Chet Holmgren seems to be looking a little different these days. ESPN was airing Sunday’s matinee game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Minnesota Timberwolves at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Okla.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 20 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter, to lift the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 116-103 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves at home Sunday.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander needed a scorching fourth quarter to keep his historic points streak alive just three days after setting the new record. Gilgeous-Alexander entered Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves with 127 consecutive games of 20 points or more, having secured the mark by passing Wilt Chamberlain on Thursday.
The Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves, 116-103 Sunday afternoon at Paycom Center. This marks the eighth consecutive Thunder victory.
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It's been over 500 days since Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored less than 20 points in a regular season game, according to NBA's post just hours before Oklahoma City Thunder's battle against the Minnesota Timberwolves Sunday afternoon.
The Oklahoma City Thunder are in a unique position. With one of the NBA's best young cores, OKC has earned the No. 1 seed each of the past two seasons, and has the chance to do so again this year.
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has described his professional NBA years in the brightest of terms – and deservedly so – after he broke a 63-year-old NBA record for the most 20-point games in a row.
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Thursday night in Paycom Center, NBA MVP candidate and Oklahoma City Thunder superstar guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made history, scoring 20 points for the 127th consecutive regular season game, surpassing Wilt Chamberlain's 63-year-old mark.
The light at the end of the tunnel continues to grow brighter for the Thunder. Oklahoma City claimed another win on Thursday night, as it outlasted the Celtics 104-102.
Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander achieved a feat on Thursday that had appeared beyond reach for over 60 years. Gilgeous-Alexander broke Wilt Chamberlain’s 63-year-old NBA record with his 127th consecutive 20-point game in the Thunder’s 104-102 win over the Boston Celtics at Paycom Center.
Warriors, Knicks, Nuggets, and then the Boston Celtics. Each time the Thunder needed him, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander stepped in with a game-winner. It followed a similar theme.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made history in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 104-102 win over the Boston Celtics at Paycom Center on Thursday. Gilgeous-Alexander broke Wilt Chamberlain’s record by recording his 127th 20-point game in a row on the night, and former NBA player Sam Dekker had some high praise for him afterward.
Over the last 127 regular season games that Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has participated in, not only has he logged 20-or-more points in all of them to break Wilt Chamberlain's 63 year record for the most consecutive games of hitting that point total but the Thunder have consistently won.
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This is why basketball is a team sport: the Oklahoma City Thunder have received significant contributions this season from what many may say is an unexpected source, amid their long list of injuries.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander stunned the Denver Nuggets on Monday with a cold step-back 3-pointer in the clutch to give the Oklahoma City Thunder a 129-126 win at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Okla.
The defending champion Thunder will get one of their key reserves back on Monday. Ajay Mitchell will suit up for Oklahoma City’s game against Denver, ESPN’s Tim MacMahon tweets.