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Oklahoma City Thunder vs. New York Knicks

March 29, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Thunder beat the Knicks 111-100 on 2026-03-29 at home. The Thunder started Isaiah Hartenstein, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Chet Holmgren, and Jalen Williams. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, and Jalen Brunson. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 13 points (3/9) in his matchups, with Luguentz Dort as his primary defender. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 4 points (2/10) in his matchups, with Mikal Bridges as his primary defender.

Box score

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

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder 111

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS 36:49 30 3 4 1 0 4 2 8-18 1-3 13-16 +13
Chet Holmgren GS 32:41 16 9 2 1 0 1 3 5-10 0-3 6-7 +16
Jalen Williams GS 28:39 22 1 2 1 0 2 1 7-11 1-1 7-7 -3
Luguentz Dort GS 27:06 12 2 1 2 0 0 1 4-7 2-5 2-2 +13
Isaiah Hartenstein GS 24:04 6 13 1 1 0 2 2 3-6 0-0 0-0 +6
Ajay Mitchell 24:11 8 4 5 0 0 0 2 2-4 2-2 2-4 +4
Alex Caruso 18:06 6 2 2 1 0 1 3 2-5 2-4 0-0 +7
Cason Wallace 15:03 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 2-4 0-1 1-2 +4
Jaylin Williams 12:02 3 1 3 1 0 1 1 1-3 1-3 0-0 -5
Jared McCain 11:19 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0-3 0-2 0-0 +4
Isaiah Joe 10:00 3 1 0 1 0 1 2 1-4 1-4 0-0 -4
Totals 111 39 21 10 0 13 22 35-75 10-28 31-38

Did not play: Branden Carlson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nikola Topić (DNP - Coach's Decision), Aaron Wiggins (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kenrich Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks 100

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jalen Brunson GS 36:49 32 5 5 0 0 4 3 13-22 4-7 2-4 -13
Mikal Bridges GS 34:14 15 1 1 4 0 2 6 6-11 2-5 1-2 -15
Karl-Anthony Towns GS 34:07 15 18 2 1 0 4 3 5-9 0-1 5-5 -10
Josh Hart GS 33:46 15 6 3 2 0 1 3 5-9 5-7 0-0 -12
OG Anunoby GS 32:48 10 0 3 1 0 1 4 2-9 2-7 4-4 -17
Jordan Clarkson 21:02 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1-6 0-1 0-0 +5
Mitchell Robinson 17:31 3 4 0 0 2 1 1 1-3 0-0 1-2 +2
Jose Alvarado 16:42 8 3 4 0 0 4 3 3-10 2-4 0-0 +6
Miles McBride 10:49 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0-3 0-3 0-0 -1
Mohamed Diawara 2:12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 100 41 19 8 3 18 25 36-82 15-35 13-17

Did not play: 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), Jeremy Sochan (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks

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.

Thunder defense

Defender Guarded most
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Josh Hart: 20 poss., 7 pts (2/4) · OG Anunoby: 16 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Chet Holmgren Josh Hart: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · OG Anunoby: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jalen Williams Mikal Bridges: 19 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · OG Anunoby: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Luguentz Dort Jalen Brunson: 22 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · Josh Hart: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Isaiah Hartenstein Karl-Anthony Towns: 24 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Mikal Bridges: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ajay Mitchell Jose Alvarado: 13 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Jordan Clarkson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Alex Caruso Karl-Anthony Towns: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jordan Clarkson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cason Wallace Jalen Brunson: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Mitchell Robinson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaylin Williams Mitchell Robinson: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Josh Hart: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jared McCain Jordan Clarkson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jose Alvarado: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Joe Mikal Bridges: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jose Alvarado: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Knicks defense

Defender Guarded most
Jalen Brunson Luguentz Dort: 27 poss., 10 pts (4/6) · Cason Wallace: 18 poss., 13 pts (5/6)
Karl-Anthony Towns Jalen Williams: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Alex Caruso: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Josh Hart Chet Holmgren: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Hartenstein: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Mikal Bridges Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Jalen Williams: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
OG Anunoby Chet Holmgren: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jordan Clarkson Ajay Mitchell: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jared McCain: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mitchell Robinson Jaylin Williams: 15 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Hartenstein: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jose Alvarado Isaiah Joe: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Ajay Mitchell: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Miles McBride Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jared McCain: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Mohamed Diawara Jared McCain: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ajay Mitchell: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)