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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was a cardinal subordinate the Oklahoma City Thunder received erstwhile the enactment traded Paul George to the Los Angeles Clippers earlier the 2019-20 season.
The Thunder weren’t precise bully to commencement the caller epoch with Gilgeous-Alexander starring the way, but erstwhile the squad saw Lu Dort, Jalen Williams and yet Chet Holmgren play unneurotic and enactment steadfast together, it turned retired to beryllium a implicit game-changer.
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Oklahoma City Thunder defender Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) shoots against Indiana Pacers halfway Myles Turner (33) during the archetypal fractional of Game 7 of the NBA Finals hoops bid Sunday, June 22, 2025, successful Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Kyle Phillips)
It culminated successful the Thunder’s Game 7 triumph implicit the Indiana Pacers connected Sunday night. Gilgeous-Alexander, already the regular-season MVP and the Western Conference Finals MVP, scored 29 points and dished retired 12 assists successful the 103-91 victory.
With his clutch performance, Gilgeous-Alexander was fixed the Bill Russell MVP trophy recognizing him arsenic the NBA Finals MVP. He had 38 points successful a Game 1 nonaccomplishment and followed it up successful Game 2 erstwhile Oklahoma City needed to necktie the series. He scored 31 points successful Game 5 to propulsion Indiana to the brink.
He raised the trophy successful beforehand implicit an overjoyed assemblage successful Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma City Thunder defender Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, left, shoots against Indiana Pacers defender Andrew Nembhard during the 2nd fractional of Game 7 of the NBA Finals hoops bid Sunday, June 22, 2025, successful Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Nate Billings)
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"This isn’t conscionable a triumph for me. This is simply a triumph for my family. This is simply a triumph for my friends. This is simply a triumph for everybody that was successful my country increasing up. This is simply a triumph for the fans – the champion fans successful the world," helium told ESPN’s Lisa Salters aft receiving the Finals MVP.
The NBA Finals MVP puts a headdress connected a phenomenal play for Gilgeous-Alexander.
He led the NBA with 32.7 points per crippled connected the mode to winning the archetypal NBA MVP of his career. It was the 3rd consecutive play helium was an All-Star.
Oklahoma City Thunder defender Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) moves the shot up tribunal against the Indiana Pacers during the 2nd fractional of Game 6 of the NBA Finals hoops series, Thursday, June 19, 2025, successful Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
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Oklahoma City finished with a 68-14 grounds – the champion successful the NBA. It’s the archetypal rubric since the squad moved from Seattle to Oklahoma City. The SuperSonics won an NBA rubric successful 1979.
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