In a dominant Game 1 win, Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was the story for all the wrong reasons. Gilgeous-Alexander, who jumped into traffic on multiple occasions Tuesday and drew a foul call to snag free throw attempts, was even called a “free throw merchant” on the TV broadcast by ESPN’s Doris Burke.

That favored Gilgeous-Alexander and Oklahoma City, 68-14, to Nikola’s 50-32 on a team that fired its coach near the end of the schedule. And when Jokic and Denver were able to p