Explosive score of 55+8+5, SGA career night! One man made 26 free throws, sent 3 people to 6 fouls and left the game. Harry looked helpless.

Breaking records in two consecutive double overtimes, once again scoring an exaggerated 55+8+5, SGA dedicated a career night! One man made 26 free throws and sent three players off the field with six fouls. Faced with the referee's outrageous actions, Haliburton looked helpless.

Winning consecutive double overtime records and breaking the record

After the Rockets got a good start by making free throws in double overtime in the opening game, the Thunder team, with many people taking turns, faced off against the old rival Pacers.

Although Harry was absent due to injury, and the Thunder's Jaylen Williams, Caruso and others were also absent, as opponents in last season's finals, the two teams were still full of excitement and the intensity of the game was full. In the end, through a fierce double overtime battle, the Thunder defeated the Pacers 141-135 and won two consecutive victories.

This makes the Thunder the seventh team in NBA history to play two consecutive overtime games in the first season, and the first team in NBA history to play two consecutive double overtime games in the first season, and the team won both times.

Alexander's career night

faced two consecutive double overtime battles, during which core players such as Jaylen Williams were absent and rested due to injuries. The reason why the Thunder were able to win consecutively in fierce battles was largely due to core Alexander.

After playing a crazy 47 minutes against the Rockets in the opening game, scoring 35 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, and causing Durant to foul at the decisive moment and making free throws to win the victory, Alexander had another career night in this game against the Trail Blazers.

Alexander once again played a team-high 45 minutes, shooting 15 of 31, scoring a career-high 55 points, plus 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 1 block.

With this performance, Alexander became the first 50-point player in the NBA this season. It was also the fifth time in his career that he scored 50+ points in a single game, tying Westbrook for the first place in Thunder team history.

At the same time, he scored 90 points in two games at the beginning of the season, ranking fifth in NBA history. The top four were Chamberlain with 106 points, Chamberlain with 105 points, Big Eyebrow with 95 points, and Jordan with 91 points.

In addition, Alexander scored 35+ points in the first two games of the season and became the first person in the history of the Thunder. Previously, Westbrook, Durant and others had never achieved this feat.

With 40 free throws in two games, he ranks first in history

And Alexander has continuously delivered such exaggerated performance on the offensive end. Thanks to his ultimate foul-making skills, Alexander made 26 free throws in this game.

He single-handedly forced the three core outsiders of the Pacers, Nesmith, Marcelin and Sheppard, to foul out 6 times and leave the game. In addition, Haliburton and McConnell were absent.

In the decisive moment of the second overtime, the Pacers were unable to find a qualified outside ball carrier, and the balance of victory fell directly to the Thunder.

This game is also the epitome of Alexander's playing style. In the first game against the Rockets, Alexander also made 14 free throws. In the decisive moment, he relied on his ability to make free throws to directly defeat the Rockets.

After the first two games of the season, Alexander made a total of 40 free throws, surpassing Chamberlain and Lanier's 38, ranking first in NBA history.

This has allowed Alexander to make more free throws than field goals since the start of the game. In the two games, he has made 33 free throws and scored more than 27 field goals.

Haliburton looked helpless

And Alexander's performance of 26 free throws was also an intuitive display of the referee's call in this game. The referee called a total of 70 fouls, of which the Thunder made 45 of 51 free throws and the Pacers made 30 of 40 free throws.

As a result, at the critical moment of double overtime, the referee made a controversial operation. With 22.1 seconds left in the second overtime, the Pacers, who were 6 points behind, relied on Toppin's quick counterattack to chase the point difference to 4 points, and then stole the Thunder's baseline serve.

When he was about to complete an easy layup, the referee blew the whistle to indicate that the Thunder had called a timeout in advance. The steal was invalid and the game lost suspense. Haliburton on the sidelines could only smile bitterly.