Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 45 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Los Angeles Clippers 134-128 in their first game this season without Chet Holmgren.

The Oklahoma City Thunder may be shorthanded along the frontline, but they are a team with incredible depth — and they have Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. He went off for a career-high 45 points plus nine assists to lift the Thunder past the visiting Clippers, 134-128.

That's when Gilgeous-Alexander hit a nasty stepback 3-pointer to give the Thunder a six-point lead with less than two minutes left. The 26-year-old scored a career-high points and received loud 'MVP' chants at the free-throw line. He'll need more performances like these with Holmgren out.

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The Los Angeles Clippers have played a lot of close games this season, but they’ve won four in a row heading into Monday’s road matchup against the Oklahoma Cit

Oklahoma City Thunder hosting the LA Clippers at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City. The Clippers are 6-4 and 3-0 on the road early in the season. The squad has won four straight and hasn’t lost since the first meeting with the Thunder earlier this month.