Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is a player you can set your watch to. Despite averaging over 30 points per game in each of the past three seasons, he doesn't get there with gaudy, single-game totals. Instead,

We’re halfway home in the NBA season, and like the Thunder atop the Western Conference, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is opening up quite the lead in the MVP race. In mid-December, Denver’s Nikola Jokic had a healthy lead on Gilgeous-Alexander in ESPN’s MVP straw poll,

With 41 points after three quarters, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander took advantage of the close score to shatter his career high. Gilgeous-Alexander finished with a career-best 54 points on 17-of-35 shooting,