We’re halfway home in the NBA season, and like the Thunder atop the Western Conference, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is opening up quite the lead in the MVP race. In mid-December, Denver’s Nikola Jokic had a healthy lead on Gilgeous-Alexander in ESPN’s MVP straw poll,

SGA, with more efficiency and consistency and wins than one man needs, never found the reasons to chase it.  Wednesday opened the window.  Fifty-four points, to be exact. A career-high for Gilgeous-Alexander in the Thunder’s 123-114 win over Utah,

Gilgeous-Alexander finished with a career-best 54 points on 17-of-35 shooting, eight rebounds and five assists. He shot 3-of-10 from 3 and went 17-of-18 at the free-throw line.

On the door step of being named an NBA All-Star Starter for the second time in his career, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander pulled off another milestone feat during the

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander looked every bit the MVP in putting up 54 points on the Jazz Wednesday night — the first 50-point game of his career. That big number was fueled by SGA getting to the free throw line and hitting 17-of-18 on the night.

It was a virtuoso display from a player that many consider as the front-runner for this season’s Most Valuable Player award Read more at straitstimes.com.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 54 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 123-114 home win over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday.

Here's a look at every 50-point performance by an OKC player in franchise history, including Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

The Oklahoma City Thunder picked up their sixth win in their last seven games with a 123-114 win over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night. The story of the night, though, was guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

SGA: 54-8-5 + 2 steals – Dub: 25-3-2 + 2 steals – Cason: 13 and 3 rebounds – Wiggs: 10 and 4 rebounds – Caruso: 7-3-5 +

The Oklahoma City Thunder picked up a win against the Utah Jazz on Thursday night behind Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's monster performance.