SGA Tonight Against Cavs: 42 Points (11⁄26 FG, 5⁄11 3PT, 15-19 FT) 8 Assists, 5 Rebounds, 4 TO
https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401909929
Consecutive 40 point games for Shai against the cavs
He played 35 minutes tonight.
Kenny single handed raising Shais FTA averages in two minutes.
helped his true shooting from being disastrous
Had shais over fs
he really got 8 straight fts because cavs tried to bring it back off DMitch’s 3s lmao
He was also intentionally fouled when Allen and Proctor both got hurt. So 12 of 19 his FTs were intentional.
I get intentional fouls when a player is injured, but it should be banned at the end of games, what Cavs kept doing does not belong in high level basketball
Kept intentional fouling lmao
Aside from the FT conversation though, I really am having a fun time watching super aggressive Shai! :)
So many narratives are going to collapse if he leads OKC to a top 4 seed lol
He’s been accused of being a stacked team merchant so many times here
I dont really get that narrative… when he plays fiba he literally looks like kobe so fun to watch on canada
The ‘stacked team’ of undrafted lu Dort, undrafted Caruso and 2nd round pick of hartenstein lol, all of which went to another level as soon as they got to okc
Maybe they should blame their gms instead
I don’t think Caruso went to a new level in OKC. He’s been a dog everywhere he’s played. OKC just has all the other pieces so he could stay in his role.
Curry had that narrative a lot until 2022, so it’ll likely stick with Shai until he wins a chip with a mid team sadly.
Has he? The only real complaint I’ve seen m people have against SGA is that he foul baits, which he doesn’t even need to do because he’s so damn good.
Common for fans of other players try to tear down your player. I’ve seen the narrative plenty, how Luka or Jokic would have 3+ rings if they were on the Thunder
that 4 pull up 3-point shots in a row before half time was rough, somehow he still shot over 40% from 3.
Don’t ruin the narrative. How else will people who didn’t watch the game complain about his stat line?
Craziest part is there were so many uncalled fouled
Fouling is the only way they can defend him
Best part of this stat line is 5⁄11 from 3
Of course I was only able to tune in for the 5 missed 3s and thought he had a shitty shooting night from 3
before the box score watchers come in, 8 of the FTA came in the last two mins of the game with the cavs intentionally fouling
More like 10
10 free throw attempts in the 4th quarter total yeah. I believe only the last 8 were a result of intentional fouls, but they all came within the last 3:23 of regulation
He should have had double those FTs, the Cavs’ gameplan was grabbing him and stepping under his midrange as many times as they could lol
It was crazy because we saw Cleveland get some soft calls. I’m thinking of the one Mobley drew when Stirtz grazed him (grazed is also a generous verb here). If that was the standard for a foul, SGA would have had more FTs than Bam on his 83 point night.
I originally thought they called a travel. Laughed when i saw the replay, that was pretty ridiculous.
Idk how his jersey is making it through these games intact lol
He actually has a horrendous whistle this season dude, he should be averaging like 18 FTA* a game with how he’s been guarded lmfao 😭
They got away with it so much last season that they just got worse this season. Scandalous shit. Were not even the ones who won the chip.
That’s every game this season, and refs are making a real point to not send Shai to the line unless there’s NO way to avoid it
Remember people posting that compilation him falling in the playoffs as some kind of commentary about the game being ruined when in almost every single clip a defender was clearly in his landing area.
I sure do remember that. It was extremely embarrassing. This place doesn’t hide their hate even when it’s largely unwarranted. It’s almost like they wanted Shai to turn his ankle for the sake of looking good
Think these are the types of statlines we’re going to be seeing from SGA this season
With all the OKC injuries 30 on 17 shots is out and 40 on 25 shots is in lol
Shai embracing 06 Kobe helio ball
He doesn’t have a choice his whole damn team’s in the hospital.
I hope so, this version of Shai is so good to watch
If Shai gets this broken roster to 60 wins, he deserves 3X mvp imo
If they get 60 wins yeah he’s winning MVP for sure. He would probably need to average over 40 lol. That would be insanely improbable. 60.5 was the OU when fully healthy lol.
This “broken roster” continues to play teams even or outscore them with SGA on the bench
This roster has a -14 net rating with Shai off the court
Lakers won a whole playoff series without Luka 😂
They don’t have the goat anymore tho
The fact that Luka gets basically no shit for this proves to me he’s not on SGA’s level.
If that happened to SGA, it would be brought up 24⁄7.
Different standards for different tier of greatness.
This is dumb, they still had Lebron. Rockets were missing Durant, FVV, Adams… it’s not like they beat a healthy team
Luka fans are secretly OKC fans considering they think every player on OKC except SGA is a first ballot hall of famer
Because of Shai’s aura
Now you’re just making stuff up. Shai off numbers ain’t good.
Luka would have this roster finish lottery
You cant actually believe that. Hartenstein and mara are pretty good luka complements
I don’t think any team with Luka is finishing in the lottery the way he’s playing now, but those dudes are slow-footed, so while the offence might be electric idk how well they’d jell together on defense
Hypothetical mvp for Luka
Not really, they arent lob threats
That’s just not true
Not with this dominant Wemby
Cade didn’t get it last year so yall not getting it this year
There’s no way you’re comparing a healthy Detroit Pistons with the Thunder who are missing 100M in salary cap to injuries.
Okc legit have 3 starters injured bro
The Cavs doubled his FTs with intentional fouls they just wouldn’t let the game end lol 😂
No more passing for Shaivonte
We having our 06’ Kobe season
Fuckin love it.
This is why efficiency is stupid to look at when someone with a inferior team is hard carrying Luka put up 60-63 TS% with bad teams and people called him a chucker. This is why Luka has been best in the league since his 2nd year in my opinion.
Shai was on a tanking team in 22-23 season and his TS% was still higher than Luka’s most efficient season, and that was only Shai’s 4th most efficient season. There are levels to this brother
31.4 PPG on 62.6% TS with Dort and Giddey as his spacers, this man is a god
Tanking team is a stretch lol, won 40 games and made the play-in
Because they had SGA, lmao…
alright bro no idea how you pivoted this into a Luka glaze fest lol
You also can’t compare Shai losing his 2nd and 3rd option (+another starter) to Luka’s situation, i get Luka’s played on some bad teams but I don’t recall a season where he’s lost this much of his team
What is it about sloppy fat white boys that make their fans insufferable. Y’all can shut up about your guys sometimes man I promise it’s fine for someone else to get recognition too
Luka’s been surrounded by lottery picks and seasoned vets all throughout his career bruh, Shai only played with a group of vets his 1st and second year - all the rest he’s piggybacking a group of untested young dudes and growing with them along the way. only lottery picks SGA has played with regularity were Chet the twig, Jdub who can’t stay healthy, Cason who only knows defense and Giddey who cannot shoot and defend. Luka has already played with 3 first overall and lots of Seasoned vets and lottery picks.
did 06 Kobe win mvp?
He should make that compaint to refs. Maybe they will give him free throws for his 100th complaint of the game.
Luka cries on every play man. I haven’t watched a whole game of Luka this decade, tried once last season and I already had enough of the crying.
19 FT but mostly because of intentional fouls
Over half cause intentional
he probably should’ve had more free throws too lmao
Haters can hate all they want, this man always gon get his
I mean yeah with almost 20 free throws will help a ton
Don’t foul him 9 times in 2 mins and yeah he won’t get that many fts
Don’t forget the two from them fouling to get Allen out of the game. He “earned” 8
Allen left 5 mins into the game. Which game are you watching?
It’s fine bro you can just say you didn’t watch the game
Still a 30 bomb without the intentional fouling at the end keep coping
someones mad
No I just call a merchant when I see it
I know a box score watcher when I see one 🫵
Ik youre a bot but intentional fouls
hard to believe if you didnt watch the game but he genuinely should have had more free throws lmao
Cavs realized that too and decided to spot him 8 quick intentional free throws to statpad lol
What were the cavs doing at the end
Being annoying lmao 🤣
Charitable stat padding
Smooth operator
Social media will never make me hate shai
Having a bad defense is just free points
They intentionally fouled Shai 10 times 🤣🤣
I can’t believe we’ve been missing out on easy buckets like this for years
Come on casuals, prove you didn’t watch!!!
MVP
Already can smell the fuming instagram commenters that see the 19 free throws but didn’t actually watch the game
I know it’s still early but the Luka Shai dual for MVP is about to feed family’s this year
Wemby too
Luka always fizzles out unfortunately. Would love to watch him healthy and consistent for a season, would give Shai a real run this time.
Is Luka not the opposite of a guy who fizzles out. He usually gets better throughout the season
Not true. His body never holds up
But that’s different from fizzling out, since his play does get better throughout the year
If Luka stays healthy, he’s smoking SGA lmao. He’s always been a better player, y’all are on crack.
Jordan esque, owning the Cavs
3 peatMVP
19 FTs LMAOOO FREE THROW MERCHANT!!!
2nd half Shai
8⁄14 FG (57.1%) 3⁄4 3PT (75%) 13⁄15 FT (86.7%) 78.3% TS
Current situation has him way more careless with the ball
Ehh he still is only averaging 2 turnovers per gane
He’s a little more careless but it’s really not that much at all tbh
Started out 2-8 from 3, looked like he was gassed and just chucking.
But we should’ve known better, he turned it on in the second half.
The SGA special the past few years has been to play off ball in the 1st to get everyone involved, go into the half like 30%, then go apeshit in the 2nd half to end up shooting over 50%.