Shai Gilgeous-Alexander played like an MVP when he needed to with 25 points, six rebounds, six assists and two steals, while Cason Wallace, Aaron Wiggins and Alex Caruso provided important sparks off the bench. In fact, SGA was the only Thunder starter to score more than 10, but they still had enough in large part because of their defensive effort.

On Friday evening, the Denver Nuggets are playing the Oklahoma City Thunder (at home) for Game 3 of their second-round playoff series. Nikola Jokic had 12 poin

Jokic's performance placed him alongside Jayson Tatum in an unfortunate statistical category: only three players in NBA playoff history have recorded at least 15 rebounds and missed 10 or more three-pointers in a single game—the third player being Paul George in 2017.