Oklahoma City Thunder 109, Boston Celtics 119 — Recap

March 25, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Oklahoma City Thunder 109, Boston Celtics 119. Scoring by quarter: Q1 OKC 31-20 BOS; Q2 OKC 22-29 BOS; Q3 OKC 30-39 BOS; Q4 OKC 26-31 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) 33 points, 2 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-12 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 31 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-17 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 19 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 5-of-12 shooting; Luguentz Dort (OKC) 14 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists, 4 threes on 5-of-9 shooting; Payton Pritchard (BOS) 14 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 5-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

33 PTS, 2 REB, 8 AST, 3 3PM · 10-12 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jaylen Brown

31 PTS, 8 REB, 8 AST, 1 3PM · 9-17 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jayson Tatum

19 PTS, 12 REB, 7 AST, 3 3PM · 5-12 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

OKC 13 largest lead Q1 1:41 (OKC 29, BOS 16) · 9-0 run, Q4 5:13–Q4 3:06

BOS 14 largest lead Q4 6:09 (OKC 94, BOS 108) · 11-0 run, Q2 4:43–Q2 1:15

Swings 3 lead changes Tied 7 times

Ahead for good: Jaylen Brown makes free throw 1 of 2 (Q3 2:08, OKC 79, BOS 80).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
OKC	31	22	30	26		109
BOS	20	29	39	31		119

🧮 How They Scored

OKCBOS

34Points in the paint40

10Fast-break points4

2Second-chance points19

20Points off turnovers11

39Bench points35

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

55.0%Effective FG%58.0%

7.1%Turnover %12.2%

10.0%Offensive rebound %18.4%

0.325Free-throw rate0.358

Box Score

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G	37	33	2	8	2	0	2	10-12	3-4	10-12	+1
Chet Holmgren C-F	26	10	5	0	0	0	1	3-7	1-2	3-4	-5
Ajay Mitchell G	25	8	3	2	0	1	1	4-9	0-3	0-0	+3
Cason Wallace G	24	7	4	0	1	1	0	2-5	1-4	2-2	-1
Jalen Williams G-F	24	7	3	3	0	0	0	2-9	0-3	3-4	-5
Luguentz Dort G	22	14	5	0	0	1	3	5-9	4-6	0-0	-1
Isaiah Hartenstein F-C	22	6	5	2	3	0	0	3-6	0-0	0-0	-1
Alex Caruso G	21	9	4	2	1	0	0	3-11	1-8	2-2	-12
Jaylin Williams F	14	4	3	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	1-2	-5
Jared McCain G	13	6	1	0	0	0	0	3-6	0-2	0-0	-17
Isaiah Joe G	12	5	0	0	0	0	0	2-4	1-3	0-0	-7

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown G	39	31	8	8	2	0	5	9-17	1-3	12-14	+7
Jayson Tatum F	35	19	12	7	3	1	5	5-12	3-6	6-6	+2
Payton Pritchard G	33	14	2	1	0	1	1	5-11	4-6	0-0	+11
Derrick White G	33	12	2	6	0	0	1	3-11	2-7	4-4	+6
Neemias Queta C	30	13	5	2	0	2	0	5-7	0-0	3-4	+3
Sam Hauser F	29	9	5	0	0	0	0	3-9	3-8	0-0	+4
Baylor Scheierman G	20	11	5	1	0	0	0	4-8	3-7	0-0	+11
Luka Garza C	12	7	2	0	0	0	1	3-4	1-2	0-1	+9
Hugo González G	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	-3

🔬 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	Starter	37	33	95.5	25.3	+1.3	22.4
Luguentz Dort	Starter	22	14	77.8	26.1	+5.7	8.1
Chet Holmgren	Starter	26	10	57.1	18.9	-4.8	5.8
Jalen Williams	Starter	24	7	32.5	22.4	-3.5	5.3
Isaiah Hartenstein	Starter	22	6	50.0	12.5	+0.3	12.0
Alex Caruso	Bench	21	9	37.9	26.1	-24.5	7.1
Ajay Mitchell	Bench	25	8	44.4	18.2	+9.8	3.8
Cason Wallace	Bench	24	7	59.5	12.0	-4.5	6.4
Jared McCain	Bench	13	6	50.0	20.7	-71.2	8.2
Isaiah Joe	Bench	12	5	62.5	14.3	-33.2	0.0
Jaylin Williams	Bench	14	4	69.4	10.7	-8.6	6.1
Kenrich Williams	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Aaron Wiggins	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Branden Carlson	Bench	00	0	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
Jaylen Brown	Starter	39	31	66.9	32.6	+8.9	17.2
Jayson Tatum	Starter	35	19	64.9	22.9	-3.8	18.5
Neemias Queta	Starter	30	13	74.2	12.7	+3.1	10.5
Derrick White	Starter	33	12	47.0	19.2	+7.2	6.6
Sam Hauser	Starter	29	9	50.0	13.8	+8.9	4.3
Payton Pritchard	Bench	33	14	63.6	15.8	+14.8	7.1
Baylor Scheierman	Bench	20	11	68.8	17.4	+28.2	15.3
Luka Garza	Bench	12	7	78.8	16.1	+25.0	3.9
Hugo González	Bench	09	3	75.0	9.1	-10.0	6.4
Ron Harper Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jordan Walsh	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Max Shulga	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Amari Williams	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Charles Bassey	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0