After the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Washington Wizards in a 136-95 blowout win, All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander weighed in on his place in the Most Valuable Player conversation. During his postgame media availability, Gilgeous-Alexander addressed being an MVP candidate.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32 points, Jalen Williams had 24 and Cason Wallace pitched in 18 as the Thunder beat the short-handed 76ers on Tuesday.

"We weren’t a 48-minute team tonight, but I never take for granted the effort it takes and the concentration to win an NBA game," Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault said. "I thought we started the game really well,

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32 points on 12-of-15 shooting to guide the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder to a 118-102 win over the short-handed Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday.

The Philadelphia 76ers came limping into tonight's game against the Western Conference's best team, the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Sixers had only nine players available and none of them included their three stars Joel Embiid,