Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 for the Oklahoma City Thunder; Jayson Tatum scored 33 for the Boston Celtics.

Oklahoma City Thunder at Boston Celtics

2024-25 · Regular season Wed, Mar 12, 2025 · 7:30 pm EDT · All results that day · Oklahoma City Thunder vs Boston Celtics head-to-head · Oklahoma City Thunder schedule · Boston Celtics schedule

Final

Away

Boston Celtics

112

Venue: TD Garden

Schedule source: whynba · Observed Oct 9, 2026, 06:29 UTC.

Game recap

The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Boston Celtics 118-112 on the road on Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at TD Garden. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 34 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Jayson Tatum had 33 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists for the Boston Celtics.

The Oklahoma City Thunder led 63-60 at halftime and pulled away after the break. Their best stretch was the fourth quarter, won 30-24. Double-digit figures in two or more categories: Al Horford (double-double, Boston Celtics), Chet Holmgren (double-double, Oklahoma City Thunder). Bench points: Oklahoma City Thunder 34, Boston Celtics 20. Chet Holmgren had 23 points, 15 rebounds and 2 assists in support for the winners.

Written by the whynba data desk from the licensed final box score and period scores.

Score source: whynba · Retrieved Oct 9, 2026, 06:29:18 UTC. Source update time is unavailable.

Quick answers

Who won Oklahoma City Thunder vs Boston Celtics?: The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Boston Celtics 118-112 on March 12, 2025.
Who led the scoring?: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 for the Oklahoma City Thunder; Jayson Tatum scored 33 for the Boston Celtics.

Box score

Score by quarter
Team	q1	q2	q3	q4	Final
Oklahoma City Thunder	33	30	25	30	118
Boston Celtics	30	30	28	24	112

Game leaders

Oklahoma City Thunder

Points: 34 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Rebounds: 15 Chet Holmgren
Assists: 7 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Boston Celtics

Points: 33 Jayson Tatum
Rebounds: 10 Al Horford
Assists: 8 Jayson Tatum

Chet Holmgren double-double (23 PTS, 15 REB) · Al Horford double-double (18 PTS, 10 REB)

Oklahoma City Thunder
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Luguentz Dort starter	38:58	13	4	0	0	0	1	5-12	3-8	0-2	1	+1
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander starter	38:35	34	5	7	1	0	5	11-20	2-7	10-11	3	+3
Chet Holmgren starter	33:43	23	15	2	0	1	1	8-14	3-6	4-7	3	+9
Cason Wallace starter	30:28	14	4	3	2	1	3	5-6	1-1	3-4	2	+13
Aaron Wiggins starter	20:23	0	3	1	1	0	0	0-9	0-4	0-0	1	+8
Isaiah Hartenstein bench	25:05	11	6	3	1	0	1	4-7	0-0	3-4	1	+1
Isaiah Joe bench	24:44	11	2	2	0	0	1	3-7	2-6	3-3	2	+1
Kenrich Williams bench	21:49	10	4	1	2	0	0	3-6	2-5	2-4	4	-9
Ousmane Dieng bench	6:15	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	+3

Not available: Ajay Mitchell, Alex Caruso, Jalen Williams, Nikola Topic

Boston Celtics
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3P	FT	PF	+/−
Jayson Tatum starter	41:15	33	8	8	0	0	4	12-23	4-13	5-5	2	+4
Jaylen Brown starter	37:59	10	5	2	2	1	2	5-15	0-5	0-0	6	-2
Derrick White starter	37:19	22	8	5	2	3	3	7-14	6-12	2-3	6	-13
Jrue Holiday starter	34:35	9	3	2	3	0	0	4-10	1-7	0-0	2	-14
Al Horford starter	33:57	18	10	6	1	2	2	6-14	6-12	0-0	1	-9
Payton Pritchard bench	24:58	8	1	1	0	0	1	3-10	2-9	0-0	1	+1
Luke Kornet bench	14:41	9	4	0	0	0	0	3-3	0-0	3-4	3	-1
Sam Hauser bench	11:03	3	2	1	0	0	1	1-4	1-4	0-0	1	+6
Torrey Craig bench	4:13	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	3	-2

Not available: Kristaps Porziņģis, Drew Peterson

Team statistics
Oklahoma City Thunder	Stat	Boston Celtics
25/35 (71%)	Free throws	10/12 (83%)
27/45 (60%)	2 pointers	21/31 (67%)
13/37 (35%)	3 pointers	20/63 (31%)
40/82 (48%)	Field goals	41/94 (43%)
44	Rebounds	41
33	Defensive rebounds	26
11	Offensive rebounds	15
19	Assists	25
12	Turnovers	13
7	Steals	9
2	Blocks	6
17	Fouls	25
11	Max points in a row	7
43:07	Time spent in lead	1:44
12	Biggest lead	2

Scoring margin by minute (above the line: Boston Celtics ahead)

Largest margin: 12 points.

Game flow

Lead changes: 10
Times tied: 10
Largest lead · Oklahoma City Thunder: 12 Q3 7:20
Largest lead · Boston Celtics: 2 Q2 0:42
Longest run: 11-0 Oklahoma City Thunder · Q3 8:53 to Q3 7:20

Scoring plays

Q1 · 29 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q1
Time left	Team	Play	Oklahoma City Thunder	Boston Celtics
11:41	Oklahoma City Thunder	Luguentz Dort 3-pt field goal	3	0
11:02	Oklahoma City Thunder	Luguentz Dort 2-pt field goal	5	0
10:37	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2-pt field goal	7	0
9:33	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cason Wallace 2-pt field goal	9	0
9:16	Boston Celtics	Al Horford 3-pt field goal	9	3
8:51	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2-pt field goal	11	3
8:26	Boston Celtics	Al Horford 3-pt field goal	11	6
8:01	Oklahoma City Thunder	Chet Holmgren 2-pt field goal	13	6
7:49	Boston Celtics	Derrick White 3-pt field goal	13	9
7:36	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2-pt field goal	15	9
7:23	Boston Celtics	Derrick White 3-pt field goal	15	12
5:53	Oklahoma City Thunder	Chet Holmgren 2-pt field goal	17	12
5:44	Boston Celtics	Derrick White 3-pt field goal	17	15
5:25	Oklahoma City Thunder	Chet Holmgren 2-pt field goal	19	15
5:11	Boston Celtics	Al Horford 3-pt field goal	19	18
4:49	Boston Celtics	Derrick White Free throw	19	19
4:20	Oklahoma City Thunder	Luguentz Dort 3-pt field goal	22	19
3:52	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 3-pt field goal	22	22
3:36	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Free throw	23	22
2:30	Oklahoma City Thunder	Kenrich Williams 3-pt field goal	26	22
2:13	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 3-pt field goal	26	25
2:00	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2-pt field goal	28	25
0:47	Boston Celtics	Luke Kornet Free throw	28	26
0:47	Boston Celtics	Luke Kornet Free throw	28	27
0:37	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2-pt field goal	30	27
0:20	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 3-pt field goal	30	30
0:01	Oklahoma City Thunder	Isaiah Joe Free throw	31	30
0:01	Oklahoma City Thunder	Isaiah Joe Free throw	32	30
0:01	Oklahoma City Thunder	Isaiah Joe Free throw	33	30

Q2 · 28 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q2
Time left	Team	Play	Oklahoma City Thunder	Boston Celtics
11:41	Boston Celtics	Derrick White 3-pt field goal	33	33
11:24	Oklahoma City Thunder	Chet Holmgren Free throw	34	33
10:56	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 2-pt field goal	34	35
10:40	Oklahoma City Thunder	Isaiah Hartenstein 2-pt field goal	36	35
10:18	Oklahoma City Thunder	Chet Holmgren 3-pt field goal	39	35
10:00	Boston Celtics	Luke Kornet 2-pt field goal	39	37
9:33	Oklahoma City Thunder	Isaiah Hartenstein 2-pt field goal	41	37
9:03	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cason Wallace 2-pt field goal	43	37
8:51	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 2-pt field goal	43	39
8:34	Oklahoma City Thunder	Chet Holmgren 2-pt field goal	45	39
7:31	Oklahoma City Thunder	Ousmane Dieng 2-pt field goal	47	39
6:21	Oklahoma City Thunder	Kenrich Williams Free throw	48	39
6:07	Boston Celtics	Derrick White 3-pt field goal	48	42
5:22	Boston Celtics	Jrue Holiday 3-pt field goal	48	45
5:09	Oklahoma City Thunder	Isaiah Joe 3-pt field goal	51	45
4:42	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 2-pt field goal	51	47
3:38	Boston Celtics	Al Horford 3-pt field goal	51	50
2:58	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 2-pt field goal	51	52
2:25	Oklahoma City Thunder	Chet Holmgren 2-pt field goal	53	52
2:02	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 2-pt field goal	53	54
1:37	Oklahoma City Thunder	Luguentz Dort 3-pt field goal	56	54
1:14	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 3-pt field goal	56	57
0:54	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Free throw	57	57
0:54	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Free throw	58	57
0:42	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 3-pt field goal	58	60
0:31	Oklahoma City Thunder	Isaiah Hartenstein 2-pt field goal	60	60
0:31	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Free throw	61	60
0:01	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2-pt field goal	63	60

Q3 · 27 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q3
Time left	Team	Play	Oklahoma City Thunder	Boston Celtics
11:42	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 2-pt field goal	63	62
11:23	Oklahoma City Thunder	Luguentz Dort 2-pt field goal	65	62
10:58	Boston Celtics	Jrue Holiday 2-pt field goal	65	64
10:17	Oklahoma City Thunder	Chet Holmgren 3-pt field goal	68	64
9:52	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 2-pt field goal	68	66
9:21	Oklahoma City Thunder	Chet Holmgren Free throw	69	66
9:00	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum Free throw	69	67
9:00	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum Free throw	69	68
8:53	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Free throw	70	68
8:53	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Free throw	71	68
8:32	Oklahoma City Thunder	Chet Holmgren 3-pt field goal	74	68
7:55	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 3-pt field goal	77	68
7:20	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 3-pt field goal	80	68
6:31	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 2-pt field goal	80	70
6:18	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2-pt field goal	82	70
6:03	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 2-pt field goal	82	72
5:28	Boston Celtics	Al Horford 3-pt field goal	82	75
5:12	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cason Wallace 2-pt field goal	84	75
3:45	Boston Celtics	Jrue Holiday 2-pt field goal	84	77
2:30	Boston Celtics	Luke Kornet 2-pt field goal	84	79
2:14	Boston Celtics	Luke Kornet Free throw	84	80
1:58	Oklahoma City Thunder	Kenrich Williams 2-pt field goal	86	80
1:45	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 2-pt field goal	86	82
1:06	Boston Celtics	Sam Hauser 3-pt field goal	86	85
0:40	Oklahoma City Thunder	Isaiah Joe 2-pt field goal	88	85
0:17	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 2-pt field goal	88	87
0:17	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum Free throw	88	88

Q4 · 32 scoring plays

Scoring plays · Q4
Time left	Team	Play	Oklahoma City Thunder	Boston Celtics
11:42	Oklahoma City Thunder	Isaiah Hartenstein 2-pt field goal	90	88
11:27	Boston Celtics	Luke Kornet 2-pt field goal	90	90
11:16	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cason Wallace Free throw	91	90
11:16	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cason Wallace Free throw	92	90
10:42	Oklahoma City Thunder	Isaiah Hartenstein Free throw	93	90
10:02	Oklahoma City Thunder	Isaiah Hartenstein Free throw	94	90
10:02	Oklahoma City Thunder	Isaiah Hartenstein Free throw	95	90
9:22	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 2-pt field goal	95	92
8:51	Boston Celtics	Derrick White 3-pt field goal	95	95
8:30	Oklahoma City Thunder	Isaiah Joe 3-pt field goal	98	95
8:12	Boston Celtics	Al Horford 3-pt field goal	98	98
7:51	Oklahoma City Thunder	Kenrich Williams 3-pt field goal	101	98
6:48	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Free throw	102	98
6:48	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Free throw	103	98
6:00	Oklahoma City Thunder	Kenrich Williams Free throw	104	98
4:49	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2-pt field goal	106	98
4:30	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum 2-pt field goal	106	100
3:56	Boston Celtics	Jaylen Brown 2-pt field goal	106	102
3:36	Oklahoma City Thunder	Chet Holmgren Free throw	107	102
3:36	Oklahoma City Thunder	Chet Holmgren Free throw	108	102
2:21	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cason Wallace 3-pt field goal	111	102
1:46	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cason Wallace 2-pt field goal	113	102
1:40	Boston Celtics	Derrick White 2-pt field goal	113	104
1:40	Boston Celtics	Derrick White Free throw	113	105
1:01	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2-pt field goal	115	105
0:52	Boston Celtics	Jrue Holiday 2-pt field goal	115	107
0:46	Oklahoma City Thunder	Cason Wallace Free throw	116	107
0:23	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum Free throw	116	108
0:23	Boston Celtics	Jayson Tatum Free throw	116	109
0:09	Boston Celtics	Payton Pritchard 3-pt field goal	116	112
0:07	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Free throw	117	112
0:07	Oklahoma City Thunder	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Free throw	118	112

2024-25 season series

After this game: Oklahoma City Thunder 2-0. Final series: Oklahoma City Thunder 2-0.

Jan 5: Boston Celtics 92 at Oklahoma City Thunder 105
Mar 12: Oklahoma City Thunder 118 at Boston Celtics 112 (this game)

Highlights

Boston Celtics 112-118 Oklahoma City Thunder — Full Highlights (YouTube)

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