 16 3 2 0 3 2 2-5 0-0 2-3 +13
Luguentz Dort GS 18:05 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1-4 1-3 0-0 -2
Ajay Mitchell 25:14 15 3 5 0 2 2 5 6-10 1-3 2-2 +14
Jaylin Williams 18:59 12 10 0 2 2 0 1 4-6 2-4 2-2 +6
Isaiah Joe 18:14 15 3 1 1 0 0 1 5-11 4-9 1-1 +9
Alex Caruso 15:15 6 5 2 0 0 0 1 2-3 0-1 2-3 +8
Jared McCain 12:52 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0-4 0-2 0-0 +10
Aaron Wiggins 11:01 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 3-4 1-2 2-2 -2
Kenrich Williams 4:15 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 -4
Branden Carlson 2:46 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -4
Payton Sandfort 2:12 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0-2 0-2 1-2 -1
Totals 131 58 29 9 9 9 19 47-101 14-45 23-31

CHI
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls 113

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Matas Buzelis GS 34:22 15 9 0 0 1 1 2 6-13 1-7 2-2 -9
Josh Giddey GS 32:53 5 7 11 0 0 5 1 1-11 0-8 3-4 -20
Isaac Okoro GS 31:13 20 4 0 0 1 0 3 7-13 3-5 3-3 -14
Tre Jones GS 26:16 21 7 9 1 1 2 1 8-12 1-3 4-4 -13
Guerschon Yabusele GS 22:22 6 4 1 1 1 0 4 2-6 2-5 0-0 -16
Collin Sexton 29:58 22 3 3 0 1 0 3 8-14 5-7 1-2 0
Leonard Miller 25:38 15 7 0 1 0 3 3 6-17 2-7 1-2 -2
Patrick Williams 18:13 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 1-8 1-4 1-2 -12
Rob Dillingham 16:19 2 0 0 1 0 1 4 1-3 0-1 0-0 -8
Lachlan Olbrich 2:46 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 1-2 +4
Totals 113 47 25 4 5 12 21 41-98 15-47 16-21

Did not play: Nick Richards (DND - Injury/Illness), Anfernee Simons (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

CHI
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls

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.

Thunder defense

Defender Guarded most
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Isaac Okoro: 28 poss., 7 pts (3/7) · Tre Jones: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cason Wallace Tre Jones: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Josh Giddey: 14 poss., 10 pts (4/4)
Jalen Williams Matas Buzelis: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Josh Giddey: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Ajay Mitchell Collin Sexton: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Josh Giddey: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Isaiah Hartenstein Guerschon Yabusele: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Leonard Miller: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaylin Williams Leonard Miller: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Collin Sexton: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Joe Rob Dillingham: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Collin Sexton: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luguentz Dort Josh Giddey: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Isaac Okoro: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Alex Caruso Matas Buzelis: 9 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · Josh Giddey: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jared McCain Tre Jones: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Patrick Williams: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Aaron Wiggins Josh Giddey: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Collin Sexton: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kenrich Williams Matas Buzelis: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rob Dillingham: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Branden Carlson Leonard Miller: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Lachlan Olbrich: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Payton Sandfort Collin Sexton: 2 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Rob Dillingham: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Bulls defense

Defender Guarded most
Josh Giddey Cason Wallace: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jalen Williams: 10 poss., 3 pts (0/0)
Isaac Okoro Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jalen Williams: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Matas Buzelis Alex Caruso: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ajay Mitchell: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Collin Sexton Ajay Mitchell: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Cason Wallace: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Tre Jones Jared McCain: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Guerschon Yabusele Isaiah Hartenstein: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jalen Williams: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Leonard Miller Jaylin Williams: 13 poss., 8 pts (3/8) · Isaiah Hartenstein: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Patrick Williams Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylin Williams: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Rob Dillingham Isaiah Joe: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ajay Mitchell: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Lachlan Olbrich Aaron Wiggins: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Branden Carlson: 1 poss., 2 pts (1/1)