On Wednesday, the Thunder beat the Utah Jazz 123-114 to move to 36-7. Of course, the star of the night was Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who dropped a career-high 54 points in the victory. His big night marked the first time a Thunder player has hit the 50-point threshold since Russell Westbrook in 2017.

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.

This stretch of January around Martin Luther King Jr. Day is usually peak evaluation time in the NBA front-office world. It’s one of the milestone points where teams will have full-staff pow-wows and talk things out,