Thunder vs Knicks Game Breakdown & Projections – Sun, Mar 31st 2024

It’s a clash of Titans under the bright lights of Madison Square Garden tonight, folks! The high-flying Oklahoma City Thunder, who’ve been tearing up the Western Conference like a twister through Tornado Alley, are swooping into the Big Apple to take on the New York Knicks. The Knicks, with their 44 wins, have been no slouches this season, but they’ll need to shake off the sting of their recent loss against the Spurs if they’re to stand a chance against the Thunder’s electrifying performance. With the over/under set at a scintillating 215, and a tipoff at 07:00 PM EST, it’s shaping up to be a nail-biter. Will the Thunder’s lightning strike the Knicks’ hopes, or will the Knicks stand tall and weather the storm? So, folks, get ready for a night of thunderous dunks and knicks-knacks of basketball brilliance!

Game Breakdown

Game Time: March 31, 2024 07:00PM EST

Location: Madison Square Garden, New York

Vegas Odds

Team Performance

LAST 10

7W-3L

AWAY

21W-15L

47.6% Win Probability

LAST 10

7W-3L

HOME

24W-12L

52.4% Win Probability

Previous Matchups

Date		Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT	Final	O/U	ATS
12/27/23	New York Knicks NYK	25	35	29	31		120	Over
	Oklahoma City Thunder OKL	38	31	24	36		129
11/21/22	New York Knicks NYK	38	31	29	31		129	Over
	Oklahoma City Thunder OKL	34	24	29	32		119
11/13/22	Oklahoma City Thunder OKL	36	43	43	23		145	Over
	New York Knicks NYK	48	25	33	29		135
02/14/22	Oklahoma City Thunder OKL	29	32	30	21	15	127	Over
	New York Knicks NYK	31	31	32	18	11	123
12/31/21	New York Knicks NYK	20	29	16	15		80	Under
	Oklahoma City Thunder OKL	23	28	23	21		95

Starting Lineups

Thunder Notable Injuries

• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (PG): Avg: 30.1pts, 5.6reb, 6.2ast, 34.3 minutes. Last game: 03/26/24. Impact: 7.6
• Bismack Biyombo (C): Avg: 4.3pts, 5.2reb, 1.4ast, 20.5 minutes. Last game: 03/29/24. Impact: 1.0
• Jaylin Williams GTD (C): Avg: 3.8pts, 3.3reb, 1.3ast, 12.6 minutes. Last game: 03/29/24. Impact: 2.0
• Mike Muscala (C): Avg: 3.2pts, 2.4reb, 0.7ast, 11.8 minutes. Last game: 03/29/24. Impact: 0.6
• Ousmane Dieng (PF): Avg: 3.8pts, 1.7reb, 1.1ast, 11.0 minutes. Last game: 03/20/24. Impact: 1.2
• Lindy Waters III (SG): Avg: 2.7pts, 0.9reb, 0.5ast, 6.5 minutes. Last game: 03/24/24. Impact: 0.8

Knicks Notable Injuries

• OG Anunoby (SF/PF): Avg: 14.8pts, 4.4reb, 2.2ast, 34.0 minutes. Last game: 03/16/24. Impact: 4.9
• Mamadi Diakite (PF/C): Avg: 2.4pts, 0.8reb, 0.4ast, 4.8 minutes. Last game: 03/27/24. Impact: 1.3
• DaQuan Jeffries (SG/SF): Avg: 0.9pts, 0.3reb, 0.3ast, 3.0 minutes. Last game: 03/27/24. Impact: 0.3

Top Player Props

This article, published more than 6 hours prior to game time, focuses exclusively on Over prop bets due to the propensity for NBA teams to make last-minute injury adjustments. For the most current prop bets, including any updates closer to tip-off, please refer to the link provided below the table.

Recent Trends

• Precious Achiuwa (PF/C): 3 Game Minutes avg jumped 35.1% to 23.0, 17.0 min average previous 3 games.
• Bojan Bogdanovic (SF/PF): 3 Game Minutes avg jumped 31.0% to 16.7, 12.7 min average previous 3 games.
• Alec Burks (PG/SG): 3 Game Minutes avg jumped 46.1% to 16.7, 11.4 min average previous 3 games.
• Luguentz Dort (SF): 3 Game Minutes avg jumped 32.6% to 31.2, 23.5 min average previous 3 games.
• Isaiah Joe (SG/SF): 3 Game Minutes avg jumped 80.9% to 23.9, 13.2 min average previous 3 games.
• Mitchell Robinson (C): 3 Game Minutes avg dropped 43.6% to 16.9, 30.0 min average previous 3 games.
• Aaron Wiggins (SF): 3 Game Minutes avg jumped 81.6% to 23.1, 12.7 min average previous 3 games.
• Jaylin Williams (C): 3 Game Minutes avg jumped 32.0% to 14.1, 10.7 min average previous 3 games.
The Knicks have a 2-game winning streak at home.