The Knicks offense can be as scary as it gets. Anyone can get you at any time. At halftime, every starter except Towns had double-digit points, and he went into the locker room with 8 points and 13 rebounds. Nothing to sneeze at.

Heading into Friday’s matchup with the Oklahoma City Thunder, the New York Knicks put together a nine-game winning streak, eclipsed only by the Thunder’s own 13-game streak.

The first of two anticipated battles between the New York Knicks and Oklahoma City Thunder lived up to the hype, albeit in the latter's favor.

Towns has been dealing with a knee injury suffered during the team's weekend stretch of losses to the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Chicago Bulls. It caused him to miss Monday's 104-93 loss to the Orlando Magic. Even if he tried his best to return to action at home.

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The Oklahoma City Thunder are riding a 13 game winning streak - the longest in franchise history - and will face its toughest test to date against the New York

As high as those expectations were, the Thunder has shattered them thus far. At 30-5 and riding a 15-game winning streak, OKC is once again at the top of the West with a 6.5-game

During his time suiting up for OKC, Mohammed wore jersey Nos. 8 and 13 and put up 3.7 points and 3.2 rebounds per game.

Oklahoma City head coach Mark Daigneault has faith in his team after ending the New York Knicks' nine-game winning streak on Friday and defeating the reigning NBA champion Boston Celtics two nights later. "More pressure, more grit, more intensity," Daigneault said. "We've got a level we can play at that can really be good (on defense)."