An international player wins the NBA’s top individual honor for the 7th straight season and the 13th time overall.

“Aaron Nesmith is the FIRST player in the playbyplay era to score 20 points in a 5-minute span in the 2nd half of a playoff game,” Automatic said in a post. “And he did it in the final 5 minutes of the 4th to ignite maybe the most improbable comeback win in playoff history.”

The old guard is out — no LeBron or Curry remain — and the young guard is taking over, led by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

Draft prospect Dylan Harper compared his game to star big guards like Cade Cunningham and James Harden.

Shai-Gilgeous Alexander just won NBA MVP. So where does he rank compared to the nine other best Canadian NBA players in history?

After an 82-game season, any NBA player near full health at the start of the playoffs is lucky. By the end of the playoffs, any player near full health is a medical anomaly. Between the physicality of the playoffs and a taxing regular season,

The blowout win sets up an East final showdown against arch-rivals the Indiana Pacers next week. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Thunder announced Wednesday morning that Paycom Center will open for fans for road games during the Western Conference finals, starting with Game 3 on Saturday.