With the Thunder securing the franchise’s first championship in OKC, star guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander arrived on the NBA Finals stage, but two months ago, we wondered whether he could lead such a young team to the championship.

Oklahoma City won a further 16 games across the postseason, tying the 1996-97 Chicago Bulls on 84 wins in total for the campaign, trailing only two teams - the 2016-15 Golden State Warriors (88) and t

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander capped a dominant season as he led the Oklahoma City Thunder to the NBA Championship after beating the Indiana Pacers in game seven of the play-off finals. The Canadian, 26, scored 29 points and had 12 assists in their 103-91 success over the Indiana Pacers in Oklahoma to clinch the series 4-3 - the first time since 2016 that the finals had gone to a deciding seventh game.