Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished the victory with 42 points, six rebounds, six assists and one block while shooting 14/26 from the field and 5/9 from the three-point range in 37 minutes. Now that the Thunder have won 65 games,

As the 2024-25 regular season enters its last week, the MVP race is all but over. Sitting atop the NBA's MVP ladder for a third straight week, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is on his way to capture the prestigious trophy for the first time in his career.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the latest to join the list, doing so after the Thunder registered their 65th win of the season on Tuesday with a 136-120 rout of the Lakers. SGA's 32.7 PPG puts him atop the leaderboard of the rare feat, surpassing Abdul-Jabbar's 31.7 from 55 years ago.