New York Knicks 80, Oklahoma City Thunder 95 — Recap

December 31, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 80, Oklahoma City Thunder 95. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 20-23 OKC; Q2 NYK 29-28 OKC; Q3 NYK 16-23 OKC; Q4 NYK 15-21 OKC.

Top performers (box score): RJ Barrett (NYK) 26 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) 23 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-24 shooting; Aaron Wiggins (OKC) 13 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-8 shooting; Ty Jerome (OKC) 11 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 4-of-10 shooting; Immanuel Quickley (NYK) 11 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 4-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · NYK

RJ Barrett

26 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM · 10-20 FG

Scoring · OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

23 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 9-24 FG

Scoring · OKC

Aaron Wiggins

13 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 2 3PM · 5-8 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
NYK	20	29	16	15		80
OKC	23	28	23	21		95

🧮 How They Scored

NYKOKC

38Points in the paint32

4Fast-break points3

3Second-chance points13

8Points off turnovers10

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

42.0%Effective FG%51.7%

9.9%Turnover %9.1%

10.6%Offensive rebound %14.0%

0.272Free-throw rate0.080

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
RJ Barrett F-G	36	26	7	3	2	0	4	10-20	1-8	5-9	-7
Obi Toppin F	27	5	7	1	0	0	1	1-4	0-1	3-6	-2
Immanuel Quickley G	26	11	3	1	0	0	2	4-12	1-7	2-2	-12
Mitchell Robinson C	25	9	12	0	0	1	1	4-5	0-0	1-2	-8
Alec Burks G	24	9	3	1	1	1	0	3-8	2-3	1-1	-12
Miles McBride G	24	7	1	1	0	0	1	3-9	1-6	0-0	-7
Taj Gibson F	23	0	7	0	1	1	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-7
Evan Fournier G-F	20	3	2	3	2	0	1	1-8	1-5	0-2	-4
Quentin Grimes G	19	3	4	2	0	0	0	1-6	1-6	0-0	-6
Kevin Knox F	15	7	2	0	0	0	0	3-8	1-4	0-0	-10

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G	35	23	4	4	2	1	4	9-24	2-7	3-4	+1
Luguentz Dort G	33	6	4	2	1	0	1	2-12	1-6	1-1	+8
Kenrich Williams G-F	28	8	7	4	0	0	1	3-5	2-2	0-0	+11
Ty Jerome G	27	11	5	5	1	0	0	4-10	3-7	0-0	+14
Aaron Wiggins G	26	13	4	1	1	1	0	5-8	2-4	1-2	+15
Isaiah Roby F	18	8	9	0	0	0	2	3-3	2-2	0-0	+7
Aleksej Pokusevski C	17	6	8	0	0	0	0	2-5	2-3	0-0	+11
Derrick Favors F-C	16	4	3	2	0	0	0	2-3	0-0	0-0	+8
Mike Muscala F-C	14	9	0	1	1	1	0	3-10	3-9	0-0	0
Paul Watson G	14	2	3	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	-5
Theo Maledon G	12	5	2	2	0	0	1	2-4	1-2	0-0	+5

🔬 Advanced Stats

New York KnicksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
RJ Barrett	Bench	36	26	54.3	35.4	-10.8	19.5
Immanuel Quickley	Bench	26	11	42.7	27.8	-26.2	5.0
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	25	9	76.5	12.3	-20.0	24.3
Alec Burks	Bench	24	9	53.3	16.0	-24.3	9.6
Miles McBride	Bench	24	7	38.9	18.9	-12.5	0.0
Kevin Knox	Bench	15	7	43.8	22.9	-32.3	6.3
Obi Toppin	Bench	27	5	37.7	13.8	+1.0	4.4
Quentin Grimes	Bench	19	3	25.0	14.6	-18.7	2.8
Evan Fournier	Bench	20	3	16.9	21.3	-11.8	-1.5
Taj Gibson	Bench	23	0	0.0	2.0	-14.9	9.0

Oklahoma City ThunderTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Bench	35	23	44.6	40.0	+0.2	11.2
Aaron Wiggins	Bench	26	13	73.2	17.3	+33.3	14.9
Ty Jerome	Bench	27	11	55.0	16.9	+26.4	15.4
Mike Muscala	Bench	14	9	45.0	32.3	0.0	10.9
Kenrich Williams	Bench	28	8	80.0	10.0	+20.0	19.9
Isaiah Roby	Bench	18	8	133.3	12.8	+21.1	22.6
Luguentz Dort	Bench	33	6	24.1	18.3	+12.1	0.0
Aleksej Pokusevski	Bench	17	6	60.0	13.5	+34.7	13.7
Theo Maledon	Bench	12	5	62.5	20.0	+27.5	8.8
Derrick Favors	Bench	16	4	66.7	9.4	+32.1	12.3
Paul Watson	Bench	14	2	33.3	9.7	-17.2	2.9