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  •   Home > News > Sports > Basketball

    Shai  Alexander has been crowned the NBA's best for the first time

    Shai Alexander has been crowned the NBA's best for the first time


    The Oklahoma City Thunder guard has been named the league's MVP, after leading the best team in the regular season with the most points.

    Gilgeous-Alexander averaged 32.7 points, 6.4 assists and five rebounds per game this season, leading OKC to a 68-14 record.

    Meanwhile, the New York Knicks lead game one of the NBA's eastern conference finals against the Indiana Pacers 85-81 in the third quarter.

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     14 Jun: The NBA finals are level at two games apiece after the Oklahoma City Thunder stormed their way back to win game four, 111 to 104 against the Indiana Pacers
     12 Jun: The Indiana Pacers have marked their first NBA home final in 25 years with a win
     08 Jun: To basketball's NBL... the Tuatara have comfortably beaten the Tauranga Whai 78-59 in Auckland
     06 Jun: The first fixture in basketball's NBA finals looks to be going the way of the home team ... although the visitors have come back in the second half to make a game of it
     06 Jun: It's advantage to the hosts at halftime, in today's opening game of basketball's NBA finals
     05 Jun: Basketball's NBA have confirmed another change to their All-Star game in a bid to reverse waning interest in the annual fixture
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