Shai Gilgeous-Alexander revealed he spent the whole day thinking about OKC\u2019s postseason elimination from Dallas in the past spring and then singlehandedly outscored Mavs\u2019 star duo.<\/p>\n
Shai\u2019s 39-point match resulted in a OKC\u2019s 118-104 victory against the Dallas Mavericks<\/a><\/a><\/a> in an NBA Cup \u00bc final \u2013 securing his team\u2019s ticket to Las Vegas, where they will face today\u2019s Warriors \u2013 Rockets winner in a \u00bd final at the beginning of the weekend \u2013 was the kind of performance that rightfully will have people put him in the MVP conversations.<\/p>\n But the Oklahoma City superstar praised some of his teammates – Luguentz Dort and Cason Wallace – for him to be able to score more than Luka Doncic<\/a><\/a><\/a> and Kyrie Irving<\/a><\/a><\/a> combined. The Mavs duo finished the game with 33 points.<\/p>\n “What a phenomenal performance by Lu and Cason,” Gilgeous-Alexander revealed. \u201cIt is harder what they did in defense against Doncic and Irving than for me to score almost 40 points. We controlled the match because of the way they played against the Mavs superstars. Shutting down Luka and Kyrie is very rare.\u201d<\/p>\n "Going to crash the glass offensively, boxing out, diving on loose balls…"<\/p>\n SGA and OKC put a premium on the little things tonight to help punch their ticket to the #EmiratesNBACup<\/a> Semifinals \ud83c\udfc6 pic.twitter.com\/kHqlQIvF5k<\/a><\/p>\n — NBA (@NBA) December 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n