[All-Access] Checkout Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s game-winning 3-pointer through the Phantom Camera.
This shot will go on his career highlight tape.
The interception off of the Jokic outlet was a good one too
He looked like prime Kobe at the end of this game
Kobe is selling it short
Yeah. This is clean. No travel no carry no shoulder bumps no foul baiting. This is the kind of shot I can appreciate
Good to know Shai is finally worthy of your approval
He makes it so hard to appreciate him, this helps
Cold, can’t even be mad. Just wish we doubled his ass
Yeah I was at the game and when we tied it at the end I would’ve bet a million dollars SGA was gonna make the final shot, it was just that kind of night.
Just like I knew Jokic would nail a three the possession before. Dude is insane. Game of the year for sure.
True story, I knew Jokic was gonna make those too lol
I know we love to boo him and the nuggs and refs in general. But I love the nuggets. Amazing basketball and it’s a privilege to see jokic play. SGA vs jokic. It’s the good times now. We are living in the good old days.
Edit: my optimism and mature wisdom is almost entirely predicated on the fact that we did not lose to you in last year’s playoffs or in either of these past two all time games. Thankyoyforyourattentuintothismatter
Game 0 of the inevitable Nuggets Thunder series
Your all’s zone can really throw a wrench in OKC’s offense. All those doubles up top on him took the flow out of OKC’s offense in the 3rd and they kill OKC if the other guys aren’t hitting their shots.
The other guys started hitting and made it hard to double and SGA was being aggressive about getting into action before the double could come.
It’s wild watching the back and forth between these two teams. As someone with a heart condition, I honestly don’t know if I can survive another 7 game series between them this year.
Now this is podracing
All 4 clutch 3s have been SGA in ISO, I understand they don’t want to leave the wings open, but like, hes more than proved now if you double him the entire game he’s still ready the split second you put him in ISO again.
I mean do the nuggets really have the personnel rn in order to double and recover in time for whoever is wide open after that? Ig anyone taking that shot is better than SGA but with the thunder that doesn’t always work
I’d take pressuring him and putting the onus on him to pass to the wide open guy and living with that shot over taking him 1 on 1 tbh. But we could have just as easily lost on that too. Oh well, good game either way
2 plays you didn’t double him, no idea why tbh, but those 2 sealed it.
On the game winner, Denver was in a zone and moved Gordon up to the guard spot. You’d have to imagine it was to use him as a double on SGA.
But instead of someone setting a screen to get SGA the inbound pass, they threw it in to Ajay, which forced Gordon to guard him, then Ajay threw it to SGA and he attacked to his right away from them, so there was no way Gordon could come over to double.
The corner defender could have blitzed SGA on the catch, but that would’ve left Joe wide open in the corner.
Pretty smart wrinkle by Mark to have the ball inbounded to Ajay to keep Gordon away from SGA.
Idek who else we had on the court tbh I knew he was getting a clean shot off regardless
especially for a team that doesn’t have a premier perimeter defender, too.
One on each cheek
Everyone is better than Shai until it’s time to be better that Shai
Shai never beat me, how good can he even be?
Easy there Lavar Ball
I don’t have a dog in this fight but I do think this game is a pretty bad example of SGA > Jokic. Like you could argue Jokic had a better game.
I’m not saying he did nor am I saying either is clearly better than the other, so stans please don’t come for me
That gold MVP nba logo is so clean
Facts. Topps made a 1⁄1 card that has that game worn patch and his autograph on it. It’s so sick
Fuck Michael Rubin
I realized that you can buy most complete game worn jerseys (other than like rookie debut jerseys) for less than those gimmicky 1⁄1 player cards that have a piece of a cut up jersey in them or just some holographic foil design. And you can frame and display a full jersey like artwork. Just saying.
Been watching forever now, how long has this been a thing? Never noticed
its a new thing, he might be the first actually
You’d be right, for MVP, DPOY and ROY
where is it in the clip
Back of his jersey, above his name
ohhhh ty, that’s dope. like the golden helmet for mvp or defending champs in some euro hockey leagues but honestly way more clean
The MLB’s top 10 players or so have a gold MLB logo on the back too and it looks sick, but I like that NBA one better. It’s shinier and pops more
On the back of Shai’s jersey right under the collar
Champs only! 😤
Ya they are nice but it’s really annoying they don’t make one we can buy as fans with the gold logo. Been holding out for one and not sure they’ll ever do it.
freak legs in the sense that very few people can move that way and not get hurt, reminds me of kyrie’s ankles, the amount of strength applied on the joints to make quick shifts while keeping balance is insane
Have you seen his workout and flexibility routine? It’s very interesting. He trains specifically so that his ankles and joints remain very flexible and mobile.
The way his shoe are folded on some moves looks impossible. I don’t understand it but I love what it creates
Those moves would sprain any other player’s ankles haha, Shai is genuinely one of a kind.
Yeah, the stability, power, and explosiveness he has in such seemingly awkward positions is a really underrated part of his game. I’ve seen him crab walking and such, but I’m sure there’s more to it. We’ll probably see the next generation of players try to imitate and iterate on it just like Steph and his explosive side step.
SGA’s deceleration is crazy too, much like harden.
Watching Rose play would just make my knees hurt.
Great point. He reminds me of Djokovic.
Yeah I actually think Shai is innovating basketball by adopting a lot of footwork stuff that has become pretty common in tennis. 15-20 years ago basically nobody in professional tennis slid into shots with crazy ankle flexibility, but now that is essential for anyone to be competitive at the top level.
Think that came with all of the big 3. Djokovic, Nadal and Federer all employ very agile lateral movement, and SGA seems to be able to emulate it in the NBA.
He’s also great at keeping his center of gravity under control despite moving so low on some drives, really mastered the usage of his body.
If you watch him in traffic man he will spend like 30% of his drive standing on his ankles, its just unreal the kind of flexibility he has.
Clay Bennet (Thunder owner) in the background throwing his fist in the air is kinda neat.
Sonics fans rolling over in their graves rn.
Thunder are the gf that got away from the Sonics and she’s doing better than ever. The second Seattle gets another nba team you know they won’t take her for granted.
I’m sure us OKC fans are the only ones that think so 😆
Same cheap ass owner who didn’t want to go on tax with Kd Russ and Harden
crazy that he went that early in the clock too
Left time for a possible put back but not enough time for the nuggets to rebound and get anything up beyond heave
A good shot is a good shot is a good shot
all net too gahdamn
scorched that mfing net
3 daggers in a row and a GAME WINNER. This man is absolutely incredible
i spy clay bennett
convenient pause on owner lol
Is this the dagger?
IS THIS THE DAGGER?
Back to back clutch
That’s the owner in the sweater vest in the background too holding his hand up
Beautiful shot
Slippery, like a fish
He is a bit catfishy looking, so it makes sense. He has been great for years, but dam, his clutch performances have been insane in the last games.
Hilarious how Clippers had their version of Kobe and traded him for a guy who’s not even on the team anymore
Crazy how Charlotte drafted both Shai and Kobe and traded them both on draft night
Oh God I didn’t realize that. That poor fan!
He’s doing a lot for us too.
Eh. Clippers are a poverty franchise but I don’t fault them for it. No one predicted this from Shai. Not even the most die hard Clippers fans.
You trade Shai for Kawhi + PG at the time every time. Hindsight is 20⁄20.
Damn that’s tough.
Who is this 10-day contract player guarding Shai😂✌️fire David Adelman’s ass rn😂
That was a great contest to be fair
It was a good contest but really that was because SGA decided to pull back and hit a 3 after blowing by him
A good contest is a good contest
That’s true. Did a good job recovering.
I like tautologies.
Who you putting on him? He cooked Braun, Murray ain’t guarding no one and Gordon just got back from an injury.
At least put Bruce Brown on bro😂
double
To be honest, it’s the only good decision he made today. Cause Christian Braun can’t guard him at all
Even elite defenders like Amen can’t guard him.
He just hit a stepback 3 dagger against OG the other day as well and he’s an amazing defender
Not many can…
Braun honestly played him really well and usually does but no one can guard Shai
Put some respect on Spencer Jones’s name
the angles at which his knee is bending to go backwards/sideways is giving me knee pain to watch
His body control is unmatched
⏸️
yeah that “half arm extension” ive seen thunder fans argue about. lol. very half indeed.
So much aura
Guy was getting triple teams most of the half. Still wins the game for the Thunder. He is a legend
Shai is definitely getting a statue. Not Russ. Even though we love Russ
Clown comment, bro. Russ is getting honored no doubt
100% Russ has a statue
Agree to disagree. I still have multiple Russ jerseys. Only one SGA jersey. I love Russ as much as anybody. But Shai has OKC knocking on the door of a dynasty
SGA is getting it too, come on now. But this is like people that didn’t think Collison would get his jersey retired. You think we’re giving Russ the same level of celebration as Nick? I have a hard time buying that
Russ is definitely the next jersey in the rafters. Russ stayed an went on a revenge MVP tour. Hands down top ten most exciting regular season by a player all time . But we ALL knew Russ wasn’t winning us much outside of some crazy regular season games. We all knew when KD left our chances of a title went with him.
We don’t honor guys like collison because of their talent and winning, we do it because of their contribution. Outside of SGA nobody has contributed more to the team and to okc as a whole as Russ
You make great points. And it wouldn’t at all surprise me if Russ got a statue.
Just straight BUCKET. Cant hate on that
It’s hilarious that Thunder fans’ favorite part of this clip is Clay Bennett. He is all of us.
Such a good owner. Let’s presti do his thing, doesn’t meddle.
Glad I watched this game live, that was incredible
How can you not love sports man
MVP shit
Shots like this make it so clear how much strain these dudes are putting on their lower legs. His legs are doing so much work here.
Seeing Ja Morant go up for a dunk in slow motion is crazy. SGA takes it to another level with his decels and side steps.
God I’m bricked up
It has to feel helpless to play good D, get a great hand up to contest and watch it swish like you weren’t even there. Hell of a shot.
Why euro step when you can just euro dribble 🤣 crazy balance lol
What a great shot
Nothing but net
YOU CAN’T ARGUE WITH THIS SHOT OR THIS GAME.
This one’s nice
Thanks NBA, very cool!
Those tik tok editors gonna go crazy with this
My wife told me he looks like Randal from monsters inc. and for some reason - I think she is right haha
Denver sucks
Hang this in The Rom
Super interesting to see all the side to side movement/intentionality/speed change in each step, side court TV view doesn’t really capture that
Absolute cinema
Need someone to throw Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1 over this shot
SPLASH!
Give that man the MVP
As a nuggets fun I hated that ending but also, I really wish the nuggets and thunder plays in the playoffs because that was fun.
Another 7 game classic. Let’s goooooooooo
His goddamn ankles are like rubber
i ❤️ phantom cam
Amazing defense by Spencer Jones
Even better offense.
I thought the phantom cam was the one that could show you multiple angles? This just looks like a sidelines camera
I think that is a software that takes 100+ cameras and combines them to give you 360 degree angle. I’m not sure of the marketing name.
Phantom cam has been around a while, just an ultra high frame rate camera that you can play super slow mo.
(Not a camera expert)
Ahhhhh gotcha, I appreciate the run down, there’s so many these days I’m getting lost in the sauce I guess lol.
What’s the background music called? Thanks in advance
Is that Clay Bennett?
I can’t wait for my Celts to face them.
Tuff 😤
He’s not gonna be so tough when someone finally retaliates and undercuts his bitch ass
Aura
Beautiful
Man, his dribbling must f up your depth perception sop much as a defender. It’s like a boxer with faints.
Hard to see in real life, but shows up like art in slow motion.
Surprised he didn’t get fouled.
Missed the post game… did Jones make any sort of “that’s a bad shot comment”?
The clippers fucked up sooooo bad.
The hesi movements on his knees, look pretty dangerous.
Why not post the full version instead of this dumbass cropped for phones version?
Now this is what an MVP looks like.
Much more respect than going for a flailing move.
“he only extends half of his arms”
does a 270 extension. lol.
11 hundred upvotes after 2 hours? Thats wild to me
Man, this felt so Kobe-like. It makes me smile to see the echoes of Kobe’s influence in the top young cats of today. ✊🥹❤️
Can a game winning shot be considered sexy? Cause that was sexy as hell. Wish they made the beat drop hit right when the ball hits the net.
This is why it’s ok he doesn’t go to the grocery store
That’s Kyrie’s exact shot to win the NBA Finals.
Dude has some flexible but substantial ass ankles, man
See, basketball is so beautiful without foul baiting.
just a normal shot but better than flopping tho
I hope he does not keep using this move. This is how Tatum injured his achilles.
Travel
This dude fucking sux.
Travel.
Jones did his best too lol. I felt we played good defense on Shai this game, but we should’ve fouled right at the start of the clock to put our fate in our hands for the last shot. Letting Shai get the last shot when he was red hot was absolute idiocy.
Gotta be really dumb to think giving the other team the lead is how you win basketball games, Nuggets played this mostly right.
Absolutely not lmao. As a coach you need to evaluate the situation and realize you haven’t been able to stop Shai all night. Letting him be guarded 1 on 1 with no pressure is literally conceding the Thunder the lead. In no world were we stopping SGA on that possession, he was either gonna make the three or drive in for a 2 and leave us even less time to try for a heave. 100% foul and then trust in your offense (number 1 in the league!) over your poor defensive scheme to tie up the game.
Literally conceding the thunder the lead is fouling SGA and putting him at the line, anything else is an attempt to win
Not doubling him, not having a timeout.. rough situation
Cant stand this dude but that was clean as fuck.
Imagine not liking a guy that is all business, never shit talks, balls out of control, goes home to his wife and kid and dog and calls it a day. Just to do it all again tomorrow.
I meant the way he plays it wasnt a personal attack.. jesus. Hes a great player but nobody likes the foul baiting its shit to watch.
He didn’t flop after? Riddle me shocked.
This is why Shai pisses me off. He is goin to go down as the best shooting guard since Kobe Bryant. (Yes i know what position he plays but let’s be real) He is insanely talented, a very good defender, so damn shifty and crafty, he can hit damn near any shot inside of 25 feet— the guy is phenomenal.
But with all that talent, he still predicates his game off free throws. Idk man, that just kills me.
I mean he’s at 9.2 FTA, Kobe was at 9.0 in 07-08
But he was at 10.0 in 07-08
And 10.1 in 04-05
And 10.2 in 05-06
So Kobe got to the line more. SGA only shot 9 or more twice, this year being one of them
La fan talking about FTA while he probably has a Luka jersey with mustard stains on it.
There was the one year, maybe 22-23 that he had an amazing whistle. And once the narrative started it was never going to stop.
He plays like a less vertical version of Kobe or Mike. And to me that means sustained longevity.
But honestly, give SGA Shaq. Or give him Pippen and Rodman. Idk man, it’s a weird convo. We literally do not have that dependable go to guy. It’s like we play half the game trying to figure out who the hot one is and then let it ride.
Ironically our most consistent is probably Ajay and McCain, if not for this fucking burner JWill has been on recently
Bros getting mad about a hypothetical he made up in his own head lmao, I don’t enjoy watching Luka at all
Sure we can list free throw attempts or we can watch basketball. Shai’s game is factually predicated on free throws. The defense has to worry about him swiping through or falling over at all times. Not to mention those three years after Shaq left, Kobe played 40 minutes a game in a while Shai is playing like 35.
As well as the fact that Kobe played more above the rim with him having as dunks in 08 as Shai had in the previous two years combined, as and the league as a whole averaged more free throws than today because of the recent removal of handchecking. But you’re right man, Kobe and Shai definitely play the same
Did I say they play exactly the same? Kobe was by far more above the rim, but that wasn’t what I said at all
The only argument was about SGA predicating his game on fouls unlike Kobe. I’m saying that he may be more alike because of the fouls. What’s more. Is that he got more free throws per point scored. I’m old enough to remember how Kobe did it, and that was much the same way that Jordan did it.
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Lakers fans are truly shameless, my goodness.
Yeah man, God forbid I voice my opinion on a basketball player
Lucky mf
Y’all will be lucky even to get a game off OKC this year.
Sorry, this camera angle is so stupid. What is the phantom camera?
https://www.phantomhighspeed.com/
They are high speed cameras that capture HD video to get slow motion captures like this.
They use them all the time in sports. Probably most of the slow-mo sports content you see on ESPN or commercials is caught with a camera like this.
His teammate is garbage, though, deserves to get his head, knocked out. Dort by the way.
Travelled
He gets away with everything. Travel, fouling…everything
Check out the push off you mean? LOL. Thats classic SGA for ya. Push off on offense
he didn’t even push off here though….
Thought it was gonna be him knocking down 3 freethrows