Oklahoma City Thunder 116, Chicago Bulls 108 — Recap

March 3, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Oklahoma City Thunder 116, Chicago Bulls 108. Scoring by quarter: Q1 OKC 26-22 CHI; Q2 OKC 29-32 CHI; Q3 OKC 32-22 CHI; Q4 OKC 29-32 CHI.

Top performers (box score): Jared McCain (OKC) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Collin Sexton (CHI) 20 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-14 shooting; Isaiah Joe (OKC) 19 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Guerschon Yabusele (CHI) 18 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 7-of-14 shooting; Aaron Wiggins (OKC) 18 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists on 8-of-17 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · OKC

Jared McCain

20 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 4 3PM · 8-15 FG

Scoring · CHI

Collin Sexton

20 PTS, 1 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 6-14 FG

Scoring · OKC

Isaiah Joe

19 PTS, 2 REB, 0 AST, 2 3PM · 7-15 FG

Season highs

Jaylin Williams · Season-high 16 rebounds

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

📊 Game Flow

OKC 19 largest lead Q4 4:24 (OKC 110, CHI 91) · 8-0 run, Q1 4:12–Q1 3:24

CHI 2 largest lead Q1 7:42 (OKC 5, CHI 7) · 13-0 run, Q3 3:38–Q3 1:11

Swings 6 lead changes Tied 6 times

Ahead for good: Chet Holmgren makes 1-foot driving dunk (Aaron Wiggins assists) (Q3 10:03, OKC 61, CHI 60).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
OKC	26	29	32	29		116
CHI	22	32	22	32		108

🧮 How They Scored

OKCCHI

52Points in the paint42

20Fast-break points6

14Second-chance points12

25Points off turnovers7

46Bench points46

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

48.5%Effective FG%52.8%

7.6%Turnover %16.2%

21.8%Offensive rebound %20.4%

0.242Free-throw rate0.211

Box Score

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Aaron Wiggins G	34	18	7	4	2	1	0	8-17	0-5	2-2	+17
Jaylin Williams F	33	17	16	6	1	0	1	6-11	3-7	2-2	+1
Isaiah Joe G	30	19	2	0	1	0	0	7-15	2-10	3-4	+2
Cason Wallace G	29	17	1	5	2	0	1	6-13	1-3	4-4	+10
Luguentz Dort G	27	4	5	2	0	0	1	2-6	0-3	0-0	+7
Chet Holmgren C-F	26	12	11	2	0	2	2	4-10	0-2	4-6	+10
Jared McCain G	25	20	3	1	2	0	2	8-15	4-9	0-0	+3
Alex Caruso G	19	8	4	1	2	0	1	2-9	0-3	4-4	+3
Kenrich Williams G-F	15	1	2	2	0	0	1	0-3	0-0	1-2	-4
Brooks Barnhizer F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-9

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Josh Giddey G	33	14	9	9	1	2	4	5-12	3-7	1-2	-15
Isaac Okoro F-G	32	4	1	2	0	0	2	1-9	0-5	2-2	-11
Guerschon Yabusele F	30	18	12	2	1	1	1	7-14	4-10	0-1	-12
Collin Sexton G	28	20	1	2	0	0	2	6-14	3-8	5-6	-2
Tre Jones G	26	15	2	2	0	0	2	5-10	3-5	2-2	-18
Rob Dillingham G	24	6	5	5	0	0	3	3-7	0-3	0-0	+6
Nick Richards C	23	12	13	0	1	0	3	6-9	0-1	0-2	+5
Leonard Miller F	21	8	3	0	0	0	1	3-5	2-4	0-0	-1
Matas Buzelis F	20	11	5	3	0	0	1	3-9	2-5	3-4	0
Lachlan Olbrich C	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+8

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Isaiah Joe	Starter	30	19	56.7	22.1	+4.6	7.2
Aaron Wiggins	Starter	34	18	50.3	21.7	+24.3	14.0
Cason Wallace	Starter	29	17	57.6	22.2	+15.6	12.2
Chet Holmgren	Starter	26	12	47.5	21.7	+16.9	12.4
Luguentz Dort	Starter	27	4	33.3	10.3	+11.5	4.3
Jared McCain	Bench	25	20	66.7	27.0	+7.1	14.1
Jaylin Williams	Bench	33	17	71.5	15.7	+2.9	20.2
Alex Caruso	Bench	19	8	37.2	22.2	+6.8	10.4
Kenrich Williams	Bench	15	1	12.9	12.2	-14.9	-3.8
Isaiah Hartenstein	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Brooks Barnhizer	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	-225.0	0.0

Chicago BullsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Guerschon Yabusele	Starter	30	18	62.3	20.3	-20.0	15.0
Tre Jones	Starter	26	15	68.9	19.4	-29.0	7.8
Josh Giddey	Starter	33	14	54.3	20.5	-22.2	14.9
Matas Buzelis	Starter	20	11	51.1	24.0	+4.1	13.3
Isaac Okoro	Starter	32	4	20.2	15.2	-17.1	-4.3
Collin Sexton	Bench	28	20	60.1	25.0	-6.3	7.6
Nick Richards	Bench	23	12	60.7	22.4	+9.6	14.6
Leonard Miller	Bench	21	8	80.0	11.5	-4.2	5.9
Rob Dillingham	Bench	24	6	42.9	16.7	+13.4	6.1
Yuki Kawamura	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lachlan Olbrich	Bench	03	0	0.0	12.5	+114.3	20.7