Portland Trail Blazers @ Oklahoma City Thunder
Friday, March 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
Paycom Center, Oklahoma City, OK | Game ID: 22400908
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
OKC 29 34 17 27 107POR 24 21 28 16 89
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Wiggins, Williams lead Thunder past Blazers 107-89 with Gilgeous-Alexander held out for rest
OKLAHOMA CITY -- — Aaron Wiggins scored 30 points, Jaylin Williams had his first career triple-double, and the Western Conference-leading Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Portland Trail Blazers 107-89 on Friday night with MVP candidate Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on the bench.
Gilgeous-Alexander was held out for rest, missing just his second game this season. The Thunder were also without Chet Holmgren (lower right leg contusion) and Isaiah Hartenstein (broken nose).
They still had more than enough to win their sixth straight game. The Blazers got within two points midway through the fourth quarter, but Williams and Wiggins responded with 3-pointers and the Thunder cruised from there.
Williams finished with 10 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. Alex Caruso scored 17 points, and Isaiah Joe and Ousmane Dieng had 16 apiece.
Scoot Henderson scored 22 points and Shaedon Sharpe added 19 for the Blazers.
Takeaways Trail Blazers: F Jerami Grant returned after missing four games with tendinitis in his right knee.
Thunder: Gilgeous-Alexander, the NBA's leading scorer at 32.8 points per game, earned his rest by scoring 51 points Monday night against Houston and 41 points Wednesday night at Memphis.
Key moment Williams hit a midrange jumper as the shot clock expired with 4:21 remaining to make it 95-85.
Key stat Oklahoma City held an opponent under 90 points for the first time since November.
Up next The Thunder will complete a three-game homestand with back-to-back games against Denver on Sunday and Monday. The Blazers host Detroit on Sunday.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
OKCAC A. Caruso
AF A. Flagler
AW A. Wiggins
BC B. Carlson
DJ D. Jones
IJ I. Joe
JW J. Williams
JW Jay. Williams
KW K. Williams
OD O. Dieng
PORAS A. Simons
BM B. McGowens
DC D. Clingan
DR D. Reath
JG J. Grant
JM J. Minaya
JW J. Walker
KM K. Murray
RR R. Rupert
SC S. Cissoko
SH S. Henderson
SS S. Sharpe
TC T. Camara
OKC/POR 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
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