OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 54 points in a 123-114 win against the Utah Jazz. Gilgeous-Alexander scored 13 of his 54 points in the game's last six minutes, securing a nine-point win. But he still believes he could have scored more and had a better game.

When MVP frontrunner Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leaves the court, the Oklahoma City Thunder post an offensive rating of 104.2. This is slightly better than the Washington Wizards’ 104.9 offensive rating— which ranks last in the NBA.

Kyrie Irving scored 25 points, Spencer Dinwiddie and P.J. Washington Jr. added 16 apiece and the Dallas Mavericks beat Oklahoma City 106-98 as Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander missed his first game of the season.

Oklahoma City Thunder superstar and potential MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is making light work of the #1 seed in the east

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 40 points and eight assists in three quarters, and the Oklahoma City Thunder rolled past the Cleveland Cavaliers 134-114 in a matchup of teams with the best records in the NBA.

X1oohYD6 -via Twitter @BrandonRahbar / January 16, 2025 Brandon Rahbar: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on whether he was sending a message tonight: “Not at all. Just playing basketball, a game I love. End of the night,

A review from start to finish. That was the impressive performance by the Oklahoma City Thunder, who steamrolled the Cleveland Cavaliers 134-114, leading by more than 40 points and

Hits six threes Friday

In mid-December, Denver’s Nikola Jokic had a healthy lead on Gilgeous-Alexander in ESPN’s MVP straw poll, conducted several times over the course of each season by Tim Bontemps.

The first meeting between these teams was about the Cavaliers offense. The rematch was about the Thunder defense.

The OKC Thunder faced the Dallas Mavericks on Friday at the American Airlines Center without their superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander recorded his 10,000th ... The Thunder started Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams, Isaiah Hartenstein, Luguentz Dort and Cason Wallace for the fifth straight game.