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SGA's late-game heroics lift Thunder over Rockets

October 22, 2025 12:36 AM

Twenty-four of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's 35 points came in the fourth quarter and overtime as the reigning MVP helped lift the Thunder over the Rockets to open the NBA's return to NBC and Peacock.

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