NEW YORK (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 37 factors, Josh Giddey had a triple-double and the Oklahoma City Thunder shot a season-high 62.5% from the sector in a 145-135 victory over the New York Knicks on Sunday.
Giddey had 24 factors, 12 assists and 10 rebounds for the Thunder, who picked up their fifth straight victory at Madison Square Garden. Giddey joined Wilt Chamberlain (1968) as the one different participant in NBA historical past to document triple-doubles throughout their first two video games at MSG.
“Any time your name is within the company of (Chamberlain), one of the all-time greats, is special,” Giddey mentioned. “But basketball is a team game, so if those things contribute to winning and helping my guys around me be better, then it makes it worth it.”
Lu Dort additionally had 24 factors for Oklahoma City and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl added 17.
“We took the right shots; we made the right passes,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault mentioned. “No one was pounding it. We just kind of moved it and let the ball find the right guy. Guys were all ready to attack. It was a good offense.”
Six Knicks scored in double figures, led by Cam Reddish, who had a season-high 26 factors. Julius Randle had 25 and Immanuel Quickley chipped in 24.
RJ Barrett, the Knicks’ second-leading scorer, bought into foul hassle and was held to a season-low 4 factors on 2-of-10 capturing in 19 minutes. He didn’t play within the ultimate 21-plus minutes.
“We just got behind by so much that we were just looking for life,” Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau mentioned of his determination to depart Barrett on the bench. “The group that was in there gave us a little bit of a spark, so that’s where we went with it.”
The Thunder surpassed their season common for factors (113.4) by scoring 122 factors via three quarters. Gilgeous-Alexander scored 21 within the third, and the Thunder used a 17-2 run to show a three-point recreation right into a rout.
“(Gilgeous-)Alexander, he’s a tough matchup. So is Giddey,” Thibodeau mentioned. “You’re not guarding those guys individually, you’re guarding those guys with your team, so that’s where we fell short.”
The groups set a torrid tempo from the outset, with New York placing up 48 first-quarter factors, a season excessive for a single quarter. New York, which led by as many as 13, shot 64.5% from the sector within the first quarter and went 4 of seven from 3-point vary, with 12 assists on its 20 subject targets.
Oklahoma City set a season excessive by scoring 43 factors within the second quarter, then duplicated it within the third. The Thunder made 74% of their pictures within the second and turned a 12-point deficit right into a six-point halftime lead. The Thunder, who outscored the Knicks by 18 within the second quarter, scored a season-high 79 first-half factors and closed the body with a 24-12 run.
“We obviously didn’t start the way we wanted,” Daigneault mentioned. “I thought we did a great job of course-correcting in the second quarter and just settled back into our stuff and got control of the game going into the half.”
In the Thunder’s final go to to MSG, Giddey completed with 28 factors, 12 assists and 11 rebounds in a 127-123 extra time victory on Feb. 14.
“We only come (to MSG) once (per season), so we’ve got to make the most of it,” Giddey mentioned.
The Knicks have been with out middle Mitchell Robinson for the fifth consecutive recreation due to a knee harm. Isaiah Hartenstein began in his place for the third straight recreation and had 14 factors and 7 rebounds.
Gilgeous-Alexander, who performed his school basketball at Kentucky, was stored off the scoreboard for the primary 8 minutes, 11 seconds however improved to 5-0 mixed at MSG in his school {and professional} profession. … The Thunder have scored 130-plus factors in three straight video games (2-1).
Oklahoma City: At Boston on Monday.
New York: At Utah on Tuesday.
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