After the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Golden State Warriors on November 18, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander trolled Stephen Curry on Instagram.
Gilgeous-Alexander posted highlights of him dominating Curry on offense and defense.
The Thunder defeated the Warriors in overtime by a final score of 130-123. Gilgeous-Alexander had 40 points, seven rebounds and six assists, while Curry put up 25 points and seven rebounds.
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“It wasn’t going my way the whole game,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “My teammates were really good and aggressive early and drew attention from the other team. Then late I was able to play in space.”
Gilgeous-Alexander, who made his first All-Star team and first All-NBA team last season, is averaging 29.6 points, 6.2 rebounds and 5.8 assists this season while shooting 53.5% from the field, 36.0% from beyond the arc and 92.8% from the free-throw line. He is one of the best players in the NBA.
“We still had a hard time with them in the second half,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said, ”They’re a handful, and one of the things I admire about their team is that the whole is better than the sum of their parts. … As a team that’s building and growing, we want to be that type of team.”
The Warriors, meanwhile, are in a major slump right now. They have lost six straight games and are struggling on both ends of the floor.
“When you’re in a losing streak like this, there is urgency for sure,” Curry said. “Any time you’re at this many in a row, it’s a problem you’ve got to fix. You don’t want to develop a losing mentality.”
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Curry is averaging 30.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists on the season. The two-time MVP is shooting 47.9% overall, 44.7% from 3 and 93.3% from the foul line.
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