BASKETBALL: NBA: Oklahoma City Thunder post-game reaction (Gilgeous-Alexander)

Oklahoma City Thunders' Shai Gilgeous-Alexander starred once more in their 119-93 win over the Denver Nuggets

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00:00 Yeah, makes the game easy. Like, he can space the floor, he can attack a closeout, he can

00:07 post up smaller guys. He's a threat on the court in so many ways and him drawing that

00:16 attention only makes it easier for the guys around us, around him, including myself and

00:21 Dov and Josh, whoever's out there. Yeah, he makes it easier for the rest of the guys offensively.

00:26 Yeah, I mean the defending champs, they're that for a reason. Their style of play is

00:36 hard to guard. They obviously, with the Oakage and the shooters around them, they have talented

00:44 shot makers around them, Jamal, Michael Porter, Caldwell Pope. And then defensively, they

00:49 try to make you play outside of your comfort zone and they play together on both ends of

00:55 the floor. It's not a fluke being on the championship. They're a really good team and we know that

01:00 every night we play them. It's a challenge for us to play them. Happy we got the last

01:10 two, obviously, but you get out of bed to play against teams like that just knowing

01:16 that they're at the level that you want to get to and you really get to test how good

01:21 you are. Not yet. We're not championship level yet. We're heading in the right direction

01:27 for sure. I can feel it. I think the guys on the team can feel it. I think everyone

01:32 can feel it. We're getting better. You just don't want to get complacent and stay on that

01:36 track and keep attacking day in and day out and hopefully we get there one day. Yeah,

01:43 I felt good. My teammates were, I think a lot of it had to do with my teammates flowing.

01:52 The way we played offensively tonight allowed myself to kind of play in space and play comfortably.

02:01 Like someone that has to do with Chet getting going, Josh getting going, guys being aggressive

02:06 and establishing threats early in the game. And the defense had to worry about multiple

02:10 things by the time that I got the ball and got to start attacking. So a lot of it goes

02:16 to them. And then as far as my shots and stuff, I just tried to shoot shots that I know I

02:23 can make and stuff that I work on day in and day out.