Oklahoma City Thunder 101, New York Knicks 89 — Recap

January 8, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Oklahoma City Thunder 101, New York Knicks 89. Scoring by quarter: Q1 OKC 15-24 NYK; Q2 OKC 27-18 NYK; Q3 OKC 27-21 NYK; Q4 OKC 32-26 NYK.

Top performers (box score): Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) 25 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-14 shooting; Hamidou Diallo (OKC) 23 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; RJ Barrett (NYK) 19 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-21 shooting; Julius Randle (NYK) 18 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Elfrid Payton (NYK) 16 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 4-of-17 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

25 PTS, 10 REB, 7 AST, 3 3PM · 9-14 FG

Scoring · OKC

Hamidou Diallo

23 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 8-13 FG

Scoring · NYK

RJ Barrett

19 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 7-21 FG

Season highs

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Season-high 25 pointsHamidou Diallo · Season-high 23 pointsHamidou Diallo · Season-high 11 reboundsShai Gilgeous-Alexander · Season-high 10 rebounds

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
OKC	15	27	27	32		101
NYK	24	18	21	26		89

🧮 How They Scored

OKCNYK

42Points in the paint38

8Fast-break points4

8Second-chance points18

8Points off turnovers9

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.0%Effective FG%40.1%

10.3%Turnover %3.7%

22.4%Offensive rebound %17.7%

0.241Free-throw rate0.208

Box Score

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G	34	25	10	7	0	1	3	9-14	3-3	4-6	+3
Hamidou Diallo G	29	23	11	2	1	0	1	8-13	1-2	6-8	+18
Al Horford C-F	29	15	8	0	1	1	2	6-15	3-7	0-2	-2
Luguentz Dort G	29	5	8	1	0	1	2	2-9	1-6	0-0	+1
George Hill G	28	4	2	3	0	1	1	1-4	0-2	2-2	-2
Darius Bazley F	23	4	7	0	0	1	1	2-9	0-3	0-0	-5
Theo Maledon G	22	4	5	3	0	0	0	2-8	0-3	0-0	+13
Aleksej Pokusevski C	19	7	6	0	0	1	1	3-5	1-3	0-0	+11
Mike Muscala F-C	15	5	4	0	0	1	0	2-6	1-4	0-1	+13
Kenrich Williams G-F	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	2-3	1-1	0-0	+9
Isaiah Roby F	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	2-2	+1

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
RJ Barrett F-G	44	19	8	2	1	1	0	7-21	1-5	4-7	-5
Austin Rivers G	32	12	5	6	0	0	0	5-12	2-7	0-0	-19
Julius Randle F	31	18	12	7	1	0	2	8-15	1-1	1-3	-2
Elfrid Payton G	31	16	6	1	0	0	0	4-17	1-4	7-8	+1
Mitchell Robinson C	27	6	5	1	2	3	1	3-4	0-0	0-2	+6
Reggie Bullock G-F	24	6	7	0	1	0	0	3-8	0-2	0-0	-1
Kevin Knox F	22	9	4	0	1	0	1	3-9	3-5	0-0	-13
Immanuel Quickley G	17	3	1	2	1	1	0	1-9	1-3	0-0	-13
Nerlens Noel F-C	11	0	1	0	1	2	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-14

🔬 Advanced Stats

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	34	25	75.1	22.9	+2.8	23.4
Hamidou Diallo	Bench	29	23	69.6	26.9	+27.5	27.3
Al Horford	Bench	29	15	47.2	26.1	-3.3	9.8
Aleksej Pokusevski	Bench	19	7	70.0	14.0	+27.0	16.8
Kenrich Williams	Bench	6	5	83.3	20.0	+62.1	19.4
Luguentz Dort	Bench	29	5	27.8	15.9	+1.7	2.4
Mike Muscala	Bench	15	5	38.8	17.6	+41.9	9.0
George Hill	Bench	28	4	41.0	8.8	-3.4	1.0
Darius Bazley	Bench	23	4	22.2	18.5	-8.6	2.3
Isaiah Roby	Bench	4	4	106.4	22.2	+32.1	19.0
Theo Maledon	Bench	22	4	25.0	16.3	+29.5	3.1

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
RJ Barrett	Bench	44	19	39.5	23.3	-4.5	4.4
Julius Randle	Bench	31	18	55.1	26.1	-3.2	22.4
Elfrid Payton	Bench	31	16	39.0	29.2	+3.3	3.8
Austin Rivers	Bench	32	12	50.0	16.4	-24.7	14.4
Kevin Knox	Bench	22	9	50.0	19.2	-25.0	7.9
Mitchell Robinson	Bench	27	6	61.5	9.5	+13.0	8.1
Reggie Bullock	Bench	24	6	37.5	14.0	-2.0	9.6
Immanuel Quickley	Bench	17	3	16.7	23.1	-35.1	-0.9
Nerlens Noel	Bench	11	0	0.0	3.8	-53.8	1.5