Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 35 as Thunder hold off Warriors

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made his team’s only two field goals in the final 8:25 to cap a 35-point performance, Isaiah Hartenstein recorded a third straight double-double and the Oklahoma City Thunder outlasted the Stephen Curry-less Golden State Warriors 105-101 in San Francisco on Wednesday night.

Hartenstein finished with 14 points and 14 rebounds in the game for the Thunder, who managed a third straight win despite losing Jalen Williams to an eye injury late in the first half.

With Curry watching from the bench while dealing with sore knees, the Warriors got 19 points from Jonathan Kuminga and double-figure scoring from five others but couldn’t escape a third straight loss.

After watching a 19-point lead fade into a 94-93 deficit on a 3-pointer by the Warriors’ Buddy Hield with 8:14 left, the Thunder turned to the league’s No. 1 defense and the scoring by Gilgeous-Alexander, who hit a 3-pointer to tie the game with 4:11 left and another with 1:25 left to give Oklahoma City a 100–96 lead with 1:25 left.

Golden State got within 102-101 with 11.1 seconds left on an Andrew Wiggins 3-pointer, but Alexander made a free throw with 7.7 seconds left and Lu Dort blocked a Wiggins runner that could have tied the game at 3. 4 seconds left.

Gilgeous-Alexander added two free throws to complete his seventh 30-point outing of the season to go along with nine rebounds, five assists and two blocks.

The Thunder standout shot 13-for-28, helping the visitors outshoot the Warriors 45.9 percent to 35.7 percent. Neither team fared well from 3-point range, Golden State going 16-for-50 (32.0 percent) and Oklahoma City 11-for-37 (29.7 percent).

Isaiah Joe chipped in with 17 points and Williams 13 along with seven assists, six rebounds and two steals in 16 minutes before getting poked in the eye on a Kuminga drive to the hoop.

Draymond Green scored a double-double with 10 points, a team-high 13 rebounds, a game-high-tying seven assists and two blocks for the Warriors. Hield had 17 points, Wiggins 16, Brandin Podziemski 12 to go with eight rebounds and five assists, and Kyle Anderson 10 points.

— Field level media