NBA Milestone Today: Alexander s third player in history 35+3+4+3! Caruso+40 creates history

Alexander scored 35 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals

The Thunder defeated the Nuggets 125-93 (3). Alexander made 12 of 19 shots in the game, including 3 of 4 three-pointers and 8 of 9 free throws, scoring 35 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 1 block.

Alexander became the third player in history to score at least the above set of data in the tiebreak and 60% shooting percentage after Hardaway in 1997 and James in 2018;

Alexander scored 30+ points with at least 70% shooting percentage twice in his career, tied for the first place in team history with Durant (2 times) and Sean Kemp (2 times).

Alexander became the second player in the Thunder to score at least 35 points in the tiebreak game after Durant (39 points) in 2011.

Caruso Substitute plus and negative value +40

This match. Caruso played for 25 minutes on the bench, making 5 of 7 shots in the game, including 1 of 3 three-pointers, scoring 11 points, 3 assists and 3 steals. The plus-negative value is as high as +40;

Caruso became the first player in NBA history to have a plus-negative value of at least +40 in the playoff tiebreak after Reggie Brock (+44), and after Jason Terry (+43), in 2005, he was the third player in history to have a plus-negative value of at least +40 in the playoffs;

Caruso became the second player in history to have a plus-negative value of +40 in the playoffs after Sean Bathir (+42);

Caruso became the first player in NBA history to have a plus-negative value of as high as +40 in the tiebreak;

Westbrook came on as a substitute, with 2 of 7 shots in the game, scoring 6 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, and 4 turnovers.

Westbrook surpassed Clay (3032 points) in the playoffs with 3035 points, ranking 28th in history;

Westbrook surpassed Curry (953 times) in the playoffs with 957 assists, ranking 18th in history.

Thunder VS Timberwolves meet again after 27 years of playoffs

Thunder defeated the Nuggets 125-93, eliminated their opponents 4-3 in total, advanced to the Western Conference Finals, and will compete with the Timberwolves in the Western Conference Finals.

Thunder have entered the Western Conference Finals again since Durant and Westbrook in the 2015-16 season;

Thunder and the Timberwolves have met again in the playoffs since the first round of the playoffs in 1998 (Supersons eliminated the Timberwolves 3-2).