Tag: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
The NBA will unveil this season’s MVP award on Wednesday night, and the odds-on favorite is Oklahoma City Thunder star guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Denver’s Nikola Jokic and Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo round out the top-3 candidates. If either Jokic or Antetokounmpo win, it would be the seventh consecutive time that a player born outside of the […]
The Oklahoma City Thunder will face off against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Western Conference Finals. It was a bit of a slog for the Thunder, having to throw the kitchen sink at the Denver Nuggets to take them down in seven games. Minnesota benefited from Stephen Curry going down with a hamstring injury but […]
The Oklahoma City Thunder have advanced to the West Finals after crushing the Denver Nuggets 125-93 in Game 7 of the second round. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 35 points and Jalen Williams supported him with 24, but it was the Thunder bench that was hugely influential in the win. Oklahoma City started the game looking nervous […]
Jamal Murray admirably battled an illness to score 25 points and play 42 minutes in the Denver Nuggets’ 119-107 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. The 28 year old was listed as questionable to play before the game and was seen visibly struggling on the bench whenever he got an opportunity to sit. When asked […]
The Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Denver Nuggets 112-105 in an instant playoff classic to win Game 5 and take a 3-2 series lead. This game had everything. The two leading MVP candidates going toe-to-toe, unbelievable shot making, an incredible fightback, a crowd losing its collective mind, and big time stakes. Regardless of whether the […]
This statement could prove far too reactive, but Monday night felt like the dawn of a new era in the NBA. Three teams made significant, franchise-altering jumps in the NBA Draft Lottery, teams with ample All-Stars and Hall of Famers among them. It reminded the next five teams racing to the bottom, season after season, […]
The league-best 68-14 Oklahoma City Thunder find themselves in a pickle against the Denver Nuggets and head coach Mark Daigneault’s blunders in the clutch are among the reasons they’re in this position. Now trailing 2-1 in the series after a tense, 113-104 overtime loss in Game 3, the Thunder are forced to play with some […]
The Oklahoma City Thunder have been biding their time and now finally know it will be the Denver Nuggets they face in the Western Conference Semifinals. The Thunder swept the Memphis Grizzlies aside while the Denver Nuggets needed seven games to dispatch the Los Angeles Clippers. The age old rust vs. rest debate will certainly […]
The NBA has announced its finalists for end-of-season awards such as MVP (Most Valuable Player) and DPOY (Defensive Player Of The Year), among others. Each finalist was confirmed on TNT’s Inside The NBA and announced by each of Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley, and Shaquille O’Neal. There was a hilarious moment when Barkley pronounced […]
The 68-14 Oklahoma City Thunder will take on the 48-34 Memphis Grizzlies in the first round of the playoffs. Having marched to the best record in the league, the Thunder will see the first round as an opportunity to set the tone against a Memphis Grizzlies that has squeaked in through the backdoor. Memphis has […]
