{"id":16755,"date":"2025-01-30T07:12:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T06:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=16755"},"modified":"2025-01-30T07:56:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T06:56:36","slug":"shai-gilgeous-alexander-creates-nba-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/shai-gilgeous-alexander-creates-nba-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Shai Gilgeous-Alexander creates NBA history with another 50-point outburst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander highlighted a career-high 52-point performance in a 116-109 loss to the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night. The NBA&rsquo;s leading scorer scored his second 50-point performance of the season to create a history. His <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/shai-gilgeous-alexander-widens-the-mvp-race-gap-with-a-career-high-night-against-jazz\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>previous 50-point outburst<\/a> came against Utah Jazz four days back. <\/p><p>The MVP candidate joined Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant as only players with multiple 50-point games in franchise history. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is also the only Canadian-born player in the <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>NBA <\/a>history to achieve this milestone. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander lit up the scoreboard for 52 PTS tonight! <br><br>Tonight, SGA became:<br><br>&#9928;&#65039; The 1st player to have multiple 50+ PT games this season<br>&#9928;&#65039; The 3rd player in OKC history to have multiple 50+ PT games<br>&#9928;&#65039; The ONLY Canadian-born player with multiple 50+ PT games <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p562dno5na\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/p562dno5na<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1884849739734090000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>January 30, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/shai-gilgeous-alexander-widens-the-mvp-race-gap-with-a-career-high-night-against-jazz\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander widens the MVP race gap with a career-high night against Jazz<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/i-am-a-fan-of-four-10-minute-quarters-adam-silver-proposes-idea-of-shortening-nba-games\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>&ldquo;I am a fan of four 10-minute quarters&rdquo;- Adam Silver proposes idea of shortening NBA games<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/2025-nba-all-star-nba-announce-list-of-all-star-starters-and-lebron-curry-extend-record\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>NBA All-Star 2025: NBA announce list of All-Star starters as LeBron, Curry extend record<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander dominated Warriors from first quarter <\/h2><p>Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 21 points on 7-for-8 shooting in the first quarter, surpassing his previous mark of 20 points on Feb. 4, 2023 vs. Rockets. The Warriors, as a team, couldn&rsquo;t even cross Gilgeous-Alexander&rsquo;s points in first quarter and trailed 34-20.<\/p><p>Oklahoma City superstar scored 31 points (ties a career-best) in the first half and became the 4th player in the franchise history to record 30-plus points in a first half since 1997-98. Heading into the fourth quarter, SGA reached 43 points which is an all-time franchise record for most points through three quarters. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was ELECTRIFYING in the 1st quarter against the Warriors &#127785;&#65039;<br><br>&#9889;&#65039; 21 points on 7-of-8 FG<br>&#9889;&#65039; 2 rebounds<br>&#9889;&#65039; 2 assists<br><br>SGA outscored Golden State 21-20! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YFR1LHkIjs\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/YFR1LHkIjs<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClutchPoints\/status\/1884810668508958891?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>January 30, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Gilgeous-Alexander, <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/shai-gilgeous-alexander-widens-the-mvp-race-gap-with-a-career-high-night-against-jazz\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>chasing his first career MVP award<\/a>, made 18 free throws and tied a career-high record for free throws. At Chase Center on Wednesday, the 2025 NBA All-Star starter tallied 52 points, four assists, three rebounds, and one steal while shooting 16-for-29. <\/p><p>Thunder star is averaging 35.6 points through 13 games in January and is up to 32.5 points per game on the season. SGA is on the verge of winning his maiden MVP honor this season and Thunder can also chase NBA championship. <\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Warriors survived from SGA&rsquo;s career-night <\/h3><p>Apart from the heroics of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the Golden State Warriors held the nerves in the end to secure an important win against the NBA leaders. Stephen Curry also create a record and has passed Ray Allen for 27th on the All-Time Scoring list. The two-time MVP scored 21 points, including a long 3-pointer with 1:52 left. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Keep 'em counting &#9889;&#65039;<br><br>Stephen Curry has passed Ray Allen for 27th on the All-Time Scoring list <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QALSoPmG5y\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/QALSoPmG5y<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Golden State Warriors (@warriors) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/warriors\/status\/1884829816324817153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>January 30, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Andrew Wiggins scored 27 points and Kevon Looney had 18 off the bench. Gary Payton II chipped in with 15 points and nine rebounds. Both teams were tied at 82 points at the end of third quarter and the Warriors outscored Thunder 32-25 in the final period to win second straight game. <\/p><p>Steve Kerr also talked about Shai Gilgeous-Alexander&rsquo;s 52-point outburst:<em> &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know what to do with Shai. I asked Mark (Daigneault) to leave him on the bench for a couple more minutes. He didn&rsquo;t comply.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><p><em>Image Credit: Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is also the only Canadian-born player in the NBA history to achieve this milestone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":16757,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[74,1117,109],"class_list":["post-16755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-shai-gilgeous-alexander"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander creates NBA history with 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