Is Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Playing Tonight vs Pelicans?: Thunder Star’s Availability Update Provides Serious Hope

Tonoy Sengupta | 12/04/2023
Is Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Playing Tonight vs Pelicans?: Thunder Star's Availability Update Provides Serious Hope

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the OKC Thunder have been having a bit of a weird season. On one end the franchise is still in its rebuilding phase and definitely shows it a lot of the time. But of course, on the other end, they did grab the final spot in the Western Conference’s play-in tournament.

In all honestly, the team has done extremely well to have gotten as far as they have this season. However, if they want to keep going and reach the postseason, they will need to win their big game against the New Orleans Pelicans. And for that to happen, they will need Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, something that makes the next question of tantamount importance.

Will Shai Gilgeous-Alexander be healthy enough to play in the big game against Brandon Ingram and the crew?

 

ESPN reveals Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s health status

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, for the most part at least, doesn’t seem to have a problem with his health. However, the man also missed the Thunder’s match against the Jazz for largely unexplained reasons.

Well, the good news here is that, as per ESPN, Gilgeous-Alexander is not only healthy but absolutely good to go in this season-defining game. However, will his presence be enough to clinch the victory in this all-important game? Only time will tell.

 

What did Shai Gilgeous-Alexander average during this past regular season?

In 68 games played, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander averaged 31.4 points, 4.8 rebounds, 5.5 assists, 1.6 steals, and 1 block per game. Additionally, the man is shooting 51% from the field, 34.5% from deep, and 90.5% from the charity stripe.

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Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta is a Senior Editor at The SportsRush. Coming from an athletically inclined family, he has been surrounded by sports ever since he was 4 years old. But, while initially pouring all his time into Football (soccer), at 14, Tonoy discovered basketball through the countless highlights of Stephen Curry humiliating players from Curry Land. And just like that, a fiery passion for the game was ignited within Tonoy. And soon after, he decided to become a student of journalism, graduating in 2022, and choosing sports as his area of interest. Today, you can find him spending 99% of his time browsing through every type of content on every team in the NBA, before uncorking everything he has found to the world. In the 1% he isn't doing this, you can find him playing Basketball, Football, Volleyball, or practically any other sport he has had the opportunity to learn.

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