Towns and New York take on the Thunder in non-conference play

Jan 9, 2025, 07:04 am

Oklahoma City Thunder (30-6, first in the Western Conference) vs. New York Knicks (25-13, third in the Eastern Conference)

New York; Friday, 7:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Oklahoma City takes on New York for a non-conference matchup.

The Knicks are 12-5 in home games. New York is 9-7 against opponents over .500.

The Thunder are 13-4 on the road. Oklahoma City ranks fourth in the Western Conference scoring 49.7 points per game in the paint led by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander averaging 13.5.

The Knicks make 49.6% of their shots from the field this season, which is 6.7 percentage points higher than the Thunder have allowed to their opponents (42.9%). The Thunder average 13.5 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.2 fewer makes per game than the Knicks allow.

TOP PERFORMERS: Karl-Anthony Towns is averaging 25.3 points, 14 rebounds and 3.3 assists for the Knicks.

Jalen Williams is scoring 20.7 points per game and averaging 5.8 rebounds for the Thunder.

LAST 10 GAMES: Knicks: 7-3, averaging 118.4 points, 44.2 rebounds, 25.8 assists, 7.9 steals and 3.0 blocks per game while shooting 49.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 112.2 points per game.

Thunder: 9-1, averaging 115.6 points, 44.3 rebounds, 27.1 assists, 10.2 steals and 5.1 blocks per game while shooting 48.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 104.7 points.

INJURIES: Knicks: Miles McBride: day to day (hamstring), Mitchell Robinson: out (ankle).

Thunder: Chet Holmgren: out (hip), Nikola Topic: out for season (acl), Alex Caruso: day to day (hip), Ajay Mitchell: day to day (toe).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.