Gilgeous-Alexander Scores 42 In Thunder Win

The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 124-116 on Wednesday night behind 42 points and eight assists from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the Canadian star’s second straight 40-point game. Gilgeous-Alexander’s 42-point performance completed a home-and-home sweep of Cleveland in three nights.

Gilgeous-Alexander scored 43 points in Monday’s 117-112 win in Cleveland, then followed it with 42 at home on Wednesday, November 4. The NBA’s own account marked the repeat performance as it happened:

SECOND-STRAIGHT GAME WITH 40+ FOR SGA. 42 PTS, 8 AST, 5 3PM. @okcthunder improve to 6-2!

The full game report is carried by theScore’s coverage of the Thunder win, sourced from the Associated Press game report.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 42 points, built early and closed late

Oklahoma City led from start to finish and built a lead as big as 25 points in the first half, going up 50-25 midway through the second quarter. Gilgeous-Alexander made 11 of 26 shots, 5 of 11 from three-point range, and 15 of 19 free throws across 35 minutes, with four rebounds beside the eight assists. When Cleveland’s late rally cut into the lead, he answered in sequence: a mid-range jumper to stop the run, assists on back-to-back drives, a fadeaway, a step-back three, and six free throws in the final 41 seconds to close the game.

A short-handed Thunder team leans on its Canadian star

The sweep came with Oklahoma City missing three starters to long-term injuries, a stretch the club has played 3-2 in while improving to 6-2 overall. Gilgeous-Alexander has carried the offence through it, with 16 assists across the two Cleveland games to go with the 85 combined points. For Canadian basketball, the pattern is now familiar: the league’s biggest regular-season stages keep producing a headline with a Hamilton, Ontario guard at the centre of it.

The Thunder visit the Memphis Grizzlies next, on November 6. The final score on Wednesday was Thunder 124, Cavaliers 116.