It was a happy return to Manhattan for Isaiah Hartenstein, whose Oklahoma City Thunder dismantled the Knicks by a 126-101 final on Friday night at Madison Square Garden. The Western Conference-leading Thunder earned a two-game sweep of the Knicks after previously prevailing in a 117-107 home win last weekend.

Friday night marked Isaiah Hartenstein’s first time back at The Garden since leaving the Knicks this offseason, and the hometown crowd was sure to give him a warm welcome.

As they prepared for Friday night’s meeting at Madison Square Garden, the Knicks could roll the film from their first meeting with Oklahoma City a week ago and pick out corrections to make and maybe even — at least in the case of coach Tom Thibodeau — still steam over a mistaken call that helped the game slip away in the final minutes.

The Oklahoma City Thunder (30-6) take on the New York Knicks (25-13) Friday. Tip-off from Madison Square Garden is set for 7:30 p.m. ET (NBA TV). Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's NBA odds around the Thunder vs.

We've got a matchup of two of the top teams in the league in an interconference contest on Friday's NBA schedule as the New York Knicks will host the Oklahoma City Thunder in a pairing of two of the top-five teams in the NBA by winning percentage.

Karl-Anthony Towns drives to the rim, gets hit across the arm, over the head, or in the back. His teammates and coaches brace for the whistle — after all, by the letter of the NBA rulebook, these are fouls.

While the Knicks may be judged by measuring sticks, wondering if they are as good as they looked in the recent nine-game winning streak or what went wrong on the three-game losing streak that they carried into Madison Square Garden Wednesday night.