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Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Detroit Pistons

March 30, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Thunder beat the Pistons 114-110 on 2026-03-30 at home. The Thunder started Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Chet Holmgren, Cason Wallace, and Ajay Mitchell. The Pistons started Kevin Huerter, Javonte Green, Paul Reed, Ausar Thompson, and Daniss Jenkins. Daniss Jenkins (Pistons) scored 19 points (7/8) in his matchups, with Ajay Mitchell as his primary defender. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 9 points (4/12) in his matchups, with Javonte Green as his primary defender.

Box score

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

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder 114

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS 40:32 47 5 3 2 0 4 4 12-19 2-3 21-25 +8
Ajay Mitchell GS 35:52 14 2 3 2 1 1 3 4-10 0-1 6-6 +5
Chet Holmgren GS 29:48 13 9 1 2 2 3 6 6-11 1-3 0-0 +1
Cason Wallace GS 26:33 9 0 1 0 0 1 2 4-9 1-5 0-0 +1
Luguentz Dort GS 22:01 2 3 2 0 0 1 1 1-4 0-2 0-0 -11
Jaylin Williams 31:33 3 13 2 0 3 3 4 1-6 1-5 0-0 +11
Alex Caruso 27:05 3 1 4 1 0 1 2 1-2 1-2 0-0 +12
Aaron Wiggins 17:21 10 2 1 1 0 0 0 4-8 2-5 0-0 +4
Jared McCain 14:20 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 3-5 0-2 1-1 -1
Isaiah Joe 14:14 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 2-5 2-5 0-0 -11
Kenrich Williams 5:41 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0-2 0-1 0-0 +1
Totals 114 42 17 9 6 17 24 38-81 10-34 28-32

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

DET
Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons 110

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Kevin Huerter GS 38:19 17 6 6 1 0 1 2 7-16 3-9 0-1 -11
Daniss Jenkins GS 36:16 15 4 6 2 0 5 2 7-17 1-5 0-0 -4
Paul Reed GS 34:09 21 10 2 1 4 3 2 7-13 1-2 6-8 -5
Javonte Green GS 30:20 19 5 1 2 0 0 4 6-12 5-11 2-2 +5
Ausar Thompson GS 25:47 8 7 5 3 1 2 6 3-5 0-0 2-6 +19
Caris LeVert 26:03 10 4 2 0 1 1 2 4-11 2-5 0-0 -8
Ronald Holland II 24:08 4 2 1 3 0 1 6 2-7 0-2 0-0 -21
Tolu Smith 18:51 4 7 3 0 1 1 2 1-3 0-0 2-4 +1
Marcus Sasser 18:18 12 1 4 0 1 2 2 4-9 4-6 0-2 +4
Chaz Lanier 12:50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-4 0-3 0-0 0
Totals 110 46 30 12 8 16 28 41-97 16-43 12-23

Did not play: Isaac Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bobi Klintman (DNP - Coach's Decision), Wendell Moore Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

DET
Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons

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 Ronald Holland II: 23 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Ausar Thompson: 21 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Ajay Mitchell Daniss Jenkins: 28 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Ausar Thompson: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Jaylin Williams Tolu Smith: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Paul Reed: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Chet Holmgren Paul Reed: 26 poss., 8 pts (4/6) · Javonte Green: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Alex Caruso Caris LeVert: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kevin Huerter: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Cason Wallace Kevin Huerter: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Daniss Jenkins: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Luguentz Dort Javonte Green: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kevin Huerter: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Wiggins Kevin Huerter: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Caris LeVert: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jared McCain Marcus Sasser: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Daniss Jenkins: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Joe Kevin Huerter: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Daniss Jenkins: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Kenrich Williams Kevin Huerter: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Paul Reed: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Pistons defense

Defender Guarded most
Kevin Huerter Ajay Mitchell: 12 poss., 9 pts (4/5) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Daniss Jenkins Ajay Mitchell: 24 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Isaiah Joe: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Paul Reed Chet Holmgren: 27 poss., 11 pts (3/4) · Jaylin Williams: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/5)
Javonte Green Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Luguentz Dort: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Caris LeVert Alex Caruso: 24 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Luguentz Dort: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ausar Thompson Cason Wallace: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Luguentz Dort: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Ronald Holland II Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Aaron Wiggins: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tolu Smith Jaylin Williams: 24 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Marcus Sasser Jared McCain: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Ajay Mitchell: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Chaz Lanier Aaron Wiggins: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jared McCain: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)