
Between winning both his first MVP and NBA championship, the 2024-25 campaign was a fairytale season for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander—but it didn’t always feel like one to the Thunder star, especially during their postseason run.
The Thunder dominated the regular season last year, going a league-best 68-14 en route to earning the No. 1 season in the West while Gilgeous-Alexander led the league in scoring with an average of 32.7 points per game. Though Gilgeous-Alexander went on to average 29.9 points per game through the postseason, he felt that he and the Thunder did not play as well as they did in the regular season during their playoff run.