For the primary time since shifting to Oklahoma Metropolis, the Thunder are NBA champions after defeating the Indiana Pacers in Sport 7, 103-91, on Sunday evening.
OKC was the NBA’s greatest crew all season and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was firmly the league’s greatest participant. In a back-and-forth Finals that featured a little bit little bit of all the things, OKC leaned into its protection to say Sport 7.
For the Pacers, an unimaginable season got here to a bitter finish as star level guard Tyrese Haliburton left with an Achilles harm within the first quarter and the crew narrowly missed out on the franchise’s first NBA title.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander writes his title within the historical past books
SGA became just the ninth player all-time to win the league MVP, Finals MVP and the Finals in the identical season. He capped his stellar season with a double-double of 29 factors and 12 assists, whereas committing only one turnover.
Gilgeous-Alexander was hounded by Andrew Nembhard all through the sequence and, whereas he struggled at occasions, nonetheless stuffed the stat sheet to the tune of 30.2 factors, 4.5 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1.8 steals.
There’s little debate left: SGA is the perfect on the planet proper now.
