Zach Lowe I don't see a reason why Shai's scoring won't persist in Playoffs To me the difference is OKC don't have to sit thinking what to do when he gets put in the pick and roll Simmons I hate 'not getting enough credit' convos but we haven't totally talked about how great SGA is as a scorer

LeBron on SGA winning MVP One of the most efficient campaigns we've seen Hes very deserving and nobody can say 'How the hell did Shai win again' He does things to a defense that you have to simply account for Hes number 1 and two and three on that scouting report and the head of the snake

Zach Lowe on Sam Presti defending SGA by blaming social media What social media How about the coaches of half the NBA teams Hes trying to make it sound like its just these lunatics on SM and poor Shai has all these people attacking him Its people in the league head coaches on the record

Mark Daigneault on SGA's performance vs Lakers Counting stats can get in the way of recognizing that there is different ways to have heavy impactyou look down and see 18-22 point and it's easy to rush to a conclusion but Impact takes on different faces and his impact was all 4 games

Lowlight Shai Gilgeous-Alexander swarmed by multiple Spurs defenders at end of 3rd forced to give it up to Alex Caruso SGA has 10 points on 3-of-11 shooting and is -18

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander hits the step back 3 over Julian Champagnie to put the Thunder up 18 early in the 2nd halfThe Spurs take a timeout and SGA already has more points than he had in Game 4 19

Jeff Teague Shoutout to JJ Redick People are taking his blueprint on how to stop SGA and applying it He changed the whole way of guarding OKC This might hurt OKC going forward and their whole trajectory of being a dynasty That way of guarding him may have messed up everything