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Giddey joins NBA great with historic performance - CtrlF.XYZ

Giddey joins NBA great with historic performance

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By Damien McCartney and AP

Australian Josh Giddey has go the archetypal NBA subordinate successful much than 50 years to people a triple-double successful each of his archetypal 2 appearances astatine the iconic Madison Square Garden.

In the Oklahoma City Thunder's past sojourn to MSG, Giddey finished with 28 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds in a 127-123 overtime triumph connected Valentines Day.

He did it again successful the aboriginal hours of Monday greeting arsenic the Thunder downed the New York Knicks 145-135.

Giddey had 24 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds for the Thunder, who picked up their 5th consecutive triumph astatine MSG. Giddey joined Wilt Chamberlain (1968) arsenic the lone different subordinate successful NBA past to grounds triple-doubles during their archetypal 2 games astatine the iconic venue.

Post-game, Giddey was humble and thanked his "unselfish" teammates successful getting the win.

"Obviously it starts with our defence, we started a small dilatory connected that extremity and allowed 48 successful the archetypal quarter," helium said.

"When we were bully connected that extremity we got retired and ran successful transition, things unfastened up for everybody. It's a amusive radical of guys to play with, unselfish, truthful bully to get a triumph today."

Elsewhere for the Thunder, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 37 points, Lu Dort 24, and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl 17 arsenic the squad changeable a season-high 62.5 per cent from the tract to apical disconnected a beardown night.

Six Knicks scored successful treble figures, led by Cam Reddish, who had a season-high 26 points. Julius Randle had 25 and Immanuel Quickley chipped successful 24.

RJ Barrett, the Knicks’ second-leading scorer, got into foul occupation and was held to a season-low 4 points connected two-of-10 shooting successful 19 minutes.

The Thunder surpassed their play mean for points (113.4) by scoring 122 points done 3 quarters. Gilgeous-Alexander scored 21 points successful the third, and the Thunder utilized a 17-2 tally to crook a three-point crippled into a rout.

The teams acceptable a torrid gait from the outset, with New York putting up 48 first-quarter points, a play precocious for a azygous quarter. New York, which led by arsenic galore arsenic 13, changeable 64.5 per cent from the tract successful the archetypal 4th and 4 of 7 from 3-point range, with 12 assists connected its 20 made tract goals.

Oklahoma City acceptable a play precocious by scoring 43 points successful the 2nd quarter, past duplicated it successful the third. The Thunder made 74 per cent of their shots successful the 2nd and turned a 12-point shortage into a six-point halftime lead.

The Thunder, who outscored the Knicks by 18 successful the 2nd quarter, scored a season-high 79 first-half points and closed the framework with a 24-12 run.

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