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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on getting booed on the road in Game 3.

“Yeah, I mean it's part of the game. I don't expect their fans to love me, it's not how it works. They want their team to win and it's that simple… I love and appreciate them, whether they're for me or against me. They made the game fun.”

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How did you allow this to happen?


She is from there and wanted to move back home and help Neb softball statewide. And her then boyfriend and now husband lived there. There was zero OU could do and I have no bad things to say about her. It was not about money nor problems it was just being close to home. And she loves helping young girls to grow the aport and wanted to do that at home.

Had she stayed we might be looking at our 6th in a row title. Instead we stopped at 4 in a row.
Yes we’ve made some really bad base running decisions all year. A game not to far in the past we had a runner on 1st try stealing 2nd and got thrown out. Problem is Wells was batter. Next pitch she hits a HR. That just blows my mind why we risk it so many times.

Another fluke play was the ball hitting ump and deflecting back in play and they caught our player in a trap. Player has to be more aware. But that was going to be a double and score 1 plus 1 less out.

Mainly out pitching has declined over the past few years. We hit great but when slowed down we are vulnerable. Yesterday was just a bunch of stuff including many errors and not good pitching.
WOW! Thank you for providing those stats! Its really crazy how much our pitching has declined. That's a huge difference.

We knew it was worse but not that bad. I guess we got spoiled lol.
SGA has 21 assists and 3 turnovers over the last 2 games combined.

(And one of those turnovers was an offensive foul.)

While facing constant double teams, traps, a wall in the paint and the kitchen sink.

That level of ball security while under constant pressure is unparalleled.

Its like every game SGA turns someone else into a super power. People don’t realize how as the top player in NBA - SGA always gets all other players involved.

People can’t figure out why team and players are so close and connected. Its because SGA is selfless. He usually gets what I call quiet points. You look at end of game and say wow he scored that many. Its because he’s a rare star who doesn’t act like most stars. He genuinely wants his teammates to have their moments.

I look at LBJ and how selfish he was. It was always about him.

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Jaylin Williams praises Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's playmaking, his 12 assists in Game 3. “He’s an unselfish guy. A lot of guys in that situation would shoot over double teams or do everything they can to get points and shots up, but he's doing the right things and making winning plays.”


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Michael Martin @MichaelOnSports Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on getting booed on the road in Game 3. “Yeah, I mean it's part of the game. I don't expect their fans to love me, it's not how it works. They want their team to win and it's that simple… I love and appreciate them, whether they're for me or against me. They made the game fun.”


Sam Humphreys
@SamHumphreys34

I made it a point on our preview show before the series to bring up the fact that the Spurs had blown big leads in the playoffs and it hadn’t really bitten them:

In Game 1 against Portland, the Spurs had a 21 point lead with 8:00 left and let the Blazers linger and only won by 12.

In Game 2 against Portland, the Spurs had a 14 point lead and ended up losing by 3.

In Game 5 against Portland, the Spurs had a 28 point lead and let the Blazers cut it to 7.

In Game 3 against the Wolves, the Spurs had a 15 point lead and let the Wolves cut it to 1 in the 4thQ.

In Game 4 against the Wolves, the Spurs led by 8 and lost by 5.

Tonight in Game 3 against the Thunder, the Spurs were up 15-0 to start the game and lost by 15.

This is playoff inexperience on full display, and it finally hit them really hard tonight in a crucial game.
Credit to Presti for creating a full team not just a starting team. And credit to Mark D for playing a ton of bench players all season long. Thats huge in playoffs where you have 2 injured players. His bench was the star tonight.

And most teams only go 8 or 9 deep in playoffs but OKC has rotated more than that. To me it looked like SA was tired in 2nd qtr and rest of game. Young players can tire too if they let emotions get best of them. SA is a very young team and this is their first playoff experience. They’ll learn and grow. And series isn’t over yet.
Wow

Per @StatsWilliams, the Thunder’s 76 bench points are the most in a conference finals or Finals game since starters began being tracked in 1971
Caruso this WCF:

31 PTS | 8 3P
17 PTS | 3 3P
15 PTS | 3 3P

Averaging the most threes per game in a Western Conference Finals since Steph in 2019.
JWill did some work on Wemby

Wemby only had 1 rebound in the 2nd half
J-Will in Game 3:

18 PTS
5 REB
2 STL
5-6 3P
+22 (21 MIN)

The Jaylin Williams


Jared McCain off the bench:

24 PTS
+28

Made more shots than both MVP finalists


The Thunder got 76 points from its bench, with 8 assists and just 2 turnovers all night.

OKC's reserves had a +53 scoring advantage in the game


What a masterful playmaking game by Shai

Fighting every coverage & he’s giving you production with little turnovers or mistakes against an All Time playoff defense

Led a 132 offensive rating in Game 2

He led a 127 offensive rating tonight.

This is by far the best version of Shai we’ve seen
This Jared McCain game is going to get Daryl Morey fired again
Players in NBA Playoff History with 60+ PTS, 14+ 3PM & 5+ STL off the bench over a 3-game span:

• Alex Caruso
• Grayson Allen
Thunder put up the most points off the bench in a playoff game in franchise history in Game 2 with 57

They have 66 points off the bench tonight which is a new record