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New York Knicks vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

March 4, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Thunder beat the Knicks 103-100 on 2026-03-04 on the road against the Knicks. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, and Jalen Brunson. The Thunder started Isaiah Hartenstein, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Chet Holmgren, and Cason Wallace. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 17 points (7/12) in his matchups, with Mikal Bridges as his primary defender. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 16 points (6/15) in his matchups, with Luguentz Dort as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks 100

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Mikal Bridges GS 39:38 15 4 0 0 0 0 2 6-17 1-5 2-3 -6
Jalen Brunson GS 38:36 16 3 15 1 0 3 0 5-18 2-5 4-6 +3
OG Anunoby GS 37:44 16 3 0 3 2 3 3 6-17 4-13 0-0 -4
Karl-Anthony Towns GS 32:31 17 17 1 0 0 0 6 7-8 0-0 3-4 -18
Josh Hart GS 24:53 10 12 3 0 0 1 3 4-11 0-3 2-2 -9
Landry Shamet 31:01 14 3 2 0 0 0 5 5-9 0-3 4-5 +12
Mohamed Diawara 13:20 9 3 0 1 0 2 1 3-4 3-4 0-0 +3
Jose Alvarado 11:39 3 0 2 0 0 1 2 1-4 0-2 1-2 -8
Ariel Hukporti 9:00 0 3 0 0 1 3 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 +7
Jeremy Sochan 1:38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +5
Totals 100 48 23 5 3 13 24 37-88 10-35 16-22

Did not play: Jordan Clarkson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Pacôme Dadiet (DNP - Coach's Decision), Trey Jemison III (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tyler Kolek (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kevin McCullar Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision)

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder 103

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS 35:28 26 3 8 1 0 3 3 9-16 1-1 7-7 +6
Luguentz Dort GS 32:43 16 4 1 0 0 3 6 4-9 3-8 5-6 +15
Chet Holmgren GS 32:04 28 8 2 0 0 3 3 11-19 6-11 0-0 +9
Cason Wallace GS 29:22 4 4 3 4 0 0 2 2-6 0-3 0-0 -7
Isaiah Hartenstein GS 16:38 0 5 2 0 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2
Isaiah Joe 23:56 4 2 1 0 0 1 2 0-5 0-4 4-4 +5
Aaron Wiggins 18:25 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 2-4 1-2 1-2 +2
Jaylin Williams 18:12 8 5 2 0 0 1 2 2-6 2-5 2-2 -3
Jared McCain 15:08 5 1 1 1 0 2 1 1-5 1-5 2-2 -18
Alex Caruso 11:51 3 4 1 2 0 1 1 1-1 1-1 0-2 -4
Kenrich Williams 6:13 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1-2 1-2 0-0 +8
Totals 103 38 21 8 0 15 22 33-73 16-42 21-25

Did not play: Brooks Barnhizer (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Knicks defense

Defender Guarded most
Jalen Brunson Cason Wallace: 35 poss., 7 pts (2/8) · Luguentz Dort: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
OG Anunoby Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Chet Holmgren: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Mikal Bridges Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 23 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Chet Holmgren: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/5)
Karl-Anthony Towns Luguentz Dort: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Isaiah Hartenstein: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Landry Shamet Isaiah Joe: 21 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Jared McCain: 13 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Josh Hart Isaiah Hartenstein: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Chet Holmgren: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Mohamed Diawara Jaylin Williams: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Jared McCain: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jose Alvarado Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Aaron Wiggins: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ariel Hukporti Jaylin Williams: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jared McCain: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jeremy Sochan Cason Wallace: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Thunder defense

Defender Guarded most
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OG Anunoby: 33 poss., 9 pts (4/7) · Mikal Bridges: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Cason Wallace Jalen Brunson: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Mikal Bridges: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Luguentz Dort Jalen Brunson: 23 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Mikal Bridges: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Chet Holmgren Mikal Bridges: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Josh Hart: 14 poss., 9 pts (3/3)
Isaiah Joe Landry Shamet: 15 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Mikal Bridges: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Hartenstein Karl-Anthony Towns: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · OG Anunoby: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylin Williams Ariel Hukporti: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Karl-Anthony Towns: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jared McCain Landry Shamet: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Mohamed Diawara: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Aaron Wiggins Mikal Bridges: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · OG Anunoby: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Alex Caruso Jalen Brunson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Hart: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kenrich Williams Karl-Anthony Towns: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Josh Hart: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)