Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault's honest take on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scoring a career-high 54 points against the Jazz.

Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault's honest admission of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's humble approach as a leader

One week after scoring 54 points in a win, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander poured in 52 in a losing effort Wednesday night against the Warriors.

What Oklahoma City calls a "0-0 mentality" is drilled into its members. That process has resulted in the team owning the NBA's best record.

According to Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault, Gilgeous-Alexander isn't as worried about that as OKC fans are. Instead, the 26-year-old believes his MVP case speaks for itself o

In the face of double teams, triple teams or fully-loaded up defenses, OKC Thunder superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has ventured out as a playmaker.

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Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault and Aaron Wiggins talked to the local media. Daigneault discussed Gilgeous-Alexander's evolution of handling double teams. Wiggins was happy to see Daigneauit be named an All-Star coach.

The Oklahoma City Thunder 's 127-101 win over the Brooklyn Nets ensured they'd have the best record at the 2025 All-Star break. This means Mark Daigneault joins the weekend festivities with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and possibly Jalen Williams.

DALLAS (AP) — Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the NBA’s leading scorer at 31.6 points per game, missed his first game of the season against the Dallas Mavericks with a sore right wrist. Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said Gilgeous-Alexander arrived at American Airlines Center and mentioned the injury.

Steph Curry dropped 17 points in the second half and made key plays down the stretch. Andrew Wiggins dropped a team-high 27 points, including five 3-pointers. Kevon Looney matched his regular season career-high with 18 points and Gary Payton II (15 points, nine rebounds) stamped the game with a vicious slam dunk with under a minute left.

Gilgeous-Alexander shared a similar take as head coach Mark Daigneault during his postgame media availability on his career night. “I feel like I wasn’t my best tonight, regardless of what the ...