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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander continues hot start with career-high 55 points

AP photo by Darron Cummings / Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander dribbles while guarded by the visiting Indiana Pacers' Bennedict Mathurin during the first half of Thursday night's game.
AP photo by Darron Cummings / Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander dribbles while guarded by the visiting Indiana Pacers' Bennedict Mathurin during the first half of Thursday night's game. AP photo by Darron Cummings / Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander dribbles while guarded by the visiting Indiana Pacers' Bennedict Mathurin during the first half of Thursday night's game.

By MICHAEL MAROT / The Associated Press 3 min read

INDIANAPOLIS — Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s seventh year in the NBA brought him his first league MVP award last May. Two months later, he was celebrating his first league title as the NBA Finals MVP.

There’s bad news for any opponent hoping he would rest on those honors: If his superb start to this season is any indication, he’s clearly as hungry as ever.

The 27-year-old Gilgeous-Alexander, a three-time NBA All-Star, scored a career-high 55 points, with 15 coming after regulation Thursday night as he led Oklahoma City to a second straight double-overtime win, this time over the Indiana Pacers, 141-135, in a rematch of last summer’s championship series that went seven games.

Gilgeous-Alexander stayed aggressive, challenged defenders and made free throws for the fifth 50-point game of his career, tying Russell Westbrook for the most with the Thunder.

“It was no different than any other night. I attack,” said Gilgeous-Alexander, a Toronto native who was a prep standout at Chattanooga’s Hamilton Heights Christian Academy. “I’m always going downhill. I had to put my aggressive foot forward.”