Oklahoma City Thunder 117, Indiana Pacers 121 — Recap

March 31, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Oklahoma City Thunder 117, Indiana Pacers 121. Scoring by quarter: Q1 OKC 32-36 IND; Q2 OKC 29-29 IND; Q3 OKC 33-25 IND; Q4 OKC 23-31 IND.

Top performers (box score): Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) 39 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists on 11-of-22 shooting; T.J. McConnell (IND) 21 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-15 shooting; Josh Giddey (OKC) 21 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-19 shooting; Andrew Nembhard (IND) 18 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-16 shooting; Bennedict Mathurin (IND) 15 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

39 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST · 11-22 FG

Scoring · IND

T.J. McConnell

21 PTS, 9 REB, 8 AST, 1 3PM · 10-15 FG

Scoring · OKC

Josh Giddey

21 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 9-19 FG

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	32	29	33	23		117
IND	36	29	25	31		121

🧮 How They Scored

OKCIND

72Points in the paint46

31Fast-break points11

19Second-chance points21

27Points off turnovers16

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.0%Effective FG%52.0%

8.9%Turnover %12.0%

23.4%Offensive rebound %37.0%

0.386Free-throw rate0.286

Box Score

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G	38	39	9	4	1	1	3	11-22	0-2	17-17	+4
Luguentz Dort G	37	12	10	1	2	0	1	4-9	0-2	4-6	+6
Josh Giddey G	33	21	7	4	0	0	1	9-19	1-4	2-4	+5
Jalen Williams G-F	30	14	6	6	2	0	2	6-10	0-3	2-2	-12
Aaron Wiggins G	28	12	3	2	1	1	1	5-6	1-2	1-1	-5
Isaiah Joe G	25	7	2	1	3	0	0	2-10	0-8	3-4	+1
Lindy Waters III F	17	8	2	1	0	1	0	3-7	2-6	0-0	-8
Jaylin Williams F	15	0	3	0	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3
Aleksej Pokusevski C	10	2	1	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-2	0-0	-5
Ousmane Dieng F	7	2	2	1	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	-3

Indiana Pacers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Bennedict Mathurin G-F	35	15	4	0	0	0	1	5-8	1-3	4-5	-9
Andrew Nembhard G-F	31	18	3	6	0	0	4	7-16	3-7	1-2	+2
Jordan Nwora F	30	13	6	6	0	1	0	6-14	1-6	0-0	-15
T.J. McConnell G	29	21	9	8	1	0	4	10-15	1-3	0-0	+16
Jalen Smith F-C	29	12	15	1	0	1	1	5-10	1-3	1-3	+6
Aaron Nesmith G-F	25	9	6	2	1	0	1	3-11	2-7	1-1	-6
Buddy Hield G	24	13	3	5	2	0	2	5-12	3-8	0-1	+11
Isaiah Jackson F	19	13	4	0	1	2	0	4-4	0-0	5-8	-2
Oshae Brissett F	18	7	6	2	0	0	2	0-8	0-4	7-8	+17

🔬 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	38	39	66.1	34.7	+2.1	20.9
Josh Giddey	Bench	33	21	50.6	24.2	+2.2	11.8
Jalen Williams	Bench	30	14	64.3	17.6	-19.7	12.5
Luguentz Dort	Bench	37	12	51.5	14.1	+8.5	7.2
Aaron Wiggins	Bench	28	12	93.2	10.4	+0.8	11.5
Lindy Waters III	Bench	17	8	57.1	15.9	-24.2	7.1
Isaiah Joe	Bench	25	7	29.8	19.4	-4.2	1.6
Ousmane Dieng	Bench	7	2	50.0	12.5	-29.0	8.8
Aleksej Pokusevski	Bench	10	2	33.3	17.4	-29.0	1.9
Dario Saric	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tre Mann	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaylin Williams	Bench	15	0	0.0	2.6	-8.8	2.0
Olivier Sarr	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Indiana PacersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
T.J. McConnell	Bench	29	21	70.0	25.0	+21.2	20.9
Andrew Nembhard	Bench	31	18	53.3	24.1	+2.9	6.3
Bennedict Mathurin	Bench	35	15	73.5	11.1	-14.1	7.9
Buddy Hield	Bench	24	13	52.3	21.9	+14.4	9.5
Isaiah Jackson	Bench	19	13	86.4	15.4	-11.1	14.3
Jordan Nwora	Bench	30	13	46.4	17.9	-20.9	10.8
Jalen Smith	Bench	29	12	53.0	15.2	+9.1	12.1
Aaron Nesmith	Bench	25	9	39.3	16.9	-2.9	4.9
Oshae Brissett	Bench	18	7	30.4	28.6	+43.5	2.2
James Johnson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Daniel Theis	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
George Hill	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0