Gilgeous-Alexander leads Thunder past Pelicans in play-in

Gilgeous-Alexander scored 25 of his 32 points after halftime

Thu, 13 Apr, 2023 - 08:43

Brett Martel

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander exercised patience during his lowest-scoring first half all season, routinely deferring to teammates such as Lu Dort and Josh Giddey in an effort to keep New Orleans defenders off balance in a winner-take-all postseason game.

“To start the game, I wasn’t expecting a huge outburst offensively,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “I wanted to kind of set the table to make sure my teammates were ready to go, confident and attacking. And I knew once I did that, the defense would have to worry about them as well and my offensive game would open up.” And how.