The Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder ended a 5-game shedding streak, with three gamers scoring not less than 23 factors, beating the New York Knicks 127-123 in additional time on Monday night time at Madison Squarer Backyard in New York Metropolis.
Josh Giddey had his second straight triple-double, turning into simply the seventh rookie in NBA historical past to do this, with 28 factors, 11 rebounds, and 12 assists.
Tre Mann led OKC with a profession excessive 30 factors, and made 4 three-pointers.
Darius Bazley scored 23 factors and had 8 rebounds, and tied the sport with 5 seconds left in regulation on a reverse layup.
The sport featured 12 ties and 13 lead modifications, with a Giddey layup to begin additional time the ultimate lead change.
OKC fell behind by seven within the third quarter, then went on a 9-0 run to take the lead and it was shut the remainder of the sport.
The Thunder outshot the Knicks 50 % to 41 %, whereas New York made 15 three-pointers to OKC’s 13 and outrebounded the Thunder by 10.
The Thunder had three different gamers rating in double figures, with Kenrich Williams and Ty Jerome each scoring 13 factors, and Derrick Favors 10 factors.
Julius Randle led the Knicks with 30 factors, with Evan Fournier including 29 factors and making six three-pointers.
The Thunder completed their three-game highway journey and improved to 18-39 on the season.
OKC returns residence Wednesday night time to host San Antonio at 7:00 pm of their remaining sport earlier than the All-Star Break.