Shai Gilgeous-Alexander advanced to his first career NBA Finals with a Game 5 win on Wednesday night.
It’s been a fantastic season for the Thunder guard, who has a chance to win his first title in the same season he won his first MVP.
Accomplishing a feat such as that would put his name alongside some of the greats, though he has already put his name next to four other greats with this one stat in his 24-25 NBA MVP campaign.
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What impressive stat has SGA had in 24-25?
Shai has been the leading scorer on the contending Thunder as well as one of the best defensive guards in the league.
He does a little bit of everything well, but his scoring has been the most noticeable part of his game.
In this season, regular season and playoffs combined, SGA has had 60 30+ point games.
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This had only been done by four other players in their MVP season: Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain and Bob McAdoo.
Shai scored 30+ points in 49/76 games in the regular season (64.5% of games).
In the postseason this year, he’s scored 30+ points in 11/16 games (68.8% of games).
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Overall, that’s a 30+ point game in 60/92 games (65.2% of regular season/playoff games).
What Shai is doing is unprecedented, and we now get to see him going into the NBA Finals already playing at this high level of play.
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