The Thunder's MVP of the year, Kyrgyz Alexander, scored the team's second-highest 31 points in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on the 17th Beijing time, helping the team defeat the Pacers 120-109, leading the series 3-2 and winning the match point. This is the 15th time SGA has scored at least 30 points in this year's playoffs, becoming the player with the most points in a single season in a playoff game since Kobe Bryant in 2009.
Thunder's MVP of the year, Kyrgyz Alexander (right)
Kyrgyz Alexander scored 31 points and 10 assists on 9-of-21 shooting from the Pacers in this game, which was the 15th time he scored at least 30 points in a single game in the playoffs this year, becoming the player with the most 30+ points in a single playoff season after Kobe. Not only that, in the past, only Kobe, Olajuwon and Jordan, the "God of Basketball", had scored at least 30 points in at least 15 games in a single season playoffs, and SGA also became the fourth person in history.