“Tonight Wasn’t Our Super Bowl”: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Trolls Spurs After 21-Point Blowout Win

The Oklahoma City Thunder finally picked up their first win against the San Antonio Spurs this season, and it took them four games to do it. The defending champions breathed a huge sigh of relief after avoiding a regular-season sweep, but Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, true to his confident self, downplayed the notion that his team was fazed by it.

Before the Thunder’s first loss to the Spurs on December 13, they looked seemingly unbeatable, barring flukes. But Victor Wembanyama and company exposed glaring flaws and showed the league that beating them was possible by beating them thrice in December.

Gilgeous-Alexander, after finally avoiding defeat against the Frenchman, admitted that the Thunder did not see this coming. But then he also made a dig, playing down the stature and significance of San Antonio in OKC’s larger quest for winning the championship again.

The Spurs did make the Thunder uncomfortable. But the reigning MVP feels that their 119-98 win on Tuesday is a sign of how they grew as a team.

“They got the better of us the last three times we played them [and] that doesn’t happen to this group,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “I can’t remember the last time it happened. But yeah, uncomfortable feelings and adversity are where you find growth that defines who you are.”

“And we showed that tonight,” the Canadian star added, before using “Super Bowl” to make a subtle dig at how he doesn’t consider the Spurs to be their biggest rivals this season.

Tonight wasn’t our Super Bowl. It wasn’t anything but another game in an 82-game season. We gotta [keep] finding ways to be better,” he said.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander after win vs. Spurs:

“Tonight wasn’t our Super Bowl.”

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Was this Gilgeous-Alexander trying to be nonchalant? Perhaps. Losing to a team four times in a regular season would have clearly shown the rest of the NBA that the Spurs were a true kryptonite for the Thunder. And no team would want that next to its record.

The discussion will be over for now. The Thunder showed that they can beat the Spurs. Next, they may meet in the post-season, where winning means more. If the Thunder fail there, Gilgeous-Alexander’s “this wasn’t our Super Bowl” comment would surely be revisited.