Oklahoma City Thunder 126, New York Knicks 101 — Recap

January 10, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Oklahoma City Thunder 126, New York Knicks 101. Scoring by quarter: Q1 OKC 31-17 NYK; Q2 OKC 39-26 NYK; Q3 OKC 32-31 NYK; Q4 OKC 24-27 NYK.

Top performers (box score): Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) 39 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 15-of-21 shooting; Isaiah Joe (OKC) 31 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists, 8 threes on 11-of-16 shooting; Jalen Brunson (NYK) 27 points, 1 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-15 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (NYK) 23 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Jalen Williams (OKC) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists on 8-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

39 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 15-21 FG

Scoring · OKC

Isaiah Joe

31 PTS, 1 REB, 2 AST, 8 3PM · 11-16 FG

Scoring · NYK

Jalen Brunson

27 PTS, 1 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 7-15 FG

Season highs

Isaiah Joe · Season-high 31 pointsJaylin Williams · Season-high 10 reboundsIsaiah Joe · Season-high 8 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
OKC	31	39	32	24		126
NYK	17	26	31	27		101

🧮 How They Scored

OKCNYK

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

62.5%Effective FG%38.9%

13.5%Turnover %9.9%

25.8%Offensive rebound %26.9%

0.205Free-throw rate0.284

Box Score

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Williams G-F	33	19	4	5	1	2	1	8-16	0-3	3-4	+5
Isaiah Joe G	30	31	1	2	—	—	1	11-16	8-11	1-1	+31
Isaiah Hartenstein F-C	30	6	9	6	2	2	7	2-6	—	2-2	+10
Cason Wallace G	30	6	2	1	2	1	—	2-7	1-2	1-2	+9
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G	29	39	3	2	2	1	2	15-21	1-1	8-8	+18
Luguentz Dort G	23	6	5	2	1	—	1	2-5	2-3	—	+13
Aaron Wiggins G	22	8	5	1	1	—	—	4-4	—	—	+25
Kenrich Williams G-F	22	5	7	—	—	1	1	2-8	0-2	1-1	+10
Jaylin Williams F	15	3	10	1	—	2	2	1-4	1-3	—	+10
Branden Carlson C	2	3	—	—	—	—	—	1-1	1-1	—	-3

New York Knicks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
OG Anunoby F	36	4	3	2	—	—	2	2-8	0-5	—	-6
Jalen Brunson G	33	27	1	5	—	—	4	7-15	1-2	12-12	-23
Mikal Bridges F	32	—	1	2	—	—	—	0-9	0-7	—	-23
Josh Hart G	30	16	13	2	3	—	1	6-13	0-1	4-4	-23
Karl-Anthony Towns C	29	23	10	1	1	—	3	9-16	1-2	4-4	-10
Miles McBride G	20	7	5	5	—	—	—	3-9	0-4	1-1	-21
Landry Shamet G	15	3	1	—	1	—	—	1-6	1-5	—	-5
Ariel Hukporti C	13	2	2	—	—	2	—	1-2	—	—	+1
Precious Achiuwa F	6	2	1	—	—	—	—	1-1	—	—	-16
Tyler Kolek G	2	2	—	1	1	—	—	0-2	0-1	2-2	+3

🔬 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	29	39	79.5	37.7	+30.1	33.0
Isaiah Joe	Bench	30	31	94.3	22.4	+43.6	17.9
Jalen Williams	Bench	33	19	53.5	25.3	+7.2	12.8
Aaron Wiggins	Bench	22	8	100.0	7.8	+59.0	12.9
Isaiah Hartenstein	Bench	30	6	43.6	21.2	+16.1	7.8
Luguentz Dort	Bench	23	6	60.0	12.0	+30.3	5.8
Cason Wallace	Bench	30	6	38.1	11.3	+18.1	2.3
Kenrich Williams	Bench	22	5	29.6	16.4	+22.4	3.2
Jaylin Williams	Bench	15	3	37.5	15.0	+34.0	8.3
Branden Carlson	Bench	2	3	150.0	14.3	-57.1	30.0
Alex Caruso	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jalen Brunson	Bench	33	27	66.6	30.1	-32.4	14.8
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	29	23	64.8	28.4	-14.3	19.6
Josh Hart	Bench	30	16	54.2	20.5	-34.8	18.3
Miles McBride	Bench	20	7	37.1	17.6	-52.2	8.6
OG Anunoby	Bench	36	4	25.0	11.2	-5.0	-1.1
Landry Shamet	Bench	15	3	25.0	16.2	-16.7	-1.4
Precious Achiuwa	Bench	6	2	100.0	7.1	-133.3	5.7
Tyler Kolek	Bench	2	2	34.7	50.0	+57.1	20.0
Ariel Hukporti	Bench	13	2	50.0	6.1	+3.6	5.2
Mikal Bridges	Bench	32	—	0.0	11.1	-35.2	-5.9
Jericho Sims	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0