Shai Gilgeous-Alexander prevents Lakers from ensuring playoffs post

Tuesday 08th April 2025 11:42 PM

Los Angeles Lakers arrived at the Paycom Center in the hope of mooring their place in the Playoffs of the NBA 2024-25 season with a triumph over the Oklahoma City Thunder. However, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and company had other plans. The game was at odds, because it had 15 changes of advantage before the third quarter, but in the end the premises imposed 136-120 in a match where the expulsion of Luka Doncic shone for technical faults.

The OKC guard cemented its case to win the most valuable player award by scoring 42 points and seasoning the statistical sheet with six assists and six rebounds. With the performance tonight, SGA has overcome the four tens of units in 13 games this season. In the absence of a week of regular seasonal matches, it is almost a certainty that the Canadian ended as a scoring champion.

Gilgeous-Alexander spoke after the game and made reference to the fact that after the defeat in the last game against Los Angeles the team was left with a bad taste in the mouth. The Lakers imposed 126-99 at Crypto.com Arena on Sunday and that night SGA was limited to only 26 points in 23 field shots.

“We fight, obviously We were packed up in the last game, that left us a bad taste in the mouth. They could not be able to be able to be able to in two games in a row“SGA explained.” We played harder than last time and that’s why we got a good result. ”

Oklahoma City must still wait for locia in the playoffs

The Thunder needed to beat the Lakers and the Cleveland Cavaliers lost to the Chicago Bulls to Ensure local advantage in all playoffs of the 2024-25 season of the NBA.