Game ID: 22300207
Oklahoma City Thunder @ Golden State Warriors
Saturday, November 18, 2023 at 8:30 PM ET
Chase Center, San Francisco, CA
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT1 Final
GSW 31 30 26 30 6 123OKC 33 18 34 32 13 130
GSW vs OKC ScoutingGSW vs OKC Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
GSW availability going into 11/11 · 2 days' restOUT Joseph missed 2 since 11/06, returns tonight: 2 min (19% of 11)
OUT Quinones missed 5 since 11/01, out tonight
BACK Podziemski back 11/05 after 2, 7 min since (25% of 27)
BACK Jackson-Davis back 11/05 after 2, 10 min since (60% of 17)
GSW availability going into 11/12 · back-to-backOUT Quinones missed 6 since 11/01, out tonight
BACK Podziemski back 11/05 after 2, 7 min since (27% of 27)
BACK Jackson-Davis back 11/05 after 2, 9 min since (53% of 17)
BACK Joseph back 11/05 after 2, 2 min since (21% of 11)
GSW availability going into 11/14 · 1 day's restOUT Quinones missed 7 since 11/01, out tonight
BACK Podziemski back 11/05 after 2, 6 min since (22% of 27)
BACK Jackson-Davis back 11/05 after 2, 7 min since (44% of 17)
BACK Joseph back 11/05 after 2, 2 min since (21% of 11)
NEW Looney 16 to 23 min over the last 5
GSW availability going into 11/16 · 1 day's restOUT Quinones missed 8 since 11/01, returns tonight: 4 min (40% of 11)
BACK Joseph back 11/11 after 2, 8 min since (68% of 11)
NEW Šarić 17 to 25 min over the last 5
NEW Looney 16 to 26 min over the last 5
GSW availability going into 11/18 · 1 day's restOUT Curry missed 2 since 11/14, returns tonight: 40 min (123% of 33)
BACK Joseph back 11/11 after 2, 12 min since (105% of 11)
BACK Quinones back 11/16 after 8, 4 min since (40% of 11)
NEW Šarić 17 to 25 min over the last 5
NEW Looney 16 to 25 min over the last 5
GSW availability going into 11/20 · 1 day's restOUT Green missed 2 since 11/16, out tonight
BACK Curry back 11/18 after 2, 40 min since (123% of 33)
BACK Joseph back 11/11 after 2, 12 min since (105% of 11)
BACK Quinones back 11/16 after 8, 4 min since (40% of 11)
NEW Šarić 17 to 24 min over the last 5
NEW Looney 16 to 26 min over the last 5
GSW availability going into 11/22 · 1 day's restOUT Green missed 3 since 11/16, out tonight
OUT Payton II missed 2 since 11/18, out tonight
OUT Joseph missed 2 since 11/18, returns tonight: 16 min (142% of 11)
OUT Quinones missed 2 since 11/18, out tonight
BACK Curry back 11/18 after 2, 38 min since (115% of 33)
NEW Paul 26 to 31 min over the last 5
NEW Šarić 17 to 26 min over the last 5
NEW Looney 16 to 25 min over the last 5
GSW availability going into 11/24 · 1 day's restOUT Green missed 4 since 11/16, out tonight
OUT Payton II missed 3 since 11/18, returns tonight: 18 min (119% of 16)
OUT Quinones missed 3 since 11/18, out tonight
BACK Curry back 11/18 after 2, 34 min since (105% of 33)
BACK Joseph back 11/22 after 2, 16 min since (142% of 11)
NEW Šarić 17 to 25 min over the last 5
NEW Looney 16 to 25 min over the last 5
GSW availability going into 11/28 · 3 days' restOUT Green missed 5 since 11/16, returns tonight: 33 min (123% of 27)
OUT Quinones missed 4 since 11/18, out tonight
BACK Curry back 11/18 after 2, 34 min since (105% of 33)
BACK Payton II back 11/24 after 3, 18 min since (119% of 16)
BACK Joseph back 11/22 after 2, 16 min since (142% of 11)
NEW Šarić 17 to 23 min over the last 5
NEW Looney 16 to 23 min over the last 5
OKC availability going into 11/10 · 1 day's restOUT Micić missed 2 since 11/06, out tonight
OKC availability going into 11/12 · 1 day's restOUT Micić missed 3 since 11/06, out tonight
OKC availability going into 11/14 · 1 day's restOUT Micić missed 4 since 11/06, returns tonight: 19 min (159% of 12)
OKC availability going into 11/16 · 1 day's restBACK Micić back 11/14 after 4, 19 min since (159% of 12)
OKC availability going into 11/18 · 1 day's restOUT Dieng missed 2 since 11/14, out tonight
BACK Micić back 11/14 after 4, 20 min since (169% of 12)
OKC availability going into 11/19 · back-to-backOUT Dieng missed 3 since 11/14, out tonight
BACK Micić back 11/14 after 4, 16 min since (134% of 12)
OKC availability going into 11/22 · 2 days' restOUT Dieng missed 4 since 11/14, out tonight
BACK Micić back 11/14 after 4, 14 min since (114% of 12)
OKC availability going into 11/25 · 2 days' restOUT Jal. Williams missed 2 since 11/19, out tonight
OUT Dieng missed 5 since 11/14, returns tonight: 8 min (81% of 10)
BACK Micić back 11/14 after 4, 13 min since (110% of 12)
OKC availability going into 11/28 · 2 days' restOUT Jal. Williams missed 3 since 11/19, returns tonight: 34 min (106% of 32)
BACK Dieng back 11/25 after 5, 8 min since (81% of 10)
NEW Joe 18 to 24 min over the last 5
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Golden State comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 107 a night and allowing 115, shooting 41 percent and 32 from three, 24 free throws a game; Curry at 30 and Kuminga at 12 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has won the glass by 6 a night. Without Curry (2 straight). One day's rest. OKC comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 104, shooting 49 percent and 40 from three, 23 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 33 and Jal. Williams at 17 a game. That is 3 straight wins. It has lost the glass by 8 a night. One day's rest.
So: OKC wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where Golden State has been plus-6 a night and OKC minus-8 and the arc, OKC at 40 percent from three to Golden State's 32. Call it OKC 114, Golden State 110, Golden State keeping it close.
11/11 vs CLE 110-118 — GSW notes
GSW lost 110-118. GSW shot 41% (37 of 90) to CLE's 43%, 13 of 38 from three, and got to the line 30 times to CLE's 43. GSW turned it over 20 times to CLE's 10, and CLE turned those into 13 steals. The glass went 55-45 for them. Curry led with 30 (9 of 24, 4 of 14 from three, 8 of 8 at the line); K. Thompson added 14, Wiggins 13. Q3 was theirs, 31-16, the deficit cut from 16 to 1, but the other 3 periods went 102-79 against them. Wiggins's -13 in 29 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/12 vs MIN 110-116 — GSW notes
GSW lost 110-116. GSW took 14 more shots (96 to 82), fed by 19 offensive rebounds, but shot 39% to MIN's 52%, 12 of 43 from three. Curry led with 38 (11 of 25, 5 of 13 from three, 11 of 12 at the line); Thompson added 16, Šarić 11. Q4 was theirs, 37-27, the deficit cut from 16 to 6, but the other 3 periods went 89-73 against them. Wiggins's -13 in 25 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/14 vs MIN 101-104 — GSW notes
GSW lost 101-104. GSW shot 42% (37 of 88) to MIN's 44%, 13 of 39 from three. Podziemski led with 23 (9 of 18, 3 of 8 from three); Šarić added 21, Paul 15. Q1 was theirs, 30-22, but the other 3 periods went 82-71 against them. They led by as many as 12.
11/16 vs OKC 109-128 — GSW notes
GSW lost 109-128. GSW took 11 more shots (98 to 87), fed by 20 offensive rebounds, but shot 41% to OKC's 51%, 14 of 41 from three. Kuminga led with 21 (8 of 13, 1 of 4 from three); Paul added 15, Podziemski 13. Q2 was theirs, 36-28, the deficit cut from 15 to 7, but the other 3 periods went 100-73 against them. Podziemski's -26 in 25 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/18 vs OKC 123-130 — GSW notes
GSW lost 123-130 in 1 overtime. GSW shot 45% (44 of 97) to OKC's 52%, 18 of 46 from three. GSW turned it over 16 times to OKC's 10, and OKC turned those into 8 steals. Wiggins led with 31 (12 of 19, 5 of 8 from three); Curry added 25, Thompson 16. Q2 was theirs, 30-18, turning a 2-point deficit into a 10-point lead, but the other 4 periods went 112-93 against them. They led by as many as 18. Kuminga's -18 in 20 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/20 vs HOU — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Golden State comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 119, shooting 42 percent and 34 from three, 23 free throws a game; Curry at 31 and Wiggins at 14 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has won the glass by 5 a night. Without Green (2 straight). One day's rest. Houston comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 102, shooting 46 percent and 35 from three, 21 free throws a game; Sengun at 22 and Ja. Green at 18 a game. Without Thompson (7 straight), Whitmore (5 straight). Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Houston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Houston allowing 102 a night to Golden State's 119 and the turnovers, Golden State giving it away 17 times a game to Houston's 13. Call it Houston 111, Golden State 110, Golden State keeping it close.
11/22 @ PHX — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Phoenix comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 125 a night and allowing 120, shooting 51 percent and 45 from three, 25 free throws a game; Durant at 33 and Booker at 27 a game. That is 4 straight wins. Without Beal (4 straight). Second night of a back-to-back. Golden State comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 119, shooting 43 percent and 37 from three, 23 free throws a game; Curry at 32 and Wiggins at 14 a game. Without Green (3 straight), Payton II (2 straight). One day's rest.
So: Phoenix wins, and the game turns on the arc, Phoenix at 45 percent from three to Golden State's 37. Call it Phoenix 119, Golden State 115, Golden State keeping it close.
11/24 vs SAS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Golden State comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 120, shooting 44 percent and 38 from three, 24 free throws a game; Curry at 24 and Wiggins at 15 a game. Without Green (4 straight), Payton II (3 straight). One day's rest. San Antonio comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 103 a night and allowing 121, shooting 42 percent and 33 from three, 19 free throws a game; Johnson at 20 and Collins at 17 a game. That is 5 straight losses. One day's rest.
So: Golden State wins, and the game turns on the arc, Golden State at 38 percent from three to San Antonio's 33. Call it Golden State 119, San Antonio 111.
11/28 @ SAC — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Sacramento comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 118, shooting 48 percent and 38 from three, 23 free throws a game; Fox at 30 and Sabonis at 21 a game. Without Murray (2 straight), Ellis (3 straight). 3 days' rest. Golden State comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 122, shooting 46 percent and 40 from three, 25 free throws a game; Curry at 27 and Thompson at 16 a game. Without Green (5 straight). 3 days' rest.
So: Sacramento wins, in a game with no one edge to lean on. Call it Sacramento 118, Golden State 115, Golden State keeping it close.
11/10 @ SAC 98-105 — OKC notes
OKC lost 98-105. OKC shot 45% (39 of 87) to SAC's 42%, 7 of 30 from three. The glass went 38-52 against them. Gilgeous-Alexander led with 33 (14 of 25, 5 of 6 at the line); Jal. Williams added 14, Giddey 13. Q3 was theirs, 28-22, the deficit cut from 11 to 5, but the other 3 periods went 83-70 against them. Giddey's -19 in 27 minutes was the worst on the floor.
11/12 @ PHX 111-99 — OKC notes
OKC won 111-99. OKC shot 49% (40 of 82) to PHX's 39%, 10 of 27 from three, and got to the line 25 times to PHX's 31. OKC turned it over 7 times to PHX's 17. The glass went 33-51 against them. Gilgeous-Alexander led with 35 (13 of 22, 2 of 5 from three, 7 of 8 at the line); Jal. Williams added 31, Holmgren 18. The hinge was Q4, 31-13: OKC came in trailing by 6 and left it ahead by 12. OKC trailed 54-59 at the half and won the second half 57-40. Holmgren was the night's best plus/minus at +27.
11/14 vs SAS 123-87 — OKC notes
OKC won 123-87. OKC shot 52% (46 of 89) to SAS's 39%, 15 of 39 from three, and went to the line 20 times to SAS's 9 — 16 points from the stripe to their 6. OKC turned it over 15 times to SAS's 24. Gilgeous-Alexander led with 28 (10 of 16, 1 of 4 from three, 7 of 7 at the line); Giddey added 18, Jal. Williams 11. The hinge was Q3, 33-18: a lead of 10 became 25, and the lead reached 40. Holmgren was the night's best plus/minus at +30.
11/16 @ GSW 128-109 — OKC notes
OKC won 128-109. OKC shot 51% (44 of 87) to GSW's 41%, 19 of 32 from three. Gilgeous-Alexander led with 24 (6 of 21, 3 of 7 from three, 9 of 9 at the line); Joe added 23, Giddey 19. The hinge was Q1, 39-24: from level to 15 ahead, and the lead reached 21. Wallace was the night's best plus/minus at +22.
11/18 @ GSW 130-123 — OKC notes
OKC won 130-123 in 1 overtime. OKC shot 52% (52 of 100) to GSW's 45%, 8 of 23 from three. OKC turned it over 10 times to GSW's 16. Gilgeous-Alexander led with 40 (18 of 29, 2 of 3 from three); Holmgren added 36, Jal. Williams 22. The hinge was Q3, 34-26: the deficit went from 10 to 2. OKC trailed 51-61 at the half and won the second half 79-62. Joe was the night's best plus/minus at +17.
11/19 @ POR — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Portland comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 103 a night and allowing 114, shooting 44 percent and 33 from three, 18 free throws a game; Grant at 26 and Sharpe at 16 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 8 a night. Without Simons (11 straight), Brogdon (4 straight), Henderson (7 straight). One day's rest. OKC comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 105, shooting 50 percent and 39 from three, 21 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 32 and Jal. Williams at 19 a game. That is 4 straight wins. It has lost the glass by 9 a night. Second night of a back-to-back.
So: OKC wins, on the road, and the game turns on the arc, OKC at 39 percent from three to Portland's 33 and the defense, OKC allowing 105 a night to Portland's 114. Call it OKC 113, Portland 108.
11/22 vs CHI — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
OKC comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 125 a night and allowing 102, shooting 53 percent and 47 from three, 20 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 31 and Jal. Williams at 20 a game. That is 5 straight wins. 2 days' rest. Chicago comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 100 a night and allowing 106, shooting 42 percent and 32 from three, 20 free throws a game; LaVine at 20 and DeRozan at 18 a game. One day's rest.
So: OKC wins, and the game turns on the arc, OKC at 47 percent from three to Chicago's 32. Call it OKC 117, Chicago 103, OKC by 14.
11/25 vs PHI — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
OKC comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 126 a night and allowing 102, shooting 53 percent and 47 from three, 23 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 32 and Holmgren at 18 a game. That is 5 straight wins. Without Jal. Williams (2 straight). 2 days' rest. Philadelphia comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 113, shooting 44 percent and 36 from three, 26 free throws a game; Embiid at 29 and Maxey at 22 a game. Without Oubre Jr. (7 straight). 2 days' rest.
So: OKC wins, and the game turns on the arc, OKC at 47 percent from three to Philadelphia's 36 and the defense, OKC allowing 102 a night to Philadelphia's 113. Call it OKC 119, Philadelphia 110.
11/28 @ MIN — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Minnesota comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 108, shooting 50 percent and 39 from three, 27 free throws a game; Edwards at 27 and Towns at 23 a game. Without McDaniels (3 straight). One day's rest. OKC comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 126 a night and allowing 110, shooting 51 percent and 47 from three, 24 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 33 and Holmgren at 23 a game. Without Jal. Williams (3 straight). 2 days' rest.
So: Minnesota wins, and the game turns on the arc, OKC at 47 percent from three to Minnesota's 39 and the turnovers, Minnesota giving it away 14 times a game to OKC's 11. Call it Minnesota 115, OKC 114, OKC keeping it close.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
OKCCH C. Holmgren
CW C. Wallace
IJ I. Joe
JG J. Giddey
JW J. Williams
JW Jal. Williams
KW K. Williams
LD L. Dort
MI Micic
SG S. Gilgeous-Alexander
VM V. Micić
GSWAW A. Wiggins
BP B. Podziemski
CP C. Paul
DŠ D. Šarić
JK J. Kuminga
KL K. Looney
KT K. Thompson
MM M. Moody
SC S. Curry
SA Saric
OKC/GSW the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 40 as Thunder send Warriors to 6th straight loss, 130-123 in OT
SAN FRANCISCO -- — When Golden State's Andrew Wiggins hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with fewer than two seconds remaining in regulation, it seemed to be the difference that the Warriors had been searching for all game long.
Instead, the Thunder forced overtime with a frenzied sequence. As the final 1.6 seconds ticked down, Oklahoma City rookie Chet Holmgren grabbed the inbound pass and knocked down a game-tying shot from deep to beat the final buzzer.
“It felt like a movie in the moment,” Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander said.
Gilgeous-Alexander had 40 points, six rebounds and six assists, and the Thunder sent the Warriors to their sixth straight loss with a 130-123 overtime victory on Saturday night.
The Thunder outscored the Warriors 13-6 in the extra period to seal back-to-back wins at Chase Center and secure the season series, 2-1.
Holmgren scored a season-high 36 points and added 10 rebounds and five assists, and Jaylin Williams had 22 points and six rebounds.
Isaiah Joe’s streak of consecutive made 3-pointers that began with his 7-for-7 showing on Thursday ended at eight in a row with a buzzer-beater to close out the first quarter. He finished the night with 10 points.
The Warriors dominated through the first half and seemed on the verge of putting the game away midway through the third, when they led by 18 points. But the Thunder stepped up on defense and went on a 22-6 run to cut the deficit to two points entering the fourth.
Gilgeous-Alexander led the charge by scoring 32 points after the first half, including 10 in overtime.
“When one of your best offense players is one of your best defense players, it's huge,” Holmgren said. “He really ignites us on both ends with his energy.”
Wiggins scored a season-high 31 points and was 12 of 19 with five 3s. Curry also knocked down five 3s and had 25 points as the Warriors fell to 1-6 on their home floor. It was the first time this season that Curry has appeared in a game and not led Golden State in scoring.
“I have been putting in the work,” said Wiggins, who entered the day shooting 40.1% this season — nearly 50 points below his career average. “I have been getting shots up, working hard and just trying to do the little things on the court, knowing that eventually it will fall.”
Even with Curry's return, the Warriors were again short-handed, missing Draymond Green (five-game suspension) and Gary Payton II (left foot strain). Payton is not expected to miss significant time after an MRI revealed no structural damage, and Green isn't eligible to return until Nov. 28 at Sacramento.
“We still had a hard time with them in the second half," Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said, ”They're a handful, and one of the things I admire about their team is that the whole is better than the sum of their parts. ... As a team that's building and growing, we want to be that type of team."