Oklahoma City Thunder @ San Antonio Spurs
Sunday, March 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET
Frost Bank Center, San Antonio, TX | Game ID: 22400871
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
SAS 38 39 23 32 132OKC 41 31 36 38 146
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Thunder spoil Spurs' homecoming with 146-132 victory behind career-high 41 points by Williams
SAN ANTONIO -- — Jalen Williams had a career-high 41 points, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 31 and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat San Antonio 146-132 on Sunday night, spoiling the Spurs' homecoming following a momentous road trip.
Oklahoma City (49-11) won its third straight and moved a game behind Cleveland (50-10) for the NBA's top record.
Rookie guard Stephon Castle had 32 points to lead San Antonio, which has lost five of six.
During their month-long excursion from the Frost Bank Center, the Spurs acquired De’Aaron Fox, lost All-Star center Victor Wembanyama for the season to a blood clot in his shoulder and Gregg Popovich announced he will not return as head coach this season.
San Antonio has been in a tailspin since, but put up a fight against Oklahoma City, literally.
The Thunder's Kenrich Williams and Lu Dort were ejected along with the Spurs' Julian Champagnie for fighting with three minutes remaining in the third quarter.
Williams clutched at his jaw in pain after Champagnie pulled his elbows through for a pass above his head. As Castle gathered Champagnie’s pass and tossed it to Jeremy Sochan for a dunk, Williams lunged at and clutched Champagnie’s jersey.
The two wings began pushing and grabbing each other violently, but no punches appeared to be thrown. Both teams ran to the skirmish following the dunk. Dort grabbed and pulled on Sochan’s jersey as the coaching staffs and security attempted to pull the players apart.
Sochan was assessed a technical foul, but was not ejected. Sochan finished with 17 points and Fox had 20 points.
Takeaways Thunder: Oklahoma City center Isaiah Hartenstein had 10 points, 11 rebounds and six assists in 29 minutes.
Spurs: Castle is the fifth rookie in Spurs history with multiple 30-point games.
Key moment Oklahoma City opened the second half on a 13-4 run. After setting a franchise record with 16 3-pointers in the first half, the Spurs were 0 for 8 on 3s in the third quarter.
Key stat San Antonio had 16 3-pointers in the first half, two shy of tying the NBA record for most 3s in any half.
Up next The Thunder host Houston on Monday night. The Spurs host Brooklyn on Tuesday night.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
SASBB B. Biyombo
BW B. Wesley
CP C. Paul
DD D. Duke Jr.
DF D. Fox
DV D. Vassell
HB H. Barnes
JC J. Champagnie
JM J. McLaughlin
JS J. Sochan
KJ K. Johnson
MB M. Branham
SC S. Castle
SM S. Mamukelashvili
OKCAC A. Caruso
AD A. Ducas
AW A. Wiggins
CW C. Wallace
IH I. Hartenstein
JW J. Williams
JW Jal. Williams
JW Jay. Williams
KW K. Williams
LD L. Dort
OD O. Dieng
SG S. Gilgeous-Alexander
SAS/OKC 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