Thunder (118) vs Suns (110) · Mar 3, 2024

FINAL

Mar 3, 2024

42-18Oklahoma CityThunder

118

35-26PhoenixSuns

110

Game Recap

The Thunder defeated the Suns, 118-110. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the way for the Thunder with 35 points, eight rebounds and nine assists, his league-leading 45th 30+ point game of the season, while Jalen Williams added 22 points in the victory. Bradley Beal tallied 31 points and six assists for the Suns, while Jusuf Nurkic notched 14 points and a career-high 31 rebounds in the losing effort. The Thunder improve to 42-18 on the season, while the Suns fall to 35-26.

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
OKC	28	38	23	29	118
PHX	24	28	33	25	110

THUNDER	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
5Luguentz DortSF	31	5-13	3-7	0-0	5	0	3	1	1	3	13	-3
8Jalen WilliamsPF	32	10-19	1-3	1-1	4	2	3	0	1	3	22	+1
7Chet HolmgrenC	31	5-10	0-1	4-5	9	2	1	0	1	1	14	-19
3Josh GiddeySG	19	4-9	2-4	0-0	1	2	2	2	1	2	10	-2
2Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPG	38	15-27	0-5	5-7	8	9	3	3	1	4	35	+13
33Gordon Hayward	15	1-3	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	-8
11Isaiah Joe	14	3-9	2-8	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	+6
34Kenrich Williams	9	0-0	0-0	0-0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	+14
22Cason Wallace	17	2-3	1-1	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	1	5	+7
21Aaron Wiggins	21	3-6	0-2	1-2	3	0	4	1	0	0	7	+18
15Bismack Biyombo	7	1-3	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	+13
50Mike Muscala	— did not play —												— did not play —
30Olivier Sarr	— did not play —												— did not play —
12Lindy Waters III	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	49-10248%	9-3129%	11-1573.3%	41	21	16	8	5	15	118	-

SUNS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
00Royce O'NealeSF	33	3-10	3-8	0-0	3	4	0	2	2	2	9	-4
35Kevin DurantPF	35	6-15	2-4	6-6	4	3	1	1	5	2	20	-9
20Jusuf NurkicC	32	7-16	0-2	0-0	31	4	0	1	5	3	14	+10
8Grayson AllenSG	34	3-9	2-7	0-0	2	3	1	2	0	2	8	-3
3Bradley BealPG	33	10-14	3-5	8-10	4	6	0	1	7	2	31	+5
23Eric Gordon	30	6-15	3-8	0-0	0	3	0	0	1	0	15	-10
14Drew Eubanks	11	2-3	0-0	2-2	3	1	0	0	0	0	6	-13
38Saben Lee	15	2-6	1-3	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	3	5	-3
11Bol Bol	7	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	-8
21David Roddy	6	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-5
9Theo Maledon	— did not play —												— did not play —
2Josh Okogie	— did not play —												— did not play —
30Thaddeus Young	— did not play —												— did not play —

TOTAL	-	40-9144%	14-3935.9%	16-1888.9%	50	26	2	7	21	15	110	-

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterokcphx

(11:55) Jump Ball J. Nurkic vs. C. Holmgren: Tip to G. Allen
(11:53) MISS R. O'Neale 27' 3PT
(11:51) C. Holmgren REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:37) MISS J. Williams 11' pullup Shot
(11:34) J. Nurkic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:25) MISS J. Nurkic Hook
(11:22) J. Nurkic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(11:18) MISS B. Beal 25' 3PT
(11:14) C. Holmgren REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(11:08) MISS J. Giddey 11' floating Shot
(11:06) J. Nurkic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(10:57) MISS K. Durant 9' pullup Shot
(10:56) J. Nurkic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:2)
(10:56) MISS J. Nurkic putback Layup - blocked
(10:56) L. Dort BLOCK (1 BLK)
(10:56) TEAM offensive REBOUND
(10:52) MISS J. Nurkic 26' 3PT
(10:48) L. Dort REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:42) L. Dort lost ball TURNOVER (1 TO)
(10:42) G. Allen STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (10:38) K. Durant running Layup (2 PTS) (R. O'Neale 1 AST)
02
(10:38) J. Williams shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Durant 1 FT)
+1 (10:38) K. Durant Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
03
+2 (10:30) J. Williams 16' pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS)
23
+2 (10:15) J. Nurkic Layup (2 PTS) (K. Durant 1 AST)
25
(10:02) MISS J. Giddey 24' 3PT
(9:59) J. Nurkic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:3)
+2 (9:50) B. Beal cutting finger roll Layup (2 PTS) (J. Nurkic 1 AST)
27
(9:25) MISS S. Gilgeous-Alexander 10' turnaround fadeaway Shot
(9:23) J. Nurkic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:4)
+3 (9:01) R. O'Neale 3PT (3 PTS) (K. Durant 2 AST)
210
(8:59) OKC Timeout
(8:49) MISS S. Gilgeous-Alexander 19' Jump Shot
(8:46) J. Nurkic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:5)
(8:23) MISS B. Beal 26' 3PT
(8:20) S. Gilgeous-Alexander REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:12) MISS L. Dort 11' pullup Shot
(8:10) J. Nurkic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:6)
+2 (8:03) B. Beal driving finger roll Layup (4 PTS) (J. Nurkic 2 AST)
212
(7:51) MISS S. Gilgeous-Alexander 9' pullup Shot
(7:49) J. Nurkic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:7)
(7:37) MISS K. Durant 11' pullup Shot - blocked
(7:37) J. Giddey BLOCK (1 BLK)
(7:37) TEAM offensive REBOUND
(7:31) B. Beal bad pass out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
+2 (7:17) C. Holmgren driving finger roll Layup (2 PTS)
412
(7:05) MISS K. Durant step back 3PT
(7:01) L. Dort REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:56) J. Nurkic kicked ball VIOLATION
(6:49) MISS L. Dort 3PT
(6:46) J. Nurkic REBOUND (Off:2 Def:8)
(6:30) MISS G. Allen 28' 3PT
(6:26) J. Nurkic REBOUND (Off:3 Def:8)
+2 (6:26) J. Nurkic putback Layup (4 PTS)
414
(6:05) MISS S. Gilgeous-Alexander pullup 3PT
(6:02) J. Nurkic REBOUND (Off:3 Def:9)
+3 (5:50) K. Durant 3PT (6 PTS) (G. Allen 1 AST)
417
+2 (5:33) S. Gilgeous-Alexander 6' turnaround fadeaway Jump Shot (2 PTS)
617
(5:33) B. Beal shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Gilgeous-Alexander 1 FT)
+1 (5:33) S. Gilgeous-Alexander Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
717
(5:14) MISS J. Nurkic 25' 3PT
(5:10) C. Holmgren REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+2 (5:03) C. Holmgren driving floating Jump Shot (4 PTS)
917
(5:03) R. O'Neale shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Holmgren 1 FT)
+1 (5:03) C. Holmgren Free Throw 1 of 1 (5 PTS)
1017
(4:48) MISS E. Gordon 27' 3PT
(4:44) G. Hayward REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (4:35) G. Hayward 20' Jump Shot (2 PTS) (S. Gilgeous-Alexander 1 AST)
1217
(4:18) MISS E. Gordon 9' driving Layup - blocked
(4:18) S. Gilgeous-Alexander BLOCK (1 BLK)
(4:16) I. Joe REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:15) MISS G. Hayward running Layup
(4:14) G. Hayward REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(4:12) MISS G. Hayward 15' turnaround fadeaway Shot - blocked
(4:12) R. O'Neale BLOCK (1 BLK)
(4:12) G. Hayward REBOUND (Off:2 Def:1)
(4:05) MISS I. Joe 3PT
(4:02) D. Eubanks REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:48) MISS D. Eubanks 9' Hook
(3:45) S. Gilgeous-Alexander REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (3:39) S. Gilgeous-Alexander 13' step back Jump Shot (5 PTS)
1417
(3:37) PHX Timeout
+3 (3:20) E. Gordon 24' 3PT (3 PTS) (D. Eubanks 1 AST)
1420
+3 (2:57) I. Joe 3PT (3 PTS) (S. Gilgeous-Alexander 2 AST)
1720
+2 (2:34) D. Eubanks cutting DUNK (2 PTS) (S. Lee 1 AST)
1722
+2 (2:08) S. Gilgeous-Alexander driving reverse Layup (7 PTS)
1922
+2 (1:49) D. Eubanks cutting DUNK (4 PTS) (S. Lee 2 AST)
1924
+3 (1:28) L. Dort 3PT (3 PTS) (K. Williams 1 AST)
2224
(1:17) MISS S. Lee 3PT
(1:13) K. Williams REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:06) S. Lee shooting personal FOUL (1 PF) (Gilgeous-Alexander 2 FT)
(1:06) MISS S. Gilgeous-Alexander Free Throw 1 of 2
(1:06) TEAM offensive REBOUND
(1:06) TEAM delay-of-game VIOLATION
+1 (1:06) S. Gilgeous-Alexander Free Throw 2 of 2 (8 PTS)
2324
(0:59) C. Wallace personal FOUL (1 PF)
(0:48) MISS E. Gordon driving Layup
(0:45) K. Williams REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (0:42) I. Joe 26' 3PT running pullup (6 PTS) (K. Williams 2 AST)
2624
(0:27) B. Bol bad pass out-of-bounds TURNOVER (1 TO)
+2 (0:16) S. Gilgeous-Alexander 17' pullup Jump Shot (10 PTS)
2824
(0:00) MISS K. Durant 14' turnaround fadeaway Shot
(0:00) TEAM offensive REBOUND

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

OKC

PHX

118Points110

49-102(48.0%)Field Goal(%)40-91(44.0%)

9-31(29.0%)3-Point(%)14-39(35.9%)

11-15(73.3%)Free Throw(%)16-18(88.9%)

41(10)Rebounds(Offensive)50(15)

21Assists26

16Steals2

8Blocks7

5Turnovers21

15Fouls15

54Pts In The Paint44

18Fast Break Pts8

31Pts Off Turnovers9

24Bench Pts28

24Largest Lead13

Game Details

Sunday, March 3, 2024 · 9:30 PM

Footprint Center · Phoenix, AZ

attendance: 17,071 (100.0%)

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