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Washington Wizards vs. Golden State Warriors

March 16, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Warriors beat the Wizards 125-117 on 2026-03-16 on the road against the Wizards. The Wizards started Trae Young, Bilal Coulibaly, Tre Johnson, Will Riley, and Julian Reese. The Warriors started Draymond Green, De'Anthony Melton, Gui Santos, Brandin Podziemski, and Will Richard. Kristaps Porziņģis (Warriors) scored 14 points (5/11) in his matchups, with Julian Reese as his primary defender. Trae Young (Wizards) scored 12 points (4/7) in his matchups, with Will Richard as his primary defender.

Box score

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

WAS
Washington Wizards
Washington Wizards 117

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Will Riley GS 38:31 21 4 5 0 0 3 2 6-13 4-8 5-6 +5
Bilal Coulibaly GS 32:42 21 8 4 1 0 2 4 7-10 2-2 5-6 +6
Julian Reese GS 23:41 12 6 1 0 0 3 5 5-7 0-0 2-2 -5
Tre Johnson GS 23:29 13 1 2 0 0 2 1 5-12 2-7 1-2 +2
Trae Young GS 21:11 21 2 5 1 1 3 4 7-10 3-5 4-5 +3
Anthony Gill 31:46 4 8 2 2 0 1 3 1-4 0-2 2-2 -2
Jamir Watkins 16:16 6 3 2 3 0 2 0 3-4 0-0 0-0 -11
Tristan Vukcevic 15:27 11 2 1 0 1 2 0 3-9 2-7 3-4 -10
Sharife Cooper 12:42 4 2 1 0 0 1 2 1-3 0-0 2-2 -15
Bub Carrington 12:15 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 2-6 0-3 0-0 -17
Jaden Hardy 12:00 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 +4
Totals 117 36 24 7 2 21 25 40-78 13-34 24-29

Did not play: Justin Champagnie (DNP - Coach's Decision)

GSW
Golden State Warriors
Golden State Warriors 125

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Will Richard GS 32:13 0 3 2 1 0 0 3 0-6 0-4 0-0 -2
De'Anthony Melton GS 30:26 27 5 4 2 0 3 0 12-17 0-2 3-3 +10
Draymond Green GS 28:32 5 8 7 2 0 3 1 2-8 1-5 0-0 -8
Brandin Podziemski GS 28:18 10 4 3 1 0 1 2 3-11 1-4 3-4 +8
Gui Santos GS 27:57 18 4 5 1 0 1 5 7-10 4-6 0-0 +20
Kristaps Porziņģis 25:43 30 5 4 2 3 3 2 8-13 1-5 13-14 +7
Gary Payton II 23:37 15 6 2 2 1 2 5 7-10 0-0 1-3 -6
Pat Spencer 21:51 10 3 4 1 0 1 0 3-9 2-4 2-2 +2
Malevy Leons 15:41 8 2 0 1 0 1 2 4-5 0-1 0-0 +2
Nate Williams 3:27 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-1 0-0 +6
Omer Yurtseven 2:17 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 2-2 +1
Totals 125 41 32 13 4 15 21 46-91 9-32 24-28

Did not play: Al Horford (NWT - Not With Team), Moses Moody (DND - Injury/Illness), Quinten Post (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

WAS
Washington Wizards
Washington Wizards

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.

Wizards defense

Defender Guarded most
Will Riley Will Richard: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Brandin Podziemski: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Bilal Coulibaly Will Richard: 17 poss., 9 pts (4/5) · Draymond Green: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Anthony Gill Gui Santos: 22 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Kristaps Porziņģis: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Reese Draymond Green: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kristaps Porziņģis: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Tre Johnson Brandin Podziemski: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · De'Anthony Melton: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Trae Young Gary Payton II: 15 poss., 9 pts (3/3) · De'Anthony Melton: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jamir Watkins Gui Santos: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Malevy Leons: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tristan Vukcevic Kristaps Porziņģis: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Draymond Green: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jaden Hardy Gary Payton II: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Will Richard: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bub Carrington Pat Spencer: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Brandin Podziemski: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sharife Cooper Will Richard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Malevy Leons: 4 poss., 4 pts (1/2)

Warriors defense

Defender Guarded most
Will Richard Will Riley: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Trae Young: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
De'Anthony Melton Trae Young: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Bilal Coulibaly: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Draymond Green Julian Reese: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/7) · Bilal Coulibaly: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brandin Podziemski Tre Johnson: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Will Riley: 8 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Gui Santos Anthony Gill: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Bilal Coulibaly: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kristaps Porziņģis Julian Reese: 16 poss., 4 pts (0/2) · Anthony Gill: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Gary Payton II Will Riley: 17 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Bilal Coulibaly: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Pat Spencer Sharife Cooper: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Will Riley: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Malevy Leons Anthony Gill: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Jamir Watkins: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nate Williams Will Riley: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Bub Carrington: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Omer Yurtseven Anthony Gill: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tristan Vukcevic: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)