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Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Denver Nuggets

March 9, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Thunder beat the Nuggets 129-126 on 2026-03-09 at home. The Thunder started Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Isaiah Joe, Jaylin Williams, and Cason Wallace. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, and Christian Braun. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 17 points (7/14) in his matchups, with Jaylin Williams as his primary defender. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 12 points (4/12) in his matchups, with Christian Braun as his primary defender.

Box score

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

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder 129

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylin Williams GS	39:37	29	12	3	0	2	1	4	10-17	7-11	2-4	+4
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS	38:57	35	9	15	1	1	0	3	14-21	3-7	4-4	+2
Isaiah Joe GS	32:09	13	4	2	0	2	0	1	5-10	3-8	0-0	-3
Luguentz Dort GS	30:23	6	4	0	1	2	1	5	2-11	2-8	0-2	-15
Cason Wallace GS	16:49	4	2	1	0	1	0	3	2-6	0-1	0-0	-27
Ajay Mitchell	29:25	24	2	3	1	0	0	1	9-16	1-4	5-5	+11
Jared McCain	21:32	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	4-7	3-5	2-2	+19
Aaron Wiggins	17:39	3	2	0	0	1	1	2	1-3	0-2	1-2	+16
Kenrich Williams	13:29	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-1	2-2	+8
Totals		129	37	27	3	9	3	20	47-93	19-47	16-21

Did not play: Brooks Barnhizer (DNP - Coach's Decision), Payton Sandfort (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nikola Topić (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DEN

Denver Nuggets 126

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokić GS	40:18	32	14	13	0	1	3	0	12-19	3-6	5-6	+2
Christian Braun GS	37:45	4	9	2	2	1	1	5	2-6	0-3	0-2	-2
Jamal Murray GS	36:47	21	8	6	0	1	0	3	9-23	0-4	3-3	+5
Aaron Gordon GS	28:29	23	10	3	1	0	1	2	6-14	2-4	9-10	+14
Cameron Johnson GS	22:42	6	3	1	0	0	0	1	1-5	1-3	3-4	+9
Tim Hardaway Jr.	33:01	28	2	2	0	0	1	3	10-16	8-12	0-2	-10
Bruce Brown	16:27	4	3	1	0	0	1	3	1-5	1-2	1-2	-15
Spencer Jones	15:31	6	5	0	0	0	0	2	3-7	0-3	0-0	-7
Jonas Valančiūnas	6:00	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	-8
Julian Strawther	3:01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-3
Totals		126	56	29	3	3	7	20	45-98	15-37	21-29

Did not play: Tyus Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Zeke Nnaji (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jalen Pickett (DNP - Coach's Decision), David Roddy (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Luguentz Dort · Isaiah Joe · Jaylin Williams · Cason Wallace Starter 10.6 min
Kenrich Williams · Luguentz Dort · Isaiah Joe · Aaron Wiggins · Ajay Mitchell 6.0 min
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Kenrich Williams · Jaylin Williams · Jared McCain · Ajay Mitchell 5.1 min
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Aaron Wiggins · Jaylin Williams · Jared McCain · Ajay Mitchell 4.3 min
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Isaiah Joe · Jaylin Williams · Jared McCain · Ajay Mitchell 3.7 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun Starter 8.0 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Christian Braun 8.9 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown 6.0 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Christian Braun · Spencer Jones 4.1 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun · Spencer Jones 3.2 min

Who guarded whom

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

Thunder defense

Nikola Jokić 17 pts (7/14) in 83 possessions

Guarded by: Jaylin Williams (39 %, 8 pts) · Luguentz Dort (21 %, 3 pts) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (11 %, 0 pts)
Jamal Murray 11 pts (3/13) in 71 possessions

Guarded by: Cason Wallace (19 %, 0 pts) · Isaiah Joe (15 %, 0 pts) · Ajay Mitchell (14 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Christian Braun: 58 poss., 26 pts (10/13) · Nikola Jokić: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaylin Williams	Nikola Jokić: 33 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Aaron Gordon: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaiah Joe	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Cameron Johnson: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Ajay Mitchell	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Jamal Murray: 10 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Luguentz Dort	Nikola Jokić: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/6) · Aaron Gordon: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jared McCain	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jamal Murray: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Aaron Wiggins	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jamal Murray: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cason Wallace	Jamal Murray: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Aaron Gordon: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kenrich Williams	Aaron Gordon: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bruce Brown: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2)

Nuggets defense

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 12 pts (4/12) in 79 possessions

Guarded by: Christian Braun (45 %, 0 pts) · Cameron Johnson (16 %, 3 pts) · Aaron Gordon (10 %, 4 pts)
Ajay Mitchell 16 pts (6/9) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: Jamal Murray (29 %, 6 pts) · Tim Hardaway Jr. (25 %, 3 pts) · Nikola Jokić (9 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Jokić	Jaylin Williams: 50 poss., 22 pts (8/13) · Luguentz Dort: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Christian Braun	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 35 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Luguentz Dort: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jamal Murray	Luguentz Dort: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Ajay Mitchell: 16 poss., 6 pts (3/6)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Isaiah Joe: 18 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Ajay Mitchell: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Aaron Gordon	Luguentz Dort: 21 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Cason Wallace: 8 poss., 10 pts (2/3)
Cameron Johnson	Isaiah Joe: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 13 poss., 3 pts (0/0)
Bruce Brown	Jared McCain: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Aaron Wiggins: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Spencer Jones	Jared McCain: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaylin Williams: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jonas Valanciunas	Kenrich Williams: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ajay Mitchell: 1 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Julian Strawther	Ajay Mitchell: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)