Golden State Warriors 97, Oklahoma City Thunder 104 — Recap

March 7, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Golden State Warriors 97, Oklahoma City Thunder 104. Scoring by quarter: Q1 GSW 28-34 OKC; Q2 GSW 26-33 OKC; Q3 GSW 29-19 OKC; Q4 GSW 14-18 OKC.

Top performers (box score): Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) 27 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-15 shooting; Gui Santos (GSW) 22 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-19 shooting; Isaiah Joe (OKC) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-12 shooting; Brandin Podziemski (GSW) 17 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-17 shooting; Draymond Green (GSW) 16 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

27 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 6-15 FG

Scoring · GSW

Gui Santos

22 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 8-19 FG

Scoring · OKC

Isaiah Joe

18 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 5-12 FG

Season highs

Gui Santos · Season-high 22 pointsGary Payton II · Season-high 12 rebounds

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

GSW 0 largest lead Never led · 10-0 run, Q1 2:06–Q1 1:15

OKC 14 largest lead Q2 2:19 (GSW 51, OKC 65) · 7-0 run, Q1 7:31–Q1 6:10

Swings 0 lead changes Tied 2 times

Ahead for good: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 1 of 2 (Q3 3:52, GSW 77, OKC 78).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
GSW	28	26	29	14		97
OKC	34	33	19	18		104

🧮 How They Scored

GSWOKC

40Points in the paint28

4Fast-break points6

16Second-chance points7

12Points off turnovers14

25Bench points33

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.2%Effective FG%51.9%

11.0%Turnover %13.7%

30.0%Offensive rebound %17.9%

0.195Free-throw rate0.308

Box Score

Golden State Warriors

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandin Podziemski G	39	17	6	6	2	0	1	6-17	3-10	2-2	-6
Gui Santos F	37	22	11	3	2	0	1	8-19	2-9	4-6	-4
Draymond Green F	33	16	4	5	2	0	4	6-10	4-6	0-0	0
Al Horford C-F	29	4	5	4	0	1	1	2-6	0-3	0-0	-9
Pat Spencer G	25	9	1	1	1	0	2	4-6	1-2	0-0	-10
Kristaps Porzingis F-C	23	9	5	5	0	1	1	3-10	0-3	3-6	+6
Gary Payton II G	22	7	12	1	1	0	1	3-8	1-4	0-2	-2
LJ Cryer G	17	6	2	0	0	0	0	2-4	2-4	0-0	-1
Malevy Leons F	6	3	1	2	0	1	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+3

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G	35	27	5	5	1	1	4	6-15	1-4	14-15	+3
Isaiah Joe G	35	18	4	3	0	0	0	5-12	2-7	6-6	+7
Jaylin Williams F	33	9	14	4	0	0	6	3-7	3-6	0-0	-1
Luguentz Dort G	33	8	5	2	1	0	1	3-10	2-7	0-0	+6
Cason Wallace G	31	9	0	2	4	0	3	4-8	1-3	0-0	0
Aaron Wiggins G	29	9	4	4	1	0	0	3-9	1-5	2-2	+8
Kenrich Williams G-F	19	13	7	1	0	0	0	5-9	2-4	1-1	+2
Jared McCain G	13	9	2	1	0	0	0	3-7	3-6	0-0	+1
Brooks Barnhizer F	12	2	1	2	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+9

🔬 Advanced Stats

Golden State WarriorsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Gui Santos	Starter	37	22	50.8	24.4	-6.8	14.2
Brandin Podziemski	Starter	39	17	47.5	21.3	-6.3	10.7
Draymond Green	Starter	33	16	80.0	18.9	-4.3	13.5
Pat Spencer	Starter	25	9	75.0	13.6	-19.6	5.4
Al Horford	Starter	29	4	33.3	10.6	-15.5	5.4
Kristaps Porzingis	Bench	23	9	35.6	24.6	+9.4	7.2
Gary Payton II	Bench	22	7	39.4	19.6	+0.3	10.9
LJ Cryer	Bench	17	6	75.0	11.1	-3.1	8.7
Malevy Leons	Bench	06	3	75.0	10.5	+12.8	20.4
De'Anthony Melton	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Moses Moody	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Quinten Post	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Will Richard	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Oklahoma City ThunderTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Starter	35	27	62.5	32.9	+2.8	18.5
Isaiah Joe	Starter	35	18	61.5	18.1	+13.5	10.8
Jaylin Williams	Starter	33	9	64.3	18.8	+1.5	10.9
Cason Wallace	Starter	31	9	56.3	16.7	+1.5	5.3
Luguentz Dort	Starter	33	8	40.0	14.5	+8.8	5.7
Kenrich Williams	Bench	19	13	68.9	21.4	+2.2	20.7
Aaron Wiggins	Bench	29	9	45.5	16.7	+17.6	8.0
Jared McCain	Bench	13	9	64.3	24.1	+9.1	8.2
Brooks Barnhizer	Bench	12	2	100.0	4.2	+40.9	7.7
Alex Caruso	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Nikola Topic	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0