New York Knicks 120, Oklahoma City Thunder 129 — Recap

December 27, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New York Knicks 120, Oklahoma City Thunder 129. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NYK 25-38 OKC; Q2 NYK 35-31 OKC; Q3 NYK 29-24 OKC; Q4 NYK 31-36 OKC.

Top performers (box score): Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) 36 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 13-of-23 shooting; Jalen Williams (OKC) 36 points, null rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 13-of-17 shooting; Julius Randle (NYK) 25 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Jalen Brunson (NYK) 24 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-19 shooting; Chet Holmgren (OKC) 22 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

36 PTS, 7 REB, 8 AST, 2 3PM · 13-23 FG

Scoring · OKC

Jalen Williams

36 PTS, 0 REB, 3 AST, 5 3PM · 13-17 FG

Scoring · NYK

Julius Randle

25 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 7-15 FG

Season highs

Jalen Williams · Season-high 36 pointsJalen Williams · Season-high 5 threes

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	25	35	29	31		120
OKC	38	31	24	36		129

🧮 How They Scored

NYKOKC

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.5%Effective FG%61.9%

16.2%Turnover %3.9%

25.0%Offensive rebound %6.3%

0.375Free-throw rate0.250

Box Score

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Brunson G	37	24	4	7	2	1	5	9-19	1-5	5-5	-9
Isaiah Hartenstein F-C	37	4	9	2	—	1	2	2-6	—	—	+4
Julius Randle F	36	25	9	2	—	—	3	7-15	1-4	10-13	-12
Josh Hart G	34	4	7	6	—	—	1	1-4	0-2	2-2	-4
RJ Barrett F-G	30	14	4	4	—	—	5	5-14	1-7	3-6	-9
Immanuel Quickley G	25	22	—	2	—	—	1	7-10	4-5	4-4	+2
Donte DiVincenzo G	21	17	2	—	—	—	1	6-10	5-9	—	-1
Quentin Grimes G	11	6	3	1	—	—	—	2-2	2-2	—	—

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G	36	36	7	8	2	2	1	13-23	2-5	8-9	+12
Jalen Williams G-F	33	36	—	3	1	1	—	13-17	5-5	5-7	-2
Chet Holmgren C-F	30	22	5	1	—	4	—	9-14	1-4	3-4	+4
Josh Giddey G	29	7	6	2	—	2	2	3-4	—	1-2	+11
Luguentz Dort G	27	5	2	2	—	—	—	2-9	1-4	—	+13
Cason Wallace G	22	4	1	—	1	—	1	2-6	0-2	—	+6
Kenrich Williams G-F	21	3	1	1	2	—	—	1-1	1-1	—	+3
Isaiah Joe G	16	8	2	—	—	—	—	3-6	2-4	—	+3
Aaron Wiggins G	12	5	—	2	—	1	—	2-4	1-3	—	+7
Jaylin Williams F	7	—	2	—	—	—	—	0-1	0-1	—	-8
Tre Mann G	6	—	—	1	—	—	—	0-3	0-2	—	-5

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Julius Randle	Bench	36	25	60.3	26.7	-15.4	11.2
Jalen Brunson	Bench	37	24	56.6	28.3	-11.4	10.9
Immanuel Quickley	Bench	25	22	93.5	24.1	+4.1	17.5
Donte DiVincenzo	Bench	21	17	85.0	19.3	-7.3	13.6
RJ Barrett	Bench	30	14	42.1	30.6	-17.9	0.0
Quentin Grimes	Bench	11	6	150.0	8.3	-5.5	18.0
Isaiah Hartenstein	Bench	37	4	33.3	8.6	+0.5	3.4
Josh Hart	Bench	34	4	41.0	7.6	-5.8	7.5
Miles McBride	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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	36	36	66.8	34.1	+15.2	25.4
Jalen Williams	Bench	33	36	89.6	29.0	+0.9	21.2
Chet Holmgren	Bench	30	22	69.8	23.5	+4.2	14.2
Isaiah Joe	Bench	16	8	66.7	16.2	+2.9	10.2
Josh Giddey	Bench	29	7	71.7	11.1	+20.0	8.7
Luguentz Dort	Bench	27	5	27.8	15.0	+22.4	-1.6
Aaron Wiggins	Bench	12	5	62.5	16.7	+34.4	3.2
Cason Wallace	Bench	22	4	33.3	15.2	+16.1	0.0
Kenrich Williams	Bench	21	3	150.0	2.1	+3.9	5.8
Tre Mann	Bench	6	—	0.0	23.1	-30.8	-7.3
Jaylin Williams	Bench	7	—	0.0	6.7	-57.1	0.0