Shai Gilgeous-Alexander stats: How the OKC Thunder star grabbed NBA Finals MVP

Gilgeous-Alexander put up insane stats over seven video games within the NBA Finals towards the Indiana Pacers and received all the things he might within the course of.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a median of 30.3 factors per sport within the NBA Finals, topping it up with 4.6 rebounds per sport and 5.6  assists per sport. Defensively, he had 1.9 steals per sport and 1.6 blocks per sport.

In Game 7, he scored 29 factors and handed out 12 assists, and the Thunder’s swarming defence lastly proved an excessive amount of for a Pacers crew that misplaced talisman Tyrese Haliburton to a leg harm simply seven minutes into the competition.

OKC  beat the Indiana Pacers 103-91 in sport seven of the NBA Finals.

The underdog Pacers hung robust and held a 48-47 lead at halftime, however the Thunder out-scored them 34-20 within the third quarter and pushed the result in as many as 22 factors within the fourth.

“It does not really feel actual, so many hours, so many moments, so many feelings, so many nights of disbelief. It’s loopy to know that we’re all right here,” Shai Gilgeous-Alexander stated, his voice breaking.

“But this group worked for it, this group put in the hours, and we deserved this,” he added.

The Thunder are the ninth franchise to win a title in NBA Commissioner Adam Silver’s 12 seasons main the league. His predecessor, David Stern, noticed eight franchises win titles in his 30 seasons as commissioner.

With the NBA Finals MVP win, SGA joins an elite listing of gamers who’ve received each the season and Finals MVP in the identical season. The listing comprises legends of the sport like LeBron James, Michael Jordan, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, amongst others.