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Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Golden State Warriors

March 7, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Thunder beat the Warriors 104-97 on 2026-03-07 at home. The Thunder started Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Isaiah Joe, Jaylin Williams, and Cason Wallace. The Warriors started Al Horford, Draymond Green, Pat Spencer, Gui Santos, and Brandin Podziemski. Kristaps Porziņģis (Warriors) scored 8 points (2/10) in his matchups, with Jaylin Williams as his primary defender. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 9 points (4/11) in his matchups, with Gui Santos as his primary defender.

Box score

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

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder 104

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS 35:00 27 5 5 1 1 4 1 6-15 1-4 14-15 +3
Isaiah Joe GS 34:48 18 4 3 0 0 0 4 5-12 2-7 6-6 +7
Luguentz Dort GS 33:30 8 5 2 1 0 1 1 3-10 2-7 0-0 +6
Jaylin Williams GS 33:04 9 14 4 0 0 6 3 3-7 3-6 0-0 -1
Cason Wallace GS 31:13 9 0 2 4 0 3 2 4-8 1-3 0-0 0
Aaron Wiggins 28:31 9 4 4 1 0 0 2 3-9 1-5 2-2 +8
Kenrich Williams 19:16 13 7 1 0 0 0 2 5-9 2-4 1-1 +2
Jared McCain 12:56 9 2 1 0 0 0 3 3-7 3-6 0-0 +1
Brooks Barnhizer 11:42 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 +9
Totals 104 42 24 7 1 14 18 33-78 15-42 23-24

Did not play: Alex Caruso (DND - Injury/Illness), Payton Sandfort (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nikola Topić (DNP - Coach's Decision)

GSW
Golden State Warriors
Golden State Warriors 97

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Brandin Podziemski GS 39:03 17 6 6 2 0 1 1 6-17 3-10 2-2 -6
Gui Santos GS 37:06 22 11 3 2 0 1 2 8-19 2-9 4-6 -4
Draymond Green GS 32:38 16 4 5 2 0 4 2 6-10 4-6 0-0 0
Al Horford GS 28:43 4 5 4 0 1 1 1 2-6 0-3 0-0 -9
Pat Spencer GS 25:28 9 1 1 1 0 2 2 4-6 1-2 0-0 -10
Kristaps Porziņģis 22:59 9 5 5 0 1 1 4 3-10 0-3 3-6 +6
Gary Payton II 22:04 7 12 1 1 0 1 2 3-8 1-4 0-2 -2
LJ Cryer 17:00 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 2-4 2-4 0-0 -1
Nate Williams 8:35 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 1-6 0-2 2-2 -12
Malevy Leons 6:23 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 1-2 1-2 0-0 +3
Totals 97 47 28 8 3 11 18 36-88 14-45 11-18

Did not play: De'Anthony Melton (DND - Injury/Illness), Moses Moody (DND - Injury/Illness), Quinten Post (DNP - Coach's Decision), Will Richard (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

GSW
Golden State Warriors
Golden State Warriors

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 Draymond Green: 20 poss., 15 pts (5/6) · Gary Payton II: 15 poss., 2 pts (0/3)
Isaiah Joe Brandin Podziemski: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Pat Spencer: 13 poss., 8 pts (1/2)
Luguentz Dort Gui Santos: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Draymond Green: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Cason Wallace Brandin Podziemski: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Gui Santos: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jaylin Williams Al Horford: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Kristaps Porziņģis: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Aaron Wiggins Gui Santos: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Pat Spencer: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kenrich Williams Al Horford: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kristaps Porziņģis: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jared McCain Brandin Podziemski: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pat Spencer: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brooks Barnhizer Brandin Podziemski: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Al Horford: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Warriors defense

Defender Guarded most
Brandin Podziemski Cason Wallace: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Luguentz Dort: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Gui Santos Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Aaron Wiggins: 13 poss., 6 pts (3/7)
Draymond Green Jaylin Williams: 25 poss., 14 pts (5/7) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Al Horford Luguentz Dort: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Pat Spencer Isaiah Joe: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cason Wallace: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Kristaps Porziņģis Luguentz Dort: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Kenrich Williams: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Gary Payton II Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylin Williams: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
LJ Cryer Isaiah Joe: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Aaron Wiggins: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nate Williams Jared McCain: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Malevy Leons Jared McCain: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Aaron Wiggins: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)