Shai checks out after 3 quarters: 25/2/5, 8⁄24 FG, 0/10 3FG
He also had 3 blocks and 1 turnover.
https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401810925
Well according to all the discourse here after the OKC/Celtics game efficiency is only for nerds and actually a sign of players who are afraid to take over games
So congrats to SGA on a tremendous 8 for 24 night that’s what real hooping looks like lol
Shai did it for Kobe damnit, he would have stopped at 81 out of respect.
Real hooper.
Gotta beat Bam at the same time for Kobe
8? 24? After being accused of protecting his TS%?? He knew
He said TS that mfs
not even trying to hate but i swear jaylen brown does this every other night (on a real note idk why sga shot 10 threes lmao he played like he was damian lillard)
facts
Someone said the other day that SGA sitting out the 4th quarter says more about how good his teammates are that they’re able to sustain and even grow the lead than how good he is and I completely agree.
nah, that was the haters asking why Shai wasn’t jacking up more shots because his teammates suck
so what’s the excuse now
2nd in MVP.
the counterterrorism movement has begun
Prime Luka Doncic numbers
Luka would never not hit a 3 lmao
You wish
Probably the worst game I’ve seen from him in a very long time 😭
He had an even worse one like a week or two ago vs the Timberwolves
Nah this game was worse. Not only was he missing easy looks but he was forcing up bs when he was clearly out of rhythm as well. I don’t remember the last time he took 10 threes in a game let alone 0/10 lol
Genuinely when is the last time he took 10 threes? I’ve never seen him shoot that many in the games I’ve watched him play
From what I can see, he shot 11 threes twice. Both in 2021 in the middle of the tank. He did shoot a good % though
Minny at least has a great defense
Shai just sucked tonight
The Timberwolves did a great job defensively tbh, he was just off rhythm tonight.
Ya we had him in jail to bad the offense was nonexistent
You’re tripping he was just missing bunnies and did great playmaking
Bro has like 15 stinkers this season. But OKC being at the top of the West hides that pretty well.
i mean in reality he has like 6
1 against the rockets 1 against the raptors 1 against the wolves 1 against the spurs 1 against the hornets
and today.
so 55⁄61 MVP level games is pretty darn consistent.
maybe 6 stinkers. But he has way more than 6 bad games. He does not have 55 MVP level games. Even you don’t believe that.
By MVP level i mean his averages. Which are MVP level, are they not?
31/4/6/2/1 is on 55/39/88 is a pretty standard game from him after all
Just trying to prove a point that even a game like this won’t affect his MVP chance lol.
and it’s still a gamescore of 15 lol
some of those 3s were so nasty bro
Just chucked up some bullshit after all the criticism that he didn’t shoot enough against the Celtics
Last game we needed him to take over. 10⁄12 and 3⁄4 from 3. Doesn’t do it.
Tonight desides to go 8⁄24 and 0/10.
Idk bro
My guy out here doin his best Jokic against the Knicks impression
Lmao 🤣 it feels like every guy has that 1 game from 3 where that shit just ain’t going down for you
his 2nd worst shooting night by fg% this season. i’d say his worst game this season given the 0/10 from 3 and 9⁄12 from ft too lol.
True Shooting is a better indicator so yea I thinks it’s his worst. If he made some of those 3s it wouldn’t be that bad.
Just inexplicably took a billion threes for no reason, when he played his normal game he was fine
3 blocks is still a good way to keep an impact though
I looked at the post and was like it happens and then saw 10 3PT attempts I was like wtf SGA
Seeing him shoot ten 3s has me turning into Batista like, “what is your malfunction”
😂😂😂yeah great impact from giving them 10 free possessions cuz he can’t shoot 3s
Boy aren’t u a warriors fan why are you riding cock so badly in a game u not part of
Warriors? I don’t think I’ve ever watched a warriors game randomly.
I have successfully created another troll, LFG
someones big mad right now
He does chuck against bad teams a lot
This is something he’s always done but not to this degree and never 0/10
He’s not good at 3s, that’s why he only shoots 4 a game max. Hes not a threat from the 3 point line. His playmaking is very average at best.
Do you have a point?
yo bro why is ur minecraft ass username replying to every single comment in this thread
My bad survivaltactics2
The second statement you made just revoked all your credibility
Shai gets teammates open shots more than pretty much anyone outside of Jokic/Luka
This is probably the first time this season I’ve checked and sga has had a shit game. I might have missed one but that’s insane consistency
Magic @ OKC was pretty bad before the break, but that was the night he picked up the abdominal injury.
He’s had prolly 3 bad games this season.
Whats wild is he still had 5 ast to only 1 TO and 3 blocks. He was bad but not bad bad? Like still contributed greatly. I mean he was 2nd in +/- going into the 4th and didnt play so he got lapped by everybody who played during the run.
No, shooting 0/10 is the definition of bad
Props to OP for not writing a mean-spirited title like “Mr MVP Luka in a loss vs pistons 32 points/7 rebounds/6 assists on 11⁄29 shooting and 3⁄13 from 3 point land”.
Luka, Reaves and LeBron been playing like 39⁄40 per game last few weeks. It’s not surprising they have some rough shooting nights after so long.
Mr MVP SGA dreams of his worst games being 32 points/7 rebounds/6 assists on 11⁄29 shooting and 3⁄13 4 steals 1 block.
Luka had 19 points the last time we played the Lakers which is lower than any game Shai has had in two entire seasons
Luka has had 40 as many times in the last 3 weeks as Shai has had since November started.
Props to OP but I dont wanna hear anyone acting like SGA is significantly more hated than Luka then either
Luka was ass too lol but their lost. Tho Luka shot like on 10% better TS.
That’s because I didn’t make this post lmao
2nd in mvp voting btw
nah, that’s Luka
Jokes on you he’s now 4th
so Luka is in 4th, got it
“Mr. Efficiency” suddenly isn’t all that great when taking high volume 3s
This 👆👆👆
for kobe💜💜💛💛
tf he shooting 10 threes for lmao, just so bizzare. Do the wemby mvp talks actually have bro acting a fool to secure it?
Genuinely think it was because he was trolling as it is the bulls
Yeah MVP stuff got in his head.
Which is wild from the same guy that saved our asses in Game 4 of the Finals lol
0/10 WTF EVEN…. :O :O :O
10 threes is really uncharacteristic. Usually when he shoots like 0-4 he’ll stop shooting them, but I guess not tonight for some reason. You would think he would stop after going 0-7 at half but i guess not. Shooting splits wouldn’t have looked that bad
Tbf he usually shoots more of them in games where we are playing lighter competition
He was 0-9 when y’all were losing though, for some reason
Every November game against a team that’s already like 2-12 he’s jacking 3s lmao
I’m sorry man, I can’t take the Thunder fans seriously who are giving him credit for the third quarter run. We played a bench lineup without an actual center and Patrick Williams as the secondary ball handler for most of that stretch which killed our rebounding and ability to score. Once OKC locked in on defense and their shooters got hot, it was over. Shai was a big reason why they were down in the first place because he was taking terrible shots and not making them
He was ass anyone telling u otherwise is bullshitting relax
J Dub, Cason Wallace, Ajay Mitchell and J Will won us the game tonight. SGA had 25 sure but it looked like he was trying to shoot us out of it. Him shooting 10 3s in one game is so weird and rare
yes, but have you considered that MVP is now the “who played best the day before” award and thus we must come up with every possible reason why 8 for 24 shooting isn’t bad
He was BAD in this game. 0/10 from 3 too. Felt like he was forcing his shots way too much. OKC actually went on a crazy run when he got benched.
We went on a 13-0 run while he was still in the game. He just started to make the right plays instead of forcing shots
The run started with Shai. 13-0 with him on.
He really wasnt bad at all, just a random poor shooting game. Didnt force anything
Didn’t force anything? Bro be so real
if 0-10 from three is not forcing anything, i need someone to defend me like this original commenter😭.
He was still a +10 for the game, somehow
MVP shit
LMFAOOOOO
if you’re not willing to flair up and show your profile like me, then you’re somehow even more scummy than me lmao
I’m impressed
Who are you dead ass? Ur a random, don’t respond to me weirdo.
you’re also a random XD
me and you are fighting in the bottom of the garbage bin
A high number of 3s attempted in a game for him is like 5… he had shot 5 of them in the first half lol. Idk what he was thinking, maybe trying to get his 20, check out super early and just sit for 2 and a half quarters?
He doesn’t want to pass Jokic in TS%. Just some respect for his rival.
shooting 8⁄24 out of respect for kobe
How does the MVP shoot ten 3’s, and can’t make a single one?
how does the MVP shoot thirteen 3’s, and only make three of them?
0/10 could never be the best player in the league.
neither could 3⁄13 and the L
3⁄13 is better than 0/10.
L is never better than W
Yeah yeah, you thunder fans start the season talking a lot about beating team records, SGA MVP already in pre season, bla bla bla. Just take a chill pill and get down to earth. You want to talk but I gotta watch the best player in the league actually hitting 3’s. Bye bye
“MVP” gets benched in the 4th quarter and a close game turns into a 20 point blowout
I don’t think Lakers fans want on/off related stuff to become a part of this MVP debate lmao
If that’s the main criteria then Luka is never getting a 1st place vote ever again
Keep crying, what a shitty game, they go on a run after he gets benched lmao, 6 teammates with double digit points, pathetic.
The run started with him on the floor, good try though.
Only was down so much cuz he was on the floor chucking bricks, bro could’ve built a house.
13-0 run to end the 3rd with him on the floor lol
But still the game was close then.
And that run blossomed to like 36-2
what about Luka’s 11 for 29 game where Luka did other good things XD
not to mention the Lakers lost that game when Luka airballed the game tying three
And in that game, Lakers would never even think of benching him in the fourth. Because our team cannot win a game without Luka, but OKC benching him on an off shooting night is actually viable with how well constructed the team is. Also, that was against a good defense in Detroit
We sit Shai to start the 4th like 90% of the time anyway, and in some games when we go on a run he doesn’t come back out
Also, defense doesn’t matter, you should know that from how people talk about Luka xp
So your team doesn’t need him to win 👍
Thunder “didn’t need Shai to win” last year and that didn’t make a difference
Good thing this isn’t “last year”
It’s the same argument lol
you are so mad hahahaha and insecure hHAHAHAHAHAHA
42% TS is nasty and all but 10 3pt attempts for SGA?
nga was just chucking bs
he attemped three’s that he never shot before 😭
Rare brick game
Only needed one more bucket to match my 9 for 25 prediction
ok lebron
i’m not usually one to say u lose an mvp after a bad performance, but wow, sga might have lost the mvp today
I suspect it will only matter vs MVP matchup games
Holy overreaction lmfao
not really tbh that’s how the voters work and having stinkers near the end of the season doesn’t help his case
He won’t lose it after 1 games like this, but this plus Celtics game plus one more like this in the future and yeah he just might.
Going brick for brick with Giddey
TO THE TOP WE GO. THE COMMENTS BOUTTA BE EXTREMELY TOXIC CAUSE OF 0-10
Only 50% of his points came from the charity stripe too
Don’t listen to the haters goat u not built for shot chucking 😭
And they up by 30 lol
That’s my 2nd in mvp yall
Suffering from chugfest
Is 3s are so good, then how come the reigning mvp scores more points shooting 2s than 3s? Take that stats nerds.
This was such a bad timing to have a stinker. Wemby had just taken the top spot in the MVP race hours earlier.
Despite the win
lol Shai
Was respecting Kobe just like Tatum
The timing to put out one of his worst game of the year is crazy
Mvp
“MVP” hahahahahahah
Well damnn
Dogshit game from him
How he had such an off night and still had 25 points is baffling.
Bad game from Shai and they still blow out the bulls lol
When in the game did he get to 20? Curious if he knew it would be a short night chase the bulls are booty so he was just chucking to get to 20 before the plug got pulled
He was chucking to make a three. He’ll do this occasionally if he misses his first 3-4 attempts from three; this was particularly egregious.
Shooters shoot, better to do it in this game than other matchups
Yep lol 😂 him and Tatum it seems like we’re letting it fly and sometimes the shots just don’t fall your way
Kind of reminds me of those Jokic games where he just keeps putting up threes and the bricks sound louder and louder. I didn’t know this was in Shai’s bag as well
Against the fucking bulls btw. Fraud
damn that looks like a “despite the loss” type of stat line but it isn’t lol. Okc too good.
Hi all spurs fans who are here to justify their mvp now…
Hello there 😂
Wemby is rarely on the floor without Fox and Castle lol
Some of his offensive metrics are very ‘fake’. People don’t like admit it tho
7’6” Center rarely on floor without Guards. Wow you’re right that is surprising
Nah I’m kind of jealous I wish Mark would play our max players/shooters with Shai more lol.
Like you said it’s normal but at the same time his offensive impact is not high as some stats show
You right we are better on offense with fox and Castle without Wemby since the offense is so fake, Mitch gotta play Kornet more
Hahahahahaha FTA fanboys defending this shit. Absolutely disgusting stat line. He’s shit at 3s, and if his fouls don’t get called this is his actual efficiency. Fraud, knock him down to third/fourth.
No one’s defending him buddy relax. Y’all been waiting forever to get a bad shooting night from him
What’s the point of this thread? A great, great two-player, reigning MVP, and reigning Finals MVP has one bad shooting night while his team still wins by double digits…
What are we trying to say?
Wemby/Luka MVP chances incoming?
God he’s so pathetic. What a loser
Ykw the deal, move Luka down to 5th on the MVP ladder!
I see why he doesn’t take many 3s now. Mr efficiency man going back to shooting 3 a game
Disgusting looking game. This is exactly why he shouldn’t chuck up 3s
Was complete shit thank god it was against the bulls
His absolute worst game in forever just would not stop shooting the 3 point shot lol 😂 eh shit happens
I think he’s just experimenting, some things you practice you have to try in game and who better to do it against than a tanking team.
Yeah I think so too, he’s trying to get his 3 ball down for the spurs matchup
We made a drinking game out of him missing shots to prevent myself from jumping off a roof.
I’m one eye typing this while the room spins.
Couldn’t watch the game but wtf happened? Did he get injured or a bad shooting night? Taking 10 3s is pretty out of character for him unless he couldn’t drive in for some reason. At least they won
He’s prob practicing difficult 3’s cause he’ll need is vs the spurs, I refuse to believe he was trying after scoring so efficiently vs Boston a much harder team
I know everyone has bad games but this was so uncharacteristic I was genuinely stunned. At the very least, it’s good to have these games before the playoffs and the other tougher matchups left in the reg season
Jeez worst 3 shooting of his career, just last game against the Celtics he was 3⁄4 from 3 lol
Stacey King (matter-of-fact tone): “On the stepback SGA gets away with a pushoff every single time.”
Very rare to hear even opposing team’s commentators be so open about the double standard. Celtics crew did the same thing in a win.
Everyone clowning Shai going 0/10 from 3 forgot Luka February 5th against Philly 🤣 he went 0/10 too and lost 118-108
He’s definitely losing MVP lol. Thunder need to go undeated in order to stay the 1st seed and I don’t think that’s happening.
San Antonio have 2 games left vs. Denver they’re not guaranteed to run the table in those
OKC do definitely have a much harder schedule though
Denver defense just doesn’t move me ngl but yeah you’re right. That’s like their only hard games tho I think
Denver had to make a crazy 20 point comeback just to beat wemby-less spurs. Spurs with Wemby is mopping the floor with that denver’s defense.
Every game is a new game that’s not how it works lol
It won’t be the same Jokic.
Was only able to do the gamecast. Appeared they clearly were hunting the 20pts and felt they could handle Bulls easily.