Oklahoma City Thunder 118, Boston Celtics 112 — Recap

March 12, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Oklahoma City Thunder 118, Boston Celtics 112. Scoring by quarter: Q1 OKC 33-30 BOS; Q2 OKC 30-30 BOS; Q3 OKC 25-28 BOS; Q4 OKC 30-24 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) 34 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 11-of-20 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 33 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 threes on 12-of-23 shooting; Chet Holmgren (OKC) 23 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Derrick White (BOS) 22 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Al Horford (BOS) 18 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 6 threes on 6-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

34 PTS, 5 REB, 7 AST, 2 3PM · 11-20 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jayson Tatum

33 PTS, 8 REB, 8 AST, 4 3PM · 12-23 FG

Scoring · OKC

Chet Holmgren

23 PTS, 15 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 8-14 FG

Season highs

Al Horford · Season-high 6 threes

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

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
OKC	33	30	25	30		118
BOS	30	30	28	24		112

🧮 How They Scored

OKCBOS

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.7%Effective FG%54.8%

11.0%Turnover %11.7%

29.7%Offensive rebound %31.3%

0.427Free-throw rate0.129

Box Score

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G	39	34	5	7	1	—	5	11-20	2-7	10-11	+3
Luguentz Dort G	39	13	4	—	—	—	1	5-12	3-8	0-2	+1
Chet Holmgren C-F	34	23	15	2	—	1	1	8-14	3-6	4-7	+9
Cason Wallace G	30	14	4	3	2	1	3	5-6	1-1	3-4	+13
Isaiah Joe G	25	11	2	2	—	—	1	3-7	2-6	3-3	+1
Isaiah Hartenstein F-C	25	11	6	3	1	—	1	4-7	—	3-4	+1
Kenrich Williams G-F	22	10	4	1	2	—	—	3-6	2-5	2-4	-9
Aaron Wiggins G	20	—	3	1	1	—	—	0-9	0-4	—	+8
Ousmane Dieng F	6	2	1	—	—	—	—	1-1	—	—	+3

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jayson Tatum F	41	33	8	8	—	—	4	12-23	4-13	5-5	+4
Jaylen Brown G	38	10	5	2	2	1	2	5-15	0-5	—	-2
Derrick White G	37	22	8	5	2	3	3	7-14	6-12	2-3	-13
Jrue Holiday G	35	9	3	2	3	—	—	4-10	1-7	—	-14
Al Horford C-F	34	18	10	6	1	2	2	6-14	6-12	—	-9
Payton Pritchard G	25	8	1	1	—	—	1	3-10	2-9	—	+1
Luke Kornet F-C	15	9	4	—	—	—	—	3-3	—	3-4	-1
Sam Hauser F	11	3	2	1	—	—	1	1-4	1-4	—	+6

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Bench	39	34	68.4	31.9	+0.7	18.3
Chet Holmgren	Bench	34	23	67.3	22.2	+8.1	17.2
Cason Wallace	Bench	30	14	90.2	15.1	+18.9	11.7
Luguentz Dort	Bench	39	13	50.5	15.1	-0.3	3.5
Isaiah Hartenstein	Bench	25	11	62.8	16.7	-0.2	15.8
Isaiah Joe	Bench	25	11	66.1	16.1	-0.2	10.4
Kenrich Williams	Bench	22	10	64.4	15.7	-17.1	10.3
Ousmane Dieng	Bench	6	2	100.0	7.1	+23.1	11.8
Alex Caruso	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Aaron Wiggins	Bench	20	—	0.0	17.3	+13.2	-5.6
Jaylin Williams	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Boston CelticsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jayson Tatum	Bench	41	33	65.5	29.3	+4.8	19.3
Derrick White	Bench	37	22	71.8	21.4	-14.3	12.4
Al Horford	Bench	34	18	64.3	21.1	-9.7	16.5
Jaylen Brown	Bench	38	10	33.3	19.1	+2.2	0.6
Jrue Holiday	Bench	35	9	45.0	12.8	-16.6	5.4
Luke Kornet	Bench	15	9	94.5	13.5	+0.3	15.1
Payton Pritchard	Bench	25	8	40.0	18.3	+5.9	0.6
Sam Hauser	Bench	11	3	37.5	15.2	+26.9	2.6
Xavier Tillman	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Neemias Queta	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jordan Walsh	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Baylor Scheierman	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0