With victory over the Knicks at the last moment, Thunder advances to the playoffs

Last Sunday night (31), the New York Knicks and the Oklahoma City Thunder faced each other in New York, at Madison Square Garden. The home team was defeated 113 to 112, where the Oklahoma team turned the match around at the last second. With the result, the Thunder join another team from the Western Conference, also already classified, the Denver Nuggets.

After three seasons of absence, the Thunder returns to the court for the postseason, leading the West side of the league.

Game moments

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was the name of the winning basket. The Thunder player was responsible for the comeback in the last second of the game, adding, in the end, 19 points with three assists and two rebounds. Check the player's move:

SHAI GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER

TURN THE GAME TO THUNDER WITH 1 SECOND LEFT

UNBELIEVABLE!!!!

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_{Last move of the match, scored by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Video: reproduction/X/@NBAdabad)}

The game was quite busy, with both teams changing their position in the lead until the last second, and ended with the possession of one of the Knicks players, point guard Jalen Brunson, who tried to turn the game around and was unsuccessful. Brunson scored 30 points, second only to the game's top scorer, Thunder player Jalen Williams, who scored 33 points, the second highest score of his career.

_{Jalen Williams, the game's top scorer, scoring a basket (Photo: reproduction/Instagram/@okcthunder)}

The Knicks and Thunder in the NBA table

After the result of the last game, the Thunder find themselves in the lead in the Western Conference, with 52 victories. Their next opponent will be the Philadelphia 76ers, on Tuesday (02), at 8:30 pm Brasília time, at the Wells Fargo Center. The Knicks, who are in fourth place in the table with 44 wins, will play against the Miami Heat, at the same time and date, at the Kaseya Center.

Featured photo: Shai Gilgeus-Alexander, player responsible for the winning point, scoring a basket (reproduction/X/@okcthunder)