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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 3,000th point of 2024-25 NBA season in Game 2 of NBA Finals
Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored his 3,000th point of the season in Game 2 of the NBA Finals against the Indiana Pacers on Sunday, becoming the 12th player in history to reach the total in an NBA season (regular season and playoffs). Gilgeous-Alexander hit the milestone on a nine-foot pull-up jump shot to put the Thunder up 9-7 early in the first quarter. Less than a minute later, he drained a 23-foot 3-point jumper.
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The reigning NBA MVP joins Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain, Bob McAdoo, Elgin Baylor, James Harden, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, Rick Barry, Shaquille O'Neal and Luka Dončić as the only players to accomplish the feat. This is the 25th time a player has reached 3,000, and Dončić was the most recent player to do it when he scored 3,005 points with the Dallas Mavericks last season.
The Pacers have a 1-0 series lead heading into Game 2 on Sunday. Gilgeous-Alexander had 38 points in Oklahoma City's 111-110 Game 1 loss on Thursday.
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