On Tuesday night, the Oklahoma City Thunder played the 76ers in Philadelphia. The Thunder won by a score of 118-102. All-Star guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander fi

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32 points, Jalen Williams had 24 and Cason Wallace pitched in 18 as the Thunder beat the short-handed 76ers on Tuesday.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32 points and Jalen Williams had 24 to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 118-102 win over a Philadelphia 76ers team missing three All-Stars.

Alexander, the NBA’s leading scorer at 31.6 points per game, missed his first game of the season against the Dallas Mavericks with a sore right wrist.

When Oklahoma City Thunder guard Isaiah Joe went through a brief slump, All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander knew the turnaround was inevitable. Gilgeous-Alexander said Joe was ‘too good’ to stay in a slump for long after scoring a season-high 31 points in a 126-101 victory against the New York Knicks.

Alexander's greatest weapons has become his opponent’s favorite tool. SGA, averaging 31.4 points after Sunday’s blowout win in Washington, was a fourth quarter away from maintaining his brief hold of the league’s scoring crown over Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo.

The first meeting between these teams was about the Cavaliers offense. The rematch was about the Thunder defense.

The Sixers trailed by 21 points after the first 9:30 of “action,” by 16 after one quarter and watched the Thunder hit 13 of their first 15 shots from the field. A very MVP-like 32 points from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and 24 from Jaylin Williams eventually asserted the Thunder’s obvious superiority.

In this weeks edition, Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finally flipped the results ... York Knicks in the historic Garden and games against Washington and Philadelphia before looking for revenge against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a game-high 40 points with eight assists, while Luguentz Dort shot 6-for-9 on 3-pointers en route to 22 points. Jalen Williams added 19 points with six rebounds, five assists, three steals and two blocks.

In a recent interview, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander discusses his chances of winning the MVP award in the 2024-25 NBA season