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Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Boston Celtics

March 12, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Thunder beat the Celtics 104-102 on 2026-03-12 at home. The Thunder started Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Chet Holmgren, Cason Wallace, and Ajay Mitchell. The Celtics started Jaylen Brown, Neemias Queta, Payton Pritchard, Sam Hauser, and Baylor Scheierman. Jaylen Brown (Celtics) scored 23 points (8/15) in his matchups, with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as his primary defender. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 17 points (6/11) in his matchups, with Baylor Scheierman as his primary defender.

Box score

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

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder 104

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS	39:05	35	6	9	2	3	4	2	13-18	2-5	7-8	+14
Cason Wallace GS	30:35	4	3	3	2	0	1	2	2-8	0-4	0-0	-2
Ajay Mitchell GS	30:10	15	4	6	0	0	1	1	6-10	1-3	2-3	-1
Luguentz Dort GS	29:22	6	6	1	0	0	0	5	2-8	2-8	0-0	+8
Chet Holmgren GS	28:28	14	9	0	0	0	1	2	5-10	1-4	3-3	+2
Alex Caruso	22:50	7	4	2	2	1	1	1	3-11	1-8	0-0	+6
Jaylin Williams	19:32	9	2	1	0	0	1	3	3-5	3-5	0-0	0
Aaron Wiggins	15:02	9	3	0	1	0	2	0	4-6	0-2	1-2	-8
Isaiah Joe	13:19	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-1	0-1	+1
Jared McCain	11:37	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	1-6	1-4	0-0	-10
Totals		104	39	22	7	4	12	18	40-84	11-44	13-17

Did not play: Payton Sandfort (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kenrich Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision)

BOS

Boston Celtics 102

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown GS	40:34	34	6	7	2	1	6	5	10-25	1-4	13-14	-10
Payton Pritchard GS	38:43	14	4	4	0	0	2	0	6-17	2-9	0-0	-7
Baylor Scheierman GS	33:31	11	7	5	0	0	1	0	4-10	3-8	0-0	-9
Sam Hauser GS	27:17	8	4	1	2	0	0	1	3-10	2-8	0-0	-6
Neemias Queta GS	26:40	4	10	0	1	2	1	4	1-4	0-0	2-2	-11
Hugo González	27:41	11	5	1	2	1	1	2	4-7	1-2	2-2	-3
Luka Garza	20:50	7	4	0	0	0	1	3	2-6	1-5	2-2	+9
Jordan Walsh	12:32	8	3	1	0	0	0	1	3-4	2-3	0-0	+12
Ron Harper Jr.	12:12	5	1	1	1	0	0	2	2-4	1-3	0-0	+15
Totals		102	44	20	8	4	12	18	35-87	13-42	19-20

Did not play: Max Shulga (DNP - Coach's Decision), Derrick White (DND - Injury/Illness), Amari Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Luguentz Dort · Chet Holmgren · Cason Wallace · Ajay Mitchell Starter 11.4 min
Alex Caruso · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Luguentz Dort · Chet Holmgren · Ajay Mitchell 5.4 min
Alex Caruso · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Isaiah Joe · Jaylin Williams · Jared McCain 3.7 min
Alex Caruso · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Chet Holmgren · Cason Wallace · Jared McCain 3.4 min
Aaron Wiggins · Chet Holmgren · Cason Wallace · Jared McCain · Ajay Mitchell 3.1 min

BOS

Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jaylen Brown · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser · Baylor Scheierman Starter 7.0 min
Jaylen Brown · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Baylor Scheierman · Hugo González 8.3 min
Jaylen Brown · Payton Pritchard · Luka Garza · Sam Hauser · Baylor Scheierman 7.2 min
Jaylen Brown · Neemias Queta · Payton Pritchard · Sam Hauser · Hugo González 4.6 min
Jaylen Brown · Neemias Queta · Ron Harper Jr. · Jordan Walsh · Hugo González 3.7 min

Who guarded whom

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

Thunder defense

Jaylen Brown 23 pts (8/15) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (21 %, 5 pts) · Cason Wallace (15 %, 4 pts) · Jaylin Williams (13 %, 3 pts)
Payton Pritchard 10 pts (5/9) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Cason Wallace (32 %, 0 pts) · Ajay Mitchell (29 %, 2 pts) · Luguentz Dort (9 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Hugo González: 16 poss., 8 pts (4/5) · Jaylen Brown: 14 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Ajay Mitchell	Payton Pritchard: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Baylor Scheierman: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Cason Wallace	Payton Pritchard: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaylen Brown: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/5)
Luguentz Dort	Sam Hauser: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Garza: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Chet Holmgren	Luka Garza: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Neemias Queta: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Alex Caruso	Neemias Queta: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/7) · Luka Garza: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaylin Williams	Jaylen Brown: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Hugo González: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Aaron Wiggins	Jaylen Brown: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Sam Hauser: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jared McCain	Hugo González: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Payton Pritchard: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaiah Joe	Ron Harper Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sam Hauser: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Celtics defense

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 17 pts (6/11) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Baylor Scheierman (34 %, 3 pts) · Hugo González (28 %, 7 pts) · Jordan Walsh (10 %, 0 pts)
Chet Holmgren 17 pts (7/16) in 50 possessions

Guarded by: Luka Garza (33 %, 5 pts) · Neemias Queta (32 %, 0 pts) · Payton Pritchard (10 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jaylen Brown	Luguentz Dort: 32 poss., 9 pts (2/5) · Alex Caruso: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Payton Pritchard	Cason Wallace: 32 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Ajay Mitchell: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Baylor Scheierman	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 24 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Ajay Mitchell: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hugo González	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 20 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Jared McCain: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sam Hauser	Ajay Mitchell: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Neemias Queta	Chet Holmgren: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaylin Williams: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Luka Garza	Chet Holmgren: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Jaylin Williams: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Jordan Walsh	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jared McCain: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Ron Harper Jr.	Isaiah Joe: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)