The Golden State Warriors withstand 52 points from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to beat Western Conference leaders Oklahoma Thunder 116-109.

Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander reacts to being voted into being a starter in the 2025 NBA All-Star Game

If anyone is set up to match that type of run from this generation, it’s SGA. As the Thunder blasted the Cavs on Thursday night, Gilgeous-Alexander feels like he’s finally the definitive front-runner to win MVP this season. The Thunder sure feel like the definitive favorite to win the NBA championship this year, too.

The Thunder handed the Cavaliers their worst loss of the season to leave the two conference leaders each with 34-6 records.

The Thunder might be tempted to add another star to their core before the Feb. 6 NBA trade deadline, but they'd be better off building around their current Big Three.

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.

ESPN NBA expert and former OKC Thunder center has extremely high expectations and praise for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

Earlier today on the show 'NBA on ESPN', former NBA champion with the Boston Celtics and current ESPN NBA expert, Kendrick Perkins, gave his take on the type of level Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has ...

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 'not satisfied' with 52 points in Oklahoma City Thunder's loss to the Golden State Warriors.

There is no doubt the Oklahoma City Thunder are living up to the preseason hype. As most projected the Thunder to win the Western Conference and a few were bold

The narratives around the Oklahoma City Thunder this season has predominantly fallen back on the play of MVP candidate, and the league's leading scorer, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Needless to say, that's fair in many respects.