The Oklahoma City Thunder picked up their sixth win in their last seven games with a 123-114 win over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night. The story of the night, though, was guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

The Thunder faithful were in for a surprise treat against the Jazz as OKC star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished with a career-high in points. He scored 54 points on 17-for-35 shoo

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 54 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Utah Jazz 123-114 on Wednesday night. Gilgeous-Alexander made 17 of 35 field goals and 17 of 18 free throws to surpass his previous career best of 45 points. He also had eight rebounds, five assists and three steals.

The Oklahoma City Thunder avoided the upset with a 123-114 win over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday. OKC had a monster second half to slowly run away from Utah on the scoreboard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had a career-high 54 points on 17-of-35 shooting and went 17-of-18 at the free-throw line.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 54 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Utah Jazz 123-114 on Wednesday night.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander looked every bit the MVP in putting up 54 points on the Jazz Wednesday night — the first 50-point game of his career. That big number was fueled by SGA getting to the free throw line and hitting 17-of-18 on the night.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 54 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 123-114 home win over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday.