Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander joins three Corridor of Famers with one other 30-point sport

The MVP and Hamilton, Ont., native placed on one other spectacular showcase in Recreation 5 of the NBA Finals to offer his Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder a 3-2 lead within the collection over the Pacers.

Gilgeous-Alexander completed the sport with 31 factors and 10 assists in a 120-109 win. The efficiency was his fifteenth 30-point sport on this post-season run, one thing solely three gamers had ever achieved earlier than.

These three gamers? Michael Jordan, Hakeem Olajuwon and Kobe Bryant.

Past becoming a member of that unique membership, Gilgeous-Alexander additionally set an NBA document of his personal by being the primary participant to ever rating at the very least 30 factors in 10 straight house playoff video games.

He is now as much as 162 factors by the primary 5 video games of the collection, the fourth most by any participant of their first 5 finals video games.

Anticipate Gilgeous-Alexander to maintain flattening information with the championship now inside his grasp.