Golden State Warriors 125, Washington Wizards 117 — Recap

March 16, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Golden State Warriors 125, Washington Wizards 117. Scoring by quarter: Q1 GSW 34-23 WAS; Q2 GSW 30-34 WAS; Q3 GSW 34-29 WAS; Q4 GSW 27-31 WAS.

Top performers (box score): Kristaps Porzingis (GSW) 30 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; De'Anthony Melton (GSW) 27 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists on 12-of-17 shooting; Bilal Coulibaly (WAS) 21 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-10 shooting; Will Riley (WAS) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-13 shooting; Trae Young (WAS) 21 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · GSW

Kristaps Porzingis

30 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 8-13 FG

Scoring · GSW

De'Anthony Melton

27 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST · 12-17 FG

Scoring · WAS

Bilal Coulibaly

21 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 7-10 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

GSW 17 largest lead Q2 9:01 (GSW 44, WAS 27) · 14-0 run, Q1 1:56–Q2 11:16

WAS 3 largest lead Q1 8:54 (GSW 7, WAS 10) · 6-0 run, Q2 7:00–Q2 6:20

Swings 9 lead changes Tied 3 times

Ahead for good: Gary Payton II makes tip shot (Q1 5:07, GSW 18, WAS 17).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
GSW	34	30	34	27		125
WAS	23	34	29	31		117

🧮 How They Scored

GSWWAS

18Points in the paint10

2Fast-break points4

4Second-chance points2

7Points off turnovers2

63Bench points41

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.7%Effective FG%59.6%

13.0%Turnover %18.8%

32.5%Offensive rebound %25.0%

0.292Free-throw rate0.372

Box Score

Golden State Warriors

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Will Richard G	32	0	3	2	1	0	0	0-6	0-4	0-0	-2
De'Anthony Melton G	30	27	5	4	2	0	3	12-17	0-2	3-3	+10
Draymond Green F	29	5	8	7	2	0	3	2-8	1-5	0-0	-8
Gui Santos F	28	18	4	5	1	0	1	7-10	4-6	0-0	+20
Brandin Podziemski G	28	10	4	3	1	0	1	3-11	1-4	3-4	+8
Kristaps Porzingis F-C	26	30	5	4	2	3	3	8-13	1-5	13-14	+7
Gary Payton II G	24	15	6	2	2	1	2	7-10	0-0	1-3	-6
Pat Spencer G	22	10	3	4	1	0	1	3-9	2-4	2-2	+2
Malevy Leons F	16	8	2	0	1	0	1	4-5	0-1	0-0	+2

Washington Wizards

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Will Riley F	39	21	4	5	0	0	3	6-13	4-8	5-6	+5
Bilal Coulibaly G	33	21	8	4	1	0	2	7-10	2-2	5-6	+6
Anthony Gill F	32	4	8	2	2	0	1	1-4	0-2	2-2	-2
Julian Reese F	24	12	6	1	0	0	3	5-7	0-0	2-2	-5
Tre Johnson G	23	13	1	2	0	0	2	5-12	2-7	1-2	+2
Trae Young G	21	21	2	5	1	1	3	7-10	3-5	4-5	+3
Jamir Watkins F	16	6	3	2	3	0	2	3-4	0-0	0-0	-11
Tristan Vukcevic F	15	11	2	1	0	1	2	3-9	2-7	3-4	-10
Sharife Cooper G	13	4	2	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-0	2-2	-15
Carlton Carrington G	12	4	0	1	0	0	0	2-6	0-3	0-0	-17
Jaden Hardy G	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	+4

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
De'Anthony Melton	Starter	30	27	73.7	26.6	+16.2	24.2
Gui Santos	Starter	28	18	90.0	15.7	+35.8	15.3
Brandin Podziemski	Starter	28	10	39.2	19.4	+14.5	5.0
Draymond Green	Starter	29	5	31.3	14.5	-16.5	7.7
Will Richard	Starter	32	0	0.0	7.3	-4.3	-2.5
Kristaps Porzingis	Bench	26	30	78.3	34.9	+15.1	26.5
Gary Payton II	Bench	24	15	66.3	20.6	-11.8	12.1
Pat Spencer	Bench	22	10	50.6	19.6	+4.2	9.3
Malevy Leons	Bench	16	8	80.0	15.4	+9.4	8.6
Al Horford	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

Washington WizardsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Trae Young	Starter	21	21	86.1	28.3	+3.7	18.3
Bilal Coulibaly	Starter	33	21	83.1	19.0	+8.6	17.6
Will Riley	Starter	39	21	67.1	20.2	+3.2	10.1
Tre Johnson	Starter	23	13	50.5	25.4	-0.7	4.7
Tristan Vukcevic	Bench	15	11	51.1	35.1	-33.2	7.6
Jamir Watkins	Bench	16	6	75.0	15.0	-36.7	13.7
Anthony Gill	Bench	32	4	41.0	7.6	-6.3	5.2
Sharife Cooper	Bench	13	4	51.5	17.2	-66.5	3.3
Carlton Carrington	Bench	12	4	33.3	20.0	-57.9	-1.8
Justin Champagnie	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaden Hardy	Bench	12	0	0.0	6.9	+11.2	-8.4