In the middle of his 35-point performance against the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday, a fan caught the attention of the Oklahoma City Thunder star.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander pieced together the game-saving sequence to fend off the feisty Blazers in a 118-108 win on Sunday night.

During the Oklahoma City Thunder 's playoff battle against the Dallas Mavericks, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander admitted they needed to "turn that water off" with PJ Washington's scoring and outside shooting. The role player morphed into a superstar against OKC.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has his 27th 30 point game of the season. Most 30 point games in the NBA. SGA has scored 30+ in 61.4% of his games.Source: Twitter @BrandonRahbar

OKC Thunder superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 54 points in a 123-114 win over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night.

Does it all in 35-point performance

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 54 points in a 123-114 win against the Utah Jazz. Gilgeous-Alexander scored 13 of his 54 points in the game's last six minutes, securing a nine-point win. But he still believes he could have scored more and had a better game.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 54 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Utah Jazz 123-114.

ESPN analyst Kendrick Perkins delivered his take on this year's NBA MVP race, focusing on Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic . Jokic is averaging a triple-double in 2024-25, but Perkins explained why he's still picking Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as this year's Most Valuable Player.

We’re getting close to the halfway mark of the NBA season and the standings are tight. Let’s focus on playoff contenders and give you a couple of same-game parlays (SGPs) for Wednesday, January 29th.

Still, Hall of Fame NBA player Paul Pierce had an idea for the Thunder -- trade Holmgren for Kevin Durant. The 36-year-old forward is still playing at an MVP-caliber level, and Pierce's reasoning was that Holmgren has hardly played in Oklahoma City's remarkable campaign thus far.