With Shai Gilgeous-Alexander at the free-throw line, Westbrook's entrance usurped the MVP chants into a standing ovation.

Following a Game 1 collapse to the Denver Nuggets, questions swirled around the Oklahoma City Thunder, and more specifically ...

MEMPHIS, TN — Shai ... to give OKC a double-digit lead — one it quickly squandered to a feisty Grizzlies team sans Ja Morant — a shot that hadn’t always been kind to Gilgeous-Alexander ...

Alexander’s desire to be one of the game’s greats is not exactly a secret, nor is his progress toward that goal.

The game was less than a couple minutes old when Shai Gilgeous-Alexander pulled up on the left elbow, one of those sugar-sweet spots for the Thunder superstar. He elevated and feathered a jumper ...

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander reacts after making a basket during the first half in Game 1 of an NBA first-round playoff series against the Memphis Grizzlies, Sunday ...

MEMPHIS, TN — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ... the fourth quarter to give OKC a double-digit lead — one it quickly squandered to a feisty Grizzlies team sans Ja Morant — a shot that hadn’t always been kind ...

While Oklahoma City still had a chance to win the game, they will need more efficient scoring from Williams to win this series. He’ll look to get untracked when the Thunder host Game 2 on Wednesday.