NBA Most Valuable Player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander delivered a masterpiece performance to power Oklahoma City over Minnesota 128-126 on Monday, lifting the Thunder to the brink of the NBA Finals.
Gilgeous-Alexander scored a playoff career-high 40 points and added 10 assists and nine rebounds to spark the Thunder, who took a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference finals series with potentially clinching game five set for Wednesday at Oklahoma City.
"Play to our identity on both ends of the floor -- if we do that we'll be just fine," Gilgeous-Alexander said. "If not, it could get ugly.