Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Named Western Conference Player of the Month | Top Plays | OKC Thunder

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Named Western Conference Player of the Month | Top Plays | OKC Thunder

Curry great three-point shooter pulls up inside that one’s in and out no good Shay On The Run he’ll pull up straight away knocked down another one as a thunder letting them fly here in the first half well you know they got the game open now givs up

A little bit of size but certainly nothing when it comes to aggression and knowledge SJ wants to step back three there’s another one for OKC 12 first half threes now on the mismatch here with Lively pulls up right at the nails got two more boy SJ all of a sudden has

Found his shot here and they let it go for a while too let’s keep this going for a while until Josh CH chopped down on it get from the outside after thoroughly handling Dallas SGA pulls up he’s got two more I got two words Smooth Operator just smooth man

And we welcome you back to Dallas first possession for OKC and it’s a SGA drive and Dish right over to Josh giddy just to make life difficult and aggravate doic who just had his fif turnover of the game Curry had it blocked from behind SGA using that long arm you can tell

He’s trying to get to his offense 29 for donic SGA slithers inside how about that he took a lot of contact at some point in time the offici got to start blowing the whist doic will be the man to get it in oh and SGA stole the

Inbounds pass right on Jones stops on a dime man scores what a turnover what a play from SGA enters psky the rookie got around kase Wallace momentarily but there’s another steal as Wallace was able to recover with the quick hand G pulls up right over Joseph in transition he

Brought the ball down and the tap out to Modi but Shay’s able to take it away with his reach and Shay just Powers right past pky and SJ back out on the floor mismatch here with curry defending SGA can shoot over the top spins on the Baseline got to the

Spot and that’s almost automatic for SGA some BS here in the second Quarter Shay that’s going to be an one this time he victimizes Moses Moody on the drive and finish as You’ seen Curry Thompson Moody and Shay’s been able to have his way as you seen over the last couple of minutes Shay keeping that dribble alive spins right into the scope what a move

SGA kept that pivot foot down beautiful finish all right thank you Paris certainly opportunities particularly in that 37p point second quarter part of that was SJ who got it going he had at 15 points at the half getting this time Curry spins away Jaylen Williams and SGA came over and

Just wiped it away incredible block here come the thunder on the other end it’s giddy open spotted up for the three he catches it as we come up on three minutes Shay doing his best to try to sell the contact bounces off still gets it to go Personnel to the offensive

Glass they’re trying to get back on Def SJ boy cuts right through that Moyer’s defense has himself another layup doing a good job with poking holes in the defense of the Warriors right now nobody can defend SGA and it continues continue to build over the course of the 82 game

Stretch Curry back in Frost it SDA just took it right from him SGA is going to take it at s it’s lay it up and in he h with him the whole time that’s that’s tough to do Jordan Clon is a clever score Shay’s going to stop on a dive

It’s time he goes glass you don’t play their record you play to their strengths so what are their strengths we’ve heard Nick and Paris talk about it they rebound the basketball they they they’re one of those teams that that uh will punish you on the second chance Point well we should explain

Why well go ahead partner well because the championship game is going to be the 83rd game for the two participants as that is about as sweet of a stroke as you we’re going to see SGA SGA guarded by dun good defensive player kcks it out open main J knocks it down from the

Sideline just in front of the Utah bench and said look okay if you’re going to give me that much space then I’m going to take the shot there’s another Steel lexier full stride all the way down the floor he’s going to lay it up and in

With the left hand and that’s five quick points for the Thunder well they’re doing a great job of moving the basketball you brought up the assist numbers Thunder already sitting as the Thunder got time here 3.2 seconds I that goes pretty quickly oh Shay got around the defense fires it Cross Court Isaiah

Joe trying to Pi theer and the officials are going to say that it counts he consistently goes left as much as Jay dub and finishes as a right-hander yeah and not in today’s NBA Shay just does a Go Go Gadget move he’s got 17 and Shay just doing what Shay

Does he’s got some offense back there too oh you look at Jaylen Williams he’s just 22 Jed HR 21 SGA 25 takes it the other end that’ll be an easy capitalization off another Utah turnover grabbing the rebound starting the break now he’s got it to try to finish

It off from three and does boy what a pretty play all around wait a minute did he start the break and once again it’s Chad hren I driving the rebound but getting up the floor taking it himself Shay down downhill little ball fake sets them B on it and sj’s got an

Easy two you know when he stops pick up that dribble man miss by Horton Tucker sometimes his points are loud and sometimes they’re just quiet and this guy here Sacramento team that was the number one offense in the NBA last year Fox turned it over now wga putting his head

Down trying to beat Sacramento down the floor and does a lot of fouls occur around the basket and thunder love to drive the basketball can take advantage SJ wants the step back three over Barnes and knocks it down he got the step back [Applause] three Jaye getting

Downhill outside it’s Jaye and Jaye from the outside so now there’s 7.3 seconds to close out this first quarter and what has been an intense first quarter double team on Shay caught it in stride goes right to the cup SGA scores with 3.2 two seconds the free throw line has been

Such a friend Fox got stripped on the way up good defense by Dort Sacramento getting back on defense it was a two on three Shay once again drives in hard and the finger roll is good the ball in the hands of Jaylen Williams bringing it up the floor now

It’s SGA fires it over to Giddy already made one three looking for his second three and all of a sudden Josh giddy Catching Fire here in the third quarter he got a little Demar to R rozen in him when it comes to the shot fakes SGA getting rugged down low little

Hesitation and that sprung him free with all that great three-point shooting setting a rookie record for threes in a season Sacramento has gone back on top easy foul is SGA the lollipop layup plus the foul after it look at this there’s the initial foul and gets hammered right

Here that’s not the foul and the tap out by L dor will give him an extra 14 Shay works his way inside went right at Gordon and we got a first points of the game and what was a a healthy Denver Victory it was Porter had four early

Threes as hren uses his skill coming from pton Watson the seconde player out of UCLA sh sees the double finds the open man it’s Isaiah Joe how about that pass and vision he he draws a lot of attention as he did in that first half and the Thunder had all those free throws

One Canadian defending another SGA on Murray nice poke away and he misses one of those favorite shots that doesn’t look like it’s going to go in Shay stops pulls up that time he got it to go and he’s got 12 points Shay hard driv he’s going to get the roll plus the

Foul giddy trying to play catch up on Watson and a strip by SGA Thunder have numbers on man Rush up ahead Wallace Wallace is going to lay it up and a your offense has come alive here in the second half stripping that ball just moments ago creating this fast break

Opportunity Chad H he had to throw it up so high off the glass it didn’t even touch the rim nice for Shay Shay gets inside dumps it down Jaylen Williams with another Hammer Jam Mark dnal not using a timeout SGA probing piercing spinning hanging for the lead and SJ knocks it

Down with just under a second to go getting in there Shay picking it up and Shay says I got this folks I’ve been here before and yes I have oh you see the Elation on the bench rightfully so and what has just been a second half

Battle for the Thunder and Shay got his spot that turnar around he had the go-ahead shot and his 25 to 30 points a night and he’s spilled in admir and taking on that extra low did we say shay likes the left side we can’t forget about the right

Side so the Thunder lead back up to eight points there’s another steal KAS Wallace is going to ship it up SGA nobody going to slow him down he’s got the two really struggling from Deep after that blistering start Shay wants the three and got the three on the step back

Give me my a that’s all I want that’s the important part right hey we’re just making sure Paris is off the hook here oh my got and now from the outside showing a little bit of everything that sweaty Palms lock number seven on the night it ties bakas OKC record for both

Blocks in two games Shay just GLW Jared Jackson Jr to the floor defense has been dominant the blocks immense and the Thunder offense doing the [Applause] rest Thunder played really well against Memphis as once again two Lo just hang around the restricted area had no interest whatsoever in defending that

Shot Ling out the challenge tonight against this LA Clippers team that is undefeated in the month of December not up to a slow start initially on the acquisition of James hard and there’s a nice move on the drive from SGA finishing it off coming a n game winnings

Too Jay nice hesitation plus the ball fake got all those Clippers up in the air as har makes his move the physicality they try to get the foul call didn’t get it there’s SGA with a block third effort by Harden and finally it’s blocked and that’s really cool stuff two Global

Stars becoming good friends and right out on the timeout isah Joe once again rips the cords from three good news to see Jaylen Williams has returned after turning that ankle early in this quarter they miss a ton of time SGA has been quiet offensively not that time on that

Beautiful turnaround rainbow shot that he got up over coffee a solid ball movement disc continues to pay dividend and that one turnover by Tyson Harden two on one SGA blows right by him easy flush and transition went down on him nice little strip there by Jay dub take a look at This fires it cross court but there is SGA saving The Possession leads up to kenri Williams and SGA perfectly in the right place as a thunder almost turned it over now for the rebound you see the volleyball tip and it ends up in the hands of Wiggins Shay once again this time he

Squeezes his way right to the cup really get a whole lot of Leverage off that scoreboard that deficit still sitting at 17 oh Shay just punched it away from TY now he’s got the step and Ty maintain the lead pretty much throughout this game Shay add another steel to his League leading Steels

Total almost like a kid getting it taken away on Christmas morning was that naughty or that was nice okay just nice solid move inside SGA spinning right into it and then goes glass as reddish hit the deck the bulk of the scoring for La comes from obviously the big two in

Davis and LeBron but Reeds has been the guy to help out and SJ fighting through all kinds of entanglement he’s passed to his teammates a couple of times this time recognized the contact right there by Reeves and just hoist his Up that’s G 50y move pulls up in the elbow h g boy the Brilliance continues from him that was a team looking to continue that N9 game winning Jay ships out open man there’s that high aring three from Isaiah Joe dord so good defensively right there all

Over Edwards forces the Miss on the turnaround it’s a two-on one Shay’s going to give it up there it’s j and the Thunder have themselves another dun Shay gets that screen and beats the defensive player it’s McDaniels plus the foul he was patient and then decided to

Hit the accelerator well last time the two teams made they made him work for his points and and no different here little Shadow screen that time by L Dort so you’ll take that airball that’s what I’m saying didn’t airball it on November 28th nice drive SGA had the

Step go couldn’t block it and Shay got to the rim for the score at the Target Center last time these two teams SP Jay spinning away from McDaniels open man wide open it door Catch Fire three he’s got himself another one surveys that Minnesota defense does not want to drive on

Go found the Baseline got inside and once again Shay throttles up turn a a shooter Big Time score and Carl Anthony towns into a pass pass Jay spins into that mid-range shot there it is again just beautifully done and the efficiency continues with those 28 assists we’ll

Talk about that in a moment right now this is just with McDaniels on SGA the Miss to right here with r go be oh s kept the pivot foot down and the Brilliance of SGA [Applause] continues love this look at this little Up and Under after you pick up you

Dribble not be deceived by the size he can get anywhere that he wants on the floor Shay first shot of the game but he works his way inside so tough to slow down and isaah Joe comes off the bench D Brunson just playing some heavy minutes and how about s once again going

Right through the scam of that New York defense is 29% Shay’s got the advantage here demon chenzo once again the quick Spin and nobody there to slow WJ down at The Rim how about this he’s just filling out what you know what is RJ barer going to

Do are you going to come double me you’re not going to double me he spins away from it and gets another easy two at The Rim so almost impossible to stop it if you’re going one-onone even chenzo Shay trying to pierce that Nicks defense got it right back from kase Wallace now it’s

Wiggins just into the game and a in to Wiggins Wiggins passed up to three instead it’s nice no look pass inside gave it right back to him boy a late Christmas gift to allow that guy to get time to get that shot Off Shay watchs the step back three that one’s going to rattle in we talked about mid-range Shooters last night he’s a great mid-range shooter with SGA that one pops up in there right off the front of the rim SGA is going to get a chance for an oldfashioned three-point

Play and guess what folks he’s not afraid to work for it either got him up in the air you know this this is a professional score look you come down in this Landing space come on man how did he get to that shot in time Shay on the step back Nails another

Three and Shay said thank you very much for doing that chat on the other end so the Thunder defense been very good here in the first half will Jay will thought about the three gave it back to SGA stops on the dive turns around what a shot from

SGA yic backing him down and the deflection again this time it’s dorton back to- back plays four on two SGA will put it down off the pass from SGA Isaiah Joe that that time a little wide right no Murray no joic in the game you want to close out this third quarter the

Way to that you’ve been playing the hit ahead SGA too much size is going to put it down for the dunk the nuggets have only lost two games at home all season one to the Houston Rockets early in the year and back on December 16th to the

Thunder and they’re going to give them their third loss Spencer dwy never afraid to shoot from the outside he’s going to score his entire career what a move SGA slipped inside and then flicked it up with the left hand reminds me of an old Detroit Piston player Vinny

Microwave instant bucket and there’s an instant bucket on the other end SGA once again on the dive from Jaylen Williams 68% shooting 13 for 19 and it’s still just an eight-point game Chase spins in and make it a six-point game down as far as he can Smith once again defending Shay BS

His way right to the rim that is a mismatch d w oh little scoop shot he tried to go high off the window that’s good defense by the Thunder also Shay to an open shooter Isaiah Joe that three is good Flaxton left hand no good and it

Pops over to gidy up ahead SGA two on one gives it up jayob is able to put it [Applause] down getting out on the fast break that is a really hard shot get goes behind back it’s another three onone SGA had the step on finny Smith and the lead grows up to double

Digits J dub bins the rim that’s not been in the rim but that’s have not given up a whole lot of points off turnover Brooklyn does not turn it over they are a secure basketball team SGA wants the step back three and got the step back three that’s going to be three

Points off that turn over as K Wallace just blocked another jump shooter that’s tough to do Shay goes left pulls up on the Baseline that’s one of his sweet spots

Watch highlights from December 2 – December 31 where Shai appeared in 13 games (all starts) and averaged 31.9 points on 55.3 percent shooting from the field to go along with 6.6 assists, 5.4 rebounds, and a league-leading 3.08 steals in 35.2 minutes per game, as Oklahoma City went 10-3 in December.

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