The New York Knicks have mostly made good on their promise heading into the 2024-25 season; on Wednesday night, they returned to winning ways with a convincing 112-98 victory over the Toronto Raptors — with OG Anunoby playing a starring role in a matchup against his former team.
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After losing in a dogfight last week, the New York Knicks came out completely flat in their rematch with the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday, losing by a score of 126-101.
The Knicks inconsistency stood out in a roller-coaster weekend against the Milwaukee Bucks and Oklahoma City Thunder.
The Thunder (30-6) are fresh off their first loss in over a month. The Cleveland Cavaliers snapped OKC's franchise-best 15-game win streak on Wednesday. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 31 points. Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen each had a 20-plus-point double-double.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 39 points in 29 minutes, and the Oklahoma City Thunder emphatically bounced back to rout the New York Knicks 126-101 in the first game since their 15-game winning streak was snapped.
In the third quarter of action against the Oklahoma City Thunder, OG Anunoby turned one of Karl-Anthony Towns' 22 rebounds into a fastbreak opportunity. He would finish with a dunk on the other ...
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the Thunder’s MVP candidate, is an All-Star lock. Williams — who is second on the team in points and assists, third in rebounds and is a versatile cog in their top-ranked and historically disruptive defense — is their only other true candidate. That might be Williams’ simplest case.
It was a happy return to Manhattan for Isaiah Hartenstein, whose Oklahoma City Thunder dismantled the Knicks by a 126-101 final on Friday night at Madison Square Garden. The Western Conference-leading Thunder earned a two-game sweep of the Knicks after previously prevailing in a 117-107 home win last weekend.
We've got a matchup of two of the top teams in the league in an interconference contest on Friday's NBA schedule as the New York Knicks will host the Oklahoma City Thunder in a pairing of two of the top-five teams in the NBA by winning percentage.
The New York Knicks (25-13), third seed in the East, overcame a 3-game skid to beat the Toronto Raptors last time out. Facing an opponent they have dominated in recent times, New York ran out 112-98 winners at the Madison Square Garden.
The Oklahoma City Thunder vented their ire on the hapless New York Knicks after their 15-game winning streak was snapped two nights ago in Cleveland.