Boston Celtics @ Oklahoma City Thunder
Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 9:30 PM ET
Paycom Center, Oklahoma City, OK | Game ID: 22500959
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
OKC 27 29 24 24 104BOS 28 31 24 19 102
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 35 and breaks Wilt's record as Thunder beat Celtics 104-102
OKLAHOMA CITY -- — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander broke Wilt Chamberlain 's record for consecutive games with 20 points or more, scoring 35 points in the Oklahoma City Thunder 's 104-102 win over the Boston Celtics on Thursday night.
Oklahoma City's Chet Holmgren was fouled on a rebound with 0.9 seconds remaining and made two free throws to break a 102-all tie. Boston’s Payton Pritchard missed a long 3-pointer as time expired.
Gilgeous-Alexander has scored at least 20 in 127 consecutive games, topping Chamberlain's mark that had stood since 1963. He hit a midrange jumper with 7:04 left in the third quarter that gave him 21 points and tied the game at 69-all. He finished with nine assists and six rebounds and made 13 of 18 field goals.
The Thunder won their seventh straight game — all since Gilgeous-Alexander returned from an abdominal strain that kept him out of the All-Star Game.
Jaylen Brown scored 34 points for the Celtics. Boston’s Jayson Tatum sat out as he works his way back from surgery to repair his right Achilles tendon. He’s played in three games since his return, including Tuesday’s loss at San Antonio.
The matchup of the defending champion Thunder, who have the league's best record, and the 2024 champion Celtics, who are second in the Eastern Conference, was tight throughout.
Gilgeous-Alexander hit a pullup jumper with just over a minute remaining to break a 98-all tie.
Brown made two free throws to tie the it with 50.8 seconds left.
Gilgeous-Alexander again went to his free-throw line jumper and connected with 29.6 seconds remaining to put Oklahoma City ahead 102-100.
Brown scored on a turnaround with 23 seconds left to set up the final sequence. Gilgeous-Alexander passed to an open Alex Caruso , who missed a 3-pointer, but Holmgren grabbed the rebound and was fouled.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
OKCAC A. Caruso
AM A. Mitchell
AW A. Wiggins
CH C. Holmgren
CW C. Wallace
IJ I. Joe
JM J. McCain
JW J. Williams
LD L. Dort
SG S. Gilgeous-Alexander
BOSBS B. Scheierman
GO Gonzalez
HG H. González
JB J. Brown
JW J. Walsh
LG L. Garza
NQ N. Queta
PP P. Pritchard
RH R. Harper Jr.
SH S. Hauser
OKC/BOS 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