Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder may have dominated Game 1 in spirit but fell short on the scoreboard. In Game 2, they made sure the result matched the performance, cruising past the Indiana Pacers with a 123-107 win. Leading the charge with yet another 30-point game, Shai not only powered his team to victory, he also reached a milestone that even 6-time Finals MVP Michael Jordan never achieved. What are we talking about?

See, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander dropped 38  points in Game 1 against the Pacers. But he wasn’t just incredible offensively, as he contributed to his team going both ways. His 3 steals in the game played a big role in the Thunder forcing 24 turnovers out of the Pacers in Game 1. Well, apart from the result at the final whistle, things looked pretty much the same in Game 2 for Shai. And it has now made him join the likes of LeBron James, Rick Barry, and Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade in setting an incredible record.

Shai is the latest NBA player to have over 30 points and 3 or more steals in consecutive games. Rick Barry did it all the way back in 1975, Dwayne Wade did it in 2006, and his former teammate, LeBron, did it in 2016. And now the Thunder’s Canadian guard has cemented his place in history alongside these NBA legends.

Now, there’s an interesting trend among the winners. All of them won the chip in the year they did this. Rick Barry in 1975, Dwyane Wade in 2006, and LeBron James in 2016. Moreover, two of them, Wade and Bron, actually came back from a deficit to win the series. 0-2 for Wade and 3-1 for LeBron! So things bode well for SGA in this series despite going 0-1 down against the Indiana Pacers. At least, historically speaking!

But this wasn’t the only milestone that Game 2 held for Shai. After his 34-point showing, Shai tied another insane Playoff record. And once again, it puts him in elite company as only Wilt Chamberlain did it before him.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ties an unbelievable Wilt Chamberlain NBA Playoff record

Shai is truly living up to his reputation as the MVP during this postseason. He’s averaging 30.4 points while also getting 1.8 steals per game. And just to show how incredible his performances have been, Game 2 against the Pacers saw Shai rub shoulders with Wilt Chamberlain.

Sunday’s 34-point performance was Shai’s 9th back-to-back home game in the postseason, where he scored at least 30 points. This incredible streak began in Game 1 against the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Semifinals. And Shai hasn’t looked back since dropping 30+ every time a series has come back to Oklahoma City.

If the Paycom Center seemed like a fortress before, then this stat basically solidifies that notion! What’s crazier is that Shai has once again overtaken arguably the greatest hooper ever, Michael Jordan, with this achievement. You see, MJ, Jerry West, and Bob Pettit all had eight consecutive games with 30 points or more. But only SGA and Wilt Chamberlain are on the short list of players with 9 such games.

That said, when this series does come back to the Paycom Center for a Game 5, Shai will have the opportunity to surpass everyone before him in this regard by breaking Wilt’s record with 10 consecutive 30-ball games.  And if that’s not the hallmark of a deserving MVP, we don’t know what is!