Indiana Pacers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder NBA Finals Game 5
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander became the NBA's Most Valuable Player primarily by being a dominant scorer. In Game 5 of the NBA Finals, he showed he’s pretty good as a more traditional point guard, too.
Thunder’s Jalen Williams and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander enter NBA Finals lore with Game 5 scoring spree
Jerry West and Elgin Baylor did it often. Kyrie Irving and LeBron James did it a couple of times. And now, Jalen Williams and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander have entered NBA lore.
An Oklahoma City Thunder legend had a three-word reaction to a historic statistic regarding Chet Holmgren during the NBA Finals.
During its 111-104 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Friday in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, Oklahoma City became the highest-scoring team in league history, eclipsing a record the Golden State Warriors held for six years.
So transfixed by not only the team, but also the city, Anderson’s magazine story was the precursor to “Boom Town” — Anderson’s book, published in 2018, that intertwines the rise of Oklahoma City with Thunder basketball. “Boom Town” is equal parts historical and hysterical in telling the story of Oklahoma City.
No team in NBA history has scored more points in a season than the Thunder. That gave the Thunder 12,162 for the season, breaking the mark of 12,161 scored by the Golden State Warriors in 104 games during the 2018-19 season.