When you win regularly it stops being a surprise. You are the reality. And the Oklahoma City Thunder are, with 27 wins and 11 losses, the leader of the Western Conference – tied with the Minnesota Timberwolves – and one of the best teams in the NBA. Week after week they chain victories and a lot of level, led by the stratospheric Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (37 points in 112-100 against the Orlando Magic). The Canadian continues to accumulate merits to be considered MVP and goes straight for everything in the league.
Shai defends Banchero.
Shai is a player of unlimited resources. He is fine with the ball in his hand, capable of generating a lot with his suspensions and hand changes. But he has something strange, he is not a shooter. In fact, in his 37 points against the Magic he did not score any (0/4). He prefers to enter and generate, as justified by his 13/16 in T2 and 11/12 from personal to dynamite the game. He also in the season as a whole, since no one penetrates as much as the point guard: 22.6 per game. Ja Morant (21.2), Luka Doncic (18.6) and Cade Cunningham (18.1) They persecute him in that area (as published by Sergio Llebrés, from Solobasket). He prefers to use his resources rather than throw.
If you turn the mark he will already look to turn the corner. That’s what makes him a great player.
Jamahl Mosley
“He is a very difficult player to defend. You can put several players on top, but if you turn the mark he will already look to turn the corner. That’s what makes him a great player.“says Jamahl Mosley, coach of the Magic. Shai dynamited them, both scoring and helping his team (7 assists and 6 rebounds).
He also relies on defense, contributing three steals. It is his eleventh game with that statistic this season, no NBA player has more than three with that record. A complete job that he has been doing since the summer, as the Canadian confessed. “I worked on my core, the ability to stabilize with my center of gravity. It’s the main thing I did in the summer. In addition to my ‘touch’ near the basket. That’s what I focus on, because if you get hit and you have the chance to make a three-point play, you must manage to achieve those three,” he said.
Mate de Shai.
I worked on my core to be able to take advantage of the baskets when they hit you and get points
Shai
So things, the Thunder hit in the West. They equal the Minnesota Timberwolves (27-11), have two fewer losses than the champions Nuggets (27-13) and have two wins and two losses against the strongest team in recent weeks, the Los Angeles Clippers (25-13). And Shai is the heart of it.
2024-01-14 11:26:24
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