After just their second two-game losing streak, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander remains calm. He has to be. The MVP candidate sets the tone for the rest of the team. If he panics, everybody else panics. It's one thing for fans to do it, it's another when the actual team does.

Gilgeous-Alexander averages 8.8 free-throw attempts per game. That's second in the NBA. Against the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday, Gilgeous-Alexander didn't go to the free-throw line for the first time since 2021. The Thunder lost to the Lakers by a final score of 126-99.

For the first time since the Dallas Mavericks’ shocking blockbuster trade, Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander faced Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers. In the first of a two-game set at the Paycom Center,