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Oct 23, 2026, 12:46 AM ET

Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had his first game with fewer than 20 points in nearly two years, finishing with 17 points in Thursday night's 96-84 home win over the Denver Nuggets to snap his NBA-record streak of 20-point games.

Gilgeous-Alexander, who scored 32 points in a convincing win over San Antonio on Tuesday night, shot just 6 of 19 from the field against Denver in failing to reach 20 points for the first time since Oct. 30, 2024, a streak of 141 regular-season games.

He had just under two minutes left to score three more points and extend his streak, but with Oklahoma City up 93-76 with 1:43 left, he asked Thunder coach Mark Daigneault to sub him out.

"I was going to go out there, and then I saw that [the Nuggets] had subbed, so I thought we should sub, too," Gilgeous-Alexander said.…