Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes NBA historical past, ties Oscar Robertson streak of 20-point video games

Another day, one other 20-point sport for Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who tied Oscar Robertson for the third-longest streak of 20-point video games in NBA historical past with the Thunder’s 137-106 win over the New Orleans Pelicans Sunday night time. The solely remaining title forward of the NBA’s reigning regular-season and finals MVP? Wilt Chamberlain, after all.

In just below a calendar 12 months, Gilgeous-Alexander has gone from being a well-recognized bucket to one of the distinctive scorers ever, largely as a consequence of his knack for reaching his spots on the courtroom and enjoying at his personal tempo. He entered this season with 72 20-point video games in a row, tied with Kevin Durant and Michael Jordan.

As the Thunder’s present main man continues honing his craft, it’s value noting that the 27-year-old is within the early phases of sporting one of the best scoring profile of his profession. According to NBA.com, he entered Sunday taking pictures 75 % within the restricted space and 48.8 % on midrange photographs.

Gilgeous-Alexander may have a possibility to cross Robertson on this checklist on Tuesday, when the Thunder go to the LA Clippers in a matchup Gilgeous-Alexander routinely admits he relishes. In Netflix’s ‘Starting 5’ docu-series, Gilgeous-Alexander admitted that he seems ahead to enjoying towards the group with which he broke into the NBA in 2018, when his draft rights had been traded from the Charlotte Hornets to the Clippers. LA then traded the reigning MVP to Oklahoma City in 2019 in trade for Paul George.

Since then, the Thunder have the NBA’s Tenth-best document, together with a league-best 77.2 win share within the final three seasons. The defending champions are off to a 7-0 begin this season, marking one of the best single-season begin by a reigning champ for the reason that 2015-16 Golden State Warriors began the season 24-0 en path to a league-record 73 wins.