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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Knicks | 25 | 35 | 29 | 31 | 120 |
 Thunder | 38 | 31 | 24 | 36 | 129 |
NYKTeam statsOKC| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYK | 41-8250.0% | 14-3441.2% | 24-3080.0% | 40 | 24 | 18 |
| OKC | 49-9054.4% | 14-3243.8% | 17-2277.3% | 27 | 20 | 4 |
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Oklahoma City Thunder129| 36 | 36 | 13-23 | 2-5 | 0 | 8-9 | +12 | +15.6 | |||||||
| 33 | 36, Career high (his best before, 32) | 13-17 | 5-5, Career high (his best before, 4) | 0 | 0 | 5-7 | 0 | −2 | +13.8 | |||||
| 30 | 22 | 9-14 | 1-4 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | +4 | +5.6 | ||||||
| 29 | 7 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +11 | −2.4 | ||||||
| 27 | 5 | 2-9 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +13 | −8.6 | ||||
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| 22 | 4 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −6.4 | |||||
| 21 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +0.1 | |||||
| 16 | 8 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −0.6 | |||
| 12 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −0.7 | ||||
| 7 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −2.3 | |||
| 6 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −3.3 | ||
| 1 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +1.9 | |||
| Team | 129 | 49-9054.4% | 14-3243.8% | 27 | 20 | 4 | 21 | 17-2277.3% | 3 | 6 | 10 | |||
Bench 23 points on 9 for 23 shooting
Did not play: Vasilije Micic and Aleksej Pokusevski (coach’s decision).
New York Knicks120| 37 | 4 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | +4 | −7.0 | |||||||
| 37 | 24 | 9-19 | 1-5 | 5-5 | −9 | +0.6 | ||||||||
| 36 | 25 | 7-15 | 1-4 | 10-13 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −0.7 | ||||||
| 30 | 14 | 5-14 | 1-7 | 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −10.7 | |||||
| 21 | 17 | 6-10 | 5-9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +2.5 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 34 | 4 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −2.4 | ||||||
| 25 | 22 | 7-10 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +6.7 | |||
| 11 | 6 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.8 | ||||
| 10 | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −16 | +0.3 | ||||
| Team | 120 | 41-8250.0% | 14-3441.2% | 40 | 24 | 18 | 21 | 24-3080.0% | 9 | 2 | 2 | |||
Bench 36 points on 12 for 18 shooting
Did not play: Miles McBride, DaQuan Jeffries, Dmytro Skapintsev, Evan Fournier and Ryan Arcidiacono (coach’s decision).
Thunder129Knicks120ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 36 points (20 in the paint), and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the New York Knicks 129-120.
Gilgeous-Alexander’s 15-foot step-back jumper put the Thunder ahead for good with 3:28 left in the third quarter.
The Knicks got within 95-94 on Quentin Grimes’ 3-pointer with 10:48 to play, but Jalen Williams answered with a step-back 3-pointer, and the Knicks got no closer.
Jalen Williams scored a career-high 36 points on 13 for 17 shooting, and Chet Holmgren added 22 points (14 in the paint) and 4 blocks. Jalen Williams scored 17 of his 36 points in the fourth quarter. The Thunder had 2 30-point scorers.
For the Knicks, Julius Randle had 25 points and 9 rebounds, and RJ Barrett went 1 for 7 from 3. Jalen Brunson had 24 points and 7 assists. Immanuel Quickley scored 22 points on 7 for 10 shooting off the bench. The Knicks had 3 20-point scorers.
The Knicks forced 4 turnovers, about 10 fewer than usual for this many possessions.
Oklahoma City ThunderNew York KnicksPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
112 points from the field on 90 shots: 14.9 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 17-25 | 68.0% | 66% |
| In the paint | 14-25 | 56.0% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 4-8 | 50.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-8 | 37.5% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-24 | 45.8% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJ Barrett | 21 | 7 | 2-2 | +1 |
| Josh Hart | 14 | 4 | 2-2 | 0 |
| Julius Randle | 9 | 8 | 3-4 | +5 |
| Donte DiVincenzo | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 15 | 14 | 6-9 | +10 |
The tracking credits him with 35 points on 64 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Hart | 29 | 8 | 3-7 | −4 |
| Donte DiVincenzo | 20 | 7 | 3-7 | −2 |
| Julius Randle | 9 | 10 | 3-5 | +6 |
| RJ Barrett | 8 | 7 | 3-3 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 8 | 4-6 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 40 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 34 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah Hartenstein | 37 | 7 | 3-7 | −4 |
| Taj Gibson | 8 | 4 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Josh Hart | 5 | 7 | 3-3 | +5 |
| RJ Barrett | 4 | 4 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 6 | 2-3 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 28 points on 64 possessions. He usually scores about 18 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
OKC win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Quickley 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot (15 PTS) (Barrett 4 AST)
Q4 11:21
14.9%
77→62
Wallace 11' Pullup Jump Shot (4 PTS) (Jal. Williams 2 AST)
Q4 11:36
11.6%
66→77
Holmgren 26' 3PT Jump Shot (17 PTS) (Jal. Williams 3 AST)
Q4 8:44
11.0%
71→82
Quickley 27' 3PT Jump Shot (13 PTS) (Brunson 5 AST)
Q3 1:08
10.9%
71→60
Jal. Williams 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (22 PTS)
Q4 10:30
10.7%
56→67
