Oklahoma City Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander pursuing record against restored Boston Celtics

With 20 or more points, he would break Wilt Chamberlain’s NBA record for consecutive games scoring 20 or more points. Read more at straitstimes.com.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Coming off one of the best games of his career, Oklahoma City star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will try to make history when the Thunder host the Boston Celtics on March 12 (March 13 morning, Singapore time) in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

With 20 or more points, he would break Wilt Chamberlain’s NBA record for consecutive games scoring 20 or more points. Gilgeous-Alexander tied Chamberlain with his 126th such game, scoring 35 points to help lift Oklahoma City to a 129-126 home win over the Denver Nuggets on March 9.

The Thunder are on a six-game winning streak, their longest since starting the season 24-1. The current run coincides with Gilgeous-Alexander’s return from missing nine games with an abdominal strain, although he missed one of the games during the streak on the first night of a back-to-back.

Significantly, the reigning Most Valuable Player has late three-pointers in each of the last three games to help his team to wins in close games.

“He doesn’t change his mindset regardless of circumstances,” Oklahoma City coach Mark Daigneault said.

“He doesn’t break a sweat doing anything. He never presses. He’s just got an unbelievable awareness of the circumstances, awareness of the length of the game. I think that’s one of his superpowers is he understands how long the game is and so he can make the right play knowing that he’ll get his cracks.”