The NBA announced on Monday that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won its Week 20 Western Conference Player of the Week award. The Oklahoma City Thunder went a perfect 4-0 during that stretch. Gilgeous-Alexander averaged a ridiculous 44 points,

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young have been named the NBA Western and Eastern Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for Week 20 of the 2024-25 season.

In a battle of this NBA season’s two leading MVP candidates, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander got one up on Nikola Jokić with a huge 40-point performance to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a dominant 127-103 win over the Denver Nuggets.