For the primary time since transferring 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 workforce all season and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was firmly the league’s greatest participant. In a back-and-forth Finals that featured slightly little bit of all the pieces, OKC leaned into its protection to assert Sport 7.
For the Pacers, an unbelievable season got here to a bitter finish as star level guard Tyrese Haliburton left with an Achilles harm within the first quarter and the workforce narrowly missed out on the franchise’s first NBA title.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander writes his identify within the historical past books
SGA grew to become simply the ninth participant 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 collection 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 one of the best on this planet proper now.
