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.

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 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.

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.

Thunder: Chet Holmgren (hip fracture) is out. Alex Caruso (hip strain) is out. Ajay Mitchell (toe sprain) is out. Nikola Topic (torn ACL) is out. Ousmane Dieng (G League assignment) is out. Dillon Jones (G League assignment) is out. Adam Flagler (G League two-way) is out. Alex Ducas (G League two-way) is out.