Oklahoma City Thunder – New York Knicks · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 31 March 2024

OKC113–112NYK

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 99% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 33 times
· It stayed close for almost the whole game

It measures how much the win probability moved during the game —without looking at who won or at the score— and compares it with the 10,950 NBA games with a curve since 2017. “Highly recommended” is the most intense 20%, “recommended” runs from 50% to 80%, and “skippable” is the rest. Source: ESPN.

↑ NYK winsOKC wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when NYK leads and falls when OKC does.

This is how the game was decided.

Jalen Williams decided it, the Oklahoma City Thunder player with the most points (33, with 4 rebounds and 8 assists; +6 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Aaron Wiggins's (+13). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in New York Knicks 112-113 Oklahoma City Thunder (March 31, 2024) was hit by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: a jump shot with 2.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Oklahoma City Thunder up 113-112. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of New York Knicks 112-113 Oklahoma City Thunder (March 31, 2024) was a 9-0 run by the New York Knicks in the first quarter (from 4:08 to 1:51), from 12-14 to 21-14. The Oklahoma City Thunder' best was a 9-0 run between the third quarter and the fourth quarter, from 73-85 to 82-85.

What were the keys of the last New York Knicks vs Oklahoma City Thunder game?

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Play: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 14-foot two point shot (Josh Giddey assists).

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 2.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 9 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Gilgeous-Alexander decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

31 March 2024 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401585710:701; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · OKC

Gilgeous-Alexander · Williams · Dort · Holmgren · Wallace

Closing lineup · NYK

McBride · Hart · DiVincenzo · Brunson · Hartenstein

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OKC

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

35′ · -15

Jalen Williams

34′ · +6

Josh Giddey

31′ · +11

Luguentz Dort

29′ · 0

Chet Holmgren

26′ · -10

Jaylin Williams

19′ · 0

Isaiah Joe

16′ · +4

Gordon Hayward

11′ · -10

Cason Wallace

16′ · -3

Aaron Wiggins

14′ · +13

Kenrich Williams

10′ · +9

NYK

Miles McBride

46′ · -6

Josh Hart

45′ · +4

Donte DiVincenzo

40′ · -1

Jalen Brunson

35′ · +17

Isaiah Hartenstein

29′ · +7

Precious Achiuwa

22′ · -13

Alec Burks

12′ · -9

Bojan Bogdanovic

11′ · -2

DaQuan Jeffries

0′ · -2

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. OKC and NYK.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Oklahoma City Thunder

Gilgeous-Alexander, Dort, Giddey, Holmgren, and Williams played 12.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Williams, Wiggins, Holmgren, Williams, and Wallace played 6.1 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Gilgeous-Alexander, Dort, Joe, Williams, and Hayward played 5.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 9 points.

New York Knicks

Hartenstein, Hart, Brunson, DiVincenzo, and McBride played 21.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 9 points.
Hart, Brunson, DiVincenzo, Achiuwa, and McBride played 11.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Hart, DiVincenzo, Achiuwa, McBride, and Burks played 4.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 9 points.

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Oklahoma City Thunder

Gilgeous-Alexander, Dort, Joe, Giddey, and Williams played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Williams, Giddey, Wiggins, Williams, and Wallace played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 9 points.
Gilgeous-Alexander, Giddey, Holmgren, Williams, and Wallace played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 9 points.
Dort, Giddey, Wiggins, Williams, and Williams played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Gilgeous-Alexander, Joe, Holmgren, Williams, and Hayward played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Gilgeous-Alexander, Joe, Williams, Wallace, and Hayward played 2.0 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Gilgeous-Alexander, Dort, Joe, Giddey, and Holmgren played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Gilgeous-Alexander, Dort, Giddey, Williams, and Williams played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Williams, Giddey, Wiggins, Williams, and Williams played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

New York Knicks

Hart, Achiuwa, McBride, Burks, and Bogdanovic played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Hartenstein, Achiuwa, McBride, Burks, and Bogdanovic played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Hartenstein, Hart, DiVincenzo, McBride, and Bogdanovic played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Hartenstein, Hart, Brunson, Burks, and Bogdanovic played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Miles McBride covered 5.76 km, more than anyone in the game.

Jalen Brunson touched the ball 105 times, a game high.
Chet Holmgren defended 10 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 8.
Josh Hart had 23 rebound chances, a game high.

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Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Jalen Williams	4.52	7.1	71	44
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	4.10	6.5	50	29
Josh Giddey	3.91	7.0	68	53
Luguentz Dort	3.48	6.8	16	9
Chet Holmgren	3.15	6.7	45	31
Jaylin Williams	2.08	6.7	42	35
Isaiah Joe	1.98	7.0	11	5
Aaron Wiggins	1.88	7.6	22	16
Cason Wallace	1.87	6.6	11	7
Gordon Hayward	1.42	7.1	13	8
Kenrich Williams	1.34	7.2	12	8

New York Knicks

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Miles McBride	5.76	7.0	83	65
Josh Hart	5.52	6.8	89	70
Donte DiVincenzo	4.96	6.9	77	57
Jalen Brunson	4.41	7.0	105	70
Isaiah Hartenstein	3.80	7.2	62

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2023-24 regular season, not this game.

Oklahoma City Thunder

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander deflected 3.5 passes per game over his 75 games.
He ranks 3 of 373 in the league.
Chet Holmgren contested 11.6 shots per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 4 of 373 in the league.
Jaylin Williams drew 0.28 charges per game over his 69 games.
He ranks 6 of 373 in the league.

New York Knicks

Jalen Brunson drew 0.45 charges per game over his 77 games.
He ranks 2 of 373 in the league.
Donte DiVincenzo deflected 3.0 passes per game over his 80 games.
He ranks 8 of 373 in the league.
Josh Hart recovered 1.0 loose balls per game over his 81 games.
He ranks 10 of 373 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The New York Knicks have won 8 of their 34 games against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

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Game context

Attendance

19.812

100% of capacity

Madison Square Garden · New York

Scoring

225

combined points

3.4 below the season average (228.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

21 calls reviewed0 no admitted errors