Alex Sarr of the Washington Wizards against the Boston Celtics in Washington, Dec. 15, 2024. Photo by Hameltion, resized.

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75 points: the Wizards’ season-low night in Oklahoma City, step by step

Washington shot 29.6 percent, made seven threes and scored 75 in a 114-75 loss — the lowest total in the NBA this season, and the Wizards’ fewest since a 75-point night at Dallas in January 2018. The 132-to-75 back-to-back, the misses and Monday in Detroit.

Alex Sarr of the Washington Wizards against the Boston Celtics in Washington, Dec. 15, 2024. Photo by Hameltion, resized.

Chapter 1

75 points

The Washington Wizards scored 75 points on Saturday night at Paycom Center and lost 114-75 to the Oklahoma City Thunder. It is the lowest total by any team in the NBA this season, four points below the previous mark, the Charlotte Hornets’ 79 in Washington on Oct. 30.

Washington finished 29 of 98 from the field (29.6 percent) and 7 of 43 from three (16.3 percent). The Thunder, now 8-2, led by 21 at halftime and by 39 at the end. The Wizards fell to 4-6.

0points, lowest by any team this season

0%field-goal shooting (29 of 98)

−0final margin against Oklahoma City

Lowest team totals in the NBA this season

Wizards at OKC (Nov. 7)75

Hornets at WAS (Oct. 30)79

Hornets vs. BOS (Nov. 6)80

Hornets vs. ATL (Oct. 23)81

Nuggets at OKC (Oct. 22)84

AJ Dybantsa in 2024. Photo by imanisvision, resized.

Chapter 2

132, then 75

Friday in Atlanta, an NBA Cup game, the Wizards scored 132 points and still lost 139-132. Saturday they scored 75. That is a 57-point drop from one night to the next on a back-to-back.

Through nine games Washington had been averaging 111.4 points. The 75 pulled that down to 107.8. Rookie AJ Dybantsa led the Wizards with 19 points. Alex Sarr had 15 points and 14 rebounds. A night after scoring 23 in his return to Atlanta, Trae Young finished with 4 points on 1-of-6 shooting.

−0points from Friday’s 132 to Saturday’s 75

0points per game through Friday

0points per game after Saturday

Wizards points, game by game

Oct. 21 vs. MIL (W)128

Oct. 23 vs. TOR (L)102

Oct. 24 at CHI (W)124

Oct. 26 at CHA (L)103

Oct. 28 at CLE (L)111

Oct. 30 vs. CHA (W)95

Nov. 2 at ORL (W)103

Nov. 4 vs. ATL (L)105

Nov. 6 at ATL (L)132

Nov. 7 at OKC (L)75

Trae Young in 2022. Photo by Erik Drost, resized.

Chapter 3

29 of 98

Washington missed 69 shots. Three rotation pieces — Trae Young (1 of 6), Tre Johnson (2 of 15) and Bilal Coulibaly (0 of 8) — combined for 8 points on 3-of-29 shooting. Coulibaly did not score. Johnson went 0 of 7 from three. Sarr was 1 of 9 from three. Kyshawn George was 5 of 16 overall and 2 of 8 from deep for 14 points.

The Wizards were 10 of 15 from the line. They grabbed 15 offensive rebounds and still could not outscore a Thunder team that sat Shai Gilgeous-Alexander after 28 minutes and 45 seconds.

0missed field goals (29 of 98)

0%three-point shooting (7 of 43)

0points from Young, Johnson and Coulibaly (3 of 29)

“We were trying to play the right way offensively. Sometimes you just don’t have nights when you make them, and tonight was one of those nights.”

— Brian Keefe, Wizards coach

Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, where the Wizards scored 75 points on Saturday. Photo by Quintin Soloviev, resized.

Chapter 4

Down 21 by halftime

Washington scored 19, 17, 23 and 16 by quarter. Oklahoma City answered 25, 32, 33 and 24. The Wizards trailed 57-36 at halftime and 90-59 after three. They never led.

Gilgeous-Alexander scored 30 points on 11-of-20 shooting, with nine assists, and did not play in the fourth quarter. Jared McCain added 19 points on 8-of-10 shooting. Rookie Aday Mara had 18 points, eight rebounds and three blocks on 8-of-10 shooting. Isaiah Hartenstein grabbed 14 rebounds and handed out six assists.

−0halftime deficit (36-57)

−0deficit after three quarters (59-90)

0points for Gilgeous-Alexander in 28:45

Points by quarter

1st — Wizards19

1st — Thunder25

2nd — Wizards17

2nd — Thunder32

3rd — Wizards23

3rd — Thunder33

4th — Wizards16

4th — Thunder24

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander at the free-throw line for Oklahoma City against Memphis in March 2025. Photo by Young Ru Finch, resized.

Chapter 5

The fewest since January 2018

Washington had not scored 75 or fewer points since Jan. 22, 2018, a 98-75 loss at Dallas. In every regular-season game from that night through 2025-26, the Wizards’ lowest total was 80 — a home loss to Phoenix in 2021-22.

The twist: the previous season low belonged to a game Washington played. On Oct. 30 the Wizards beat Charlotte 95-79, and that 79 stood as the NBA’s lowest total until Saturday. Eight days later they were the team on the other side of the list.

0year of their last 75-or-fewer game before Saturday

0their lowest total from that 2018 night through last season

0points they allowed Charlotte on Oct. 30

“I thought we tried to stay with it. Obviously, when you’re not making shots, your energy can drop a little bit.”

— Brian Keefe, after the loss

Anthony Davis with the Pelicans at Washington on Dec. 19, 2017. Photo by Keith Allison, resized.

Chapter 6

Monday in Detroit

Anthony Davis did not play Saturday. He was listed as inactive with a right ankle sprain, the same injury that kept him out of Friday’s game in Atlanta. The Wizards now head to Detroit for a 7 p.m. ET tip on Monday, Nov. 9 (2 a.m. Tuesday, Cairo time).

They are 4-6, with a 75-point floor on the season log and a 132-point ceiling two nights apart. The shots will have to start falling somewhere in between.

0-6Wizards record after 10 games

0-2Thunder record after Saturday

0games left, starting Monday

75 points. 29.6 percent shooting. A 57-point drop from Friday night, and the fewest the Wizards have scored since January 2018. The lowest total in the league this season now belongs to Washington — and Detroit is next on Monday.

Interactive by WhyNBA Staff · November 8, 2026

Interactive: 75 points — the Wizards’ season-low night in Oklahoma City, step by step