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The Oklahoma City Thunder are the favorites to triumph the NBA title, and their superstar subordinate is simply a crushed why.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won his archetypal NBA MVP Award Wednesday.
The Canadian prima and league's starring scorer posted vocation highs with 32.7 points and 6.4 assists per game, carrying the Thunder to the No. 1 effect successful the West with an NBA-best 68-14 record.
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Oklahoma City Thunder defender Shai Gilgeous-Alexander watches a changeable against Minnesota Timberwolves defender Donte DiVincenzo (0) successful the 4th fourth during Game 1 of the 2025 Western Conference finals astatine Paycom Center. (Alonzo Adams/Imagn Images)
Gilgeous-Alexander finished successful 2nd spot past twelvemonth to Nikola Jokić. The Thunder defeated Jokić's Denver Nuggets successful 7 games successful the 2nd round.
Gilgeous-Alexander was the 11th wide prime by the Charlotte Hornets successful 2018 but was rapidly traded to the Los Angeles Clippers. He lone spent 1 twelvemonth there, though, and was portion of a bundle that sent Paul George to Los Angeles.
Since the trade, Gilgeous-Alexander has been a diamond successful the rough, and helium volition soon beryllium named first-team All-NBA a 3rd consecutive year. He's besides led the NBA successful escaped throws made per crippled the past 2 seasons.
Oklahoma City Thunder defender Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) shoots against the Denver Nuggets successful the 2nd fractional during Game 7 of the 2nd circular of the 2025 NBA Playoffs astatine Paycom Center successful Oklahoma City May 18, 2025. (Alonzo Adams/Imagn Images)
Oklahoma City kicked disconnected the Western Conference finals with a 114-88 triumph implicit the Minnesota Timberwolves, who fell successful the aforesaid circular to the Dallas Mavericks past year. OKC trailed by 4 points astatine the fractional but outscored Minnesota 70-40 successful the 2nd half.
This is the furthest OKC has gotten successful the playoffs since 2016, erstwhile the Thunder blew a 3-1 pb to the 73-9 Golden State Warriors successful the league finals. The Warriors past did the aforesaid to LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Gilgeous-Alexander bushed retired Jokić, who was seeking a 4th MVP successful 5 years. No 1 has won 4 MVPs successful a five-year span since James did it from 2009 to 2013.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) of the Oklahoma City Thunder celebrates during Game 7 of the 2nd circular of the 2025 NBA Playoffs against the Denver Nuggets May 18, 2025, astatine Paycom Center successful Oklahoma City. (Zach Beeker/NBAE via Getty Images)
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Jokić averaged 29.6 points, 12.7 rebounds, and 10.2 assists per game, the archetypal clip helium averaged a triple-double successful a season. And helium became the 3rd subordinate to bash so, joining Oscar Robertson and teammate Russell Westbrook, who has done it 4 times.
Oklahoma City, formerly known arsenic the Seattle SuperSonics, are inactive looking for their archetypal NBA rubric since moving (Seattle won the NBA rubric successful 1979). The Thunder past made the NBA Finals successful 2012, erstwhile they mislaid to James and the Miami Heat.
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