Alexander was awfully close to forgetting the feeling of fourth quarters altogether. Then the Thunder superstar was summoned late Tuesday in perhaps the unlikeliest of games throughout the East Coast trip.

The Philadelphia 76ers were without Joel Embiid, Paul George, Tyrese Maxey, Caleb Martin, Andre Drummond and Kyle Lowry for Tuesday night's matchup

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32 points and Jalen Williams had 24 to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 118-102 win over a Philadelphia 76ers team missing three All-Stars on Tuesday night.

The Sixers trailed by 21 points after the first 9:30 of “action,” by 16 after one quarter and watched the Thunder hit 13 of their first 15 shots from the field. A very MVP-like 32 points from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and 24 from Jaylin Williams eventually asserted the Thunder’s obvious superiority.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is sneaking up on a serious case for the best player in Oklahoma City’s franchise history. It’s a pretty crazy thing to suggest, considering the Thunder has debuted Kevin Durant,