NBA MVP, and former Kentucky basketball player, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a playoff career-high 40 points, and All-NBA forward Jalen Williams had a playoff career-high 34 points for the Thunder. Oklahoma City held Minnesota All-Star Anthony Edwards to an uneventful 16 points and Julius Randle to five points.

Jasmyn Wimbish of CBS Sports recently listed and ranked the Americans most likely to break the streak, and probable future Maverick Cooper Flagg was in second behind only Anthony Edwards and ahead of Cade Cunningham, Jayson Tatum, and Jalen Brunson.

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James made NBA MVP voting history this season. No, the 21-time All-Star power forward did not win a fifth MVP award, but he did earn one fourth-place vote and 13 fifth-place votes from the league's pool of 100 global media members.

On May 21, the Oklahoma City Thunder's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander became the NBA's seventh consecutive international player to earn MVP honors.

Even the NBA MVP needs a wingman. For the Thunder, Minnesota native Chet Holmgren is one for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. And he had a big game Monday night to put his team within one game of going to the NBA Finals.

Former Wisconsin basketball star Nigel Hayes-Davis guided Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul to a 2024-25 EuroLeague title on Sunday.