Through three quarters of Sunday's game between the New York Knicks and Oklahoma City Thunder, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander struggled with his shot.

When it mattered most, however, the reigning league MVP delivered.

Gilgeous-Alexander scored 10 of his team-high 30 points in the final 5:12 as the Thunder pulled away to beat the Knicks 111-100 in a potential NBA Finals matchup.

After going only 5 of 15 on shooting through three periods, Gilgeous-Alexander made all three of his attempts from the floor in the fourth to lead Oklahoma City (59-16) to its 14th win in 15 games.

He scored seven straight points as part of a 10-0 run for the Thunder over a three-minute stretch after Jalen Brunson converted a layup to pull the Knicks within 97-95 of Oklahoma City with 4:47 to play.

 

SGA COMES THROUGH IN THE CLUTCH!

10 PTS (3-3 FGM) in the final 5 minutes

OKC improves to 14-1 in their last 15 games pic.twitter.com/Zm86wefSXf

— NBA (@NBA) March 30, 2026

Although Gilgeous-Alexander had an off-night shooting from the floor, he was accurate with his free throws, converting 13 of 16 from the foul line to help the Thunder move closer to securing the Western Conference's top seed. They lead the second-place San Antonio Spurs by 2 1/2 games with seven games to play.

Jalen Williams chipped in 22 points on 7-of-11 shooting for the Thunder, and Chet Holmgren contributed 16 points and nine rebounds.

Brunson led all scorers with 32 points, and Karl-Anthony Towns added 15 points and 18 rebounds as New York (48-27) lost its second straight following a seven-game winning streak.

The Knicks are in third place in the East, 2 1/2 games behind the Boston Celtics.

 

Big third quarter helps Nuggets rally by Warriors for sixth straight win

It was a tale of two halves for the Denver Nuggets against the Golden State Warriors.

Nikola Jokić finished with 25 points and 15 rebounds and the Nuggets shook off a slow start for a 116-93 victory over the Warriors to extend their winning streak to six games.

Denver (48-26) trailed by as much as 13 points in the first half and went into the locker room down 53-46 after two periods before nearly matching its first-half scoring output in the third period, outscoring Golden State 40-21.

After going 6 of 16 on 3-pointers in the first half, the Nuggets made 8 of 14 shots from 3-point range in the third quarter and closed the period on a 19-5 run to turn a two-point deficit into an 86-74 advantage.

Jokić made four 3-pointers and fell two assists shy of a fifth straight triple-double, while Jamal Murry finished with 20 points, seven assists and six rebounds as Denver moved within a game of the Los Angeles Lakers for third place in the West.

 

An all-around performance from Jokić!

25 PTS
15 REB
8 AST
4 3PM

Nuggets win their 6th in a row pic.twitter.com/eI1SDB5FAY

— NBA (@NBA) March 30, 2026

In a scary moment in the fourth quarter, Murray collided with teammate Jonas Valanciunas and appeared to hurt his neck. He exited the game a little while later didn't return, though the Nuggets were in control and his presence wasn't needed with a victory all but certain.

Kristaps Porziņģis and Brandin Podziemski each scored 23 for the Warriors (36-39), with Porziņģis draining all five of his 3-point attempts and Podziemski going 5 of 8 from beyond the arc as 10th-place Golden State lost for the first time in four games. 

 

Raptors ride 31-0 run to rout slumping Magic

Just over midway through the first quarter of the Orlando-Toronto game, Paolo Banchero's close-range jumper gave the Magic a six-point lead.

The next time the Magic scored, they found themselves trailing by 23 points.

Fuelled by an historic 31-0 run, the Raptors cruised to an emphatic 139-87 victory over slumping Orlando.

Toronto's scoring run – the largest of the play-by-play era (1997-98) – turned a 20-14 deficit into a 45-20 advantage on Jakob Poeltl's layup with 10:06 to play in the second quarter.

 

TORONTO JUST WENT ON A 31-0 RUN!

It's the LARGEST unanswered run in the PxP era (1997-98) pic.twitter.com/VQGgEaNdQO

— NBA (@NBA) March 29, 2026

The Raptors (42-32) shot 57.4 per cent from the field and 44.8 per cent on 3-pointers and had eight players reach double figures in scoring, led by RJ Barrett's 24 points.

Scottie Barnes added 23 points and a career-high 15 assists for his fourth straight game with double-digit assists after having five such games in his first 68 contests.

Toronto won for the third time in four games to move one-half game ahead of the Atlanta Hawks for fifth place in the East.

The scuffling Magic (39-35), meanwhile, finished with their lowest point total of the season in losing for the seventh time in eight games. They are now 2 1/2 games behind the Southeast Division-leading Hawks.

Desmond Bane led Orlando with 17 points while Banchero finished with nine points on 3-of-14 shooting after averaging 35 points on 50 per cent shooting in his previous three contests.