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Thunder's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is in the midst of another great season, winning his second consecutive MVP award.
He's once again close to making the NBA Finals, as the Spurs and Thunder will play in Game 7 on Saturday night.
Despite his brilliance, he's had patches this series when he's struggled, leaving him at the very bottom of a major stat where you wouldn't expect him to be.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ranks third-worst in key stat among players in Thunder/Spurs series
Among the 29 players who have logged minutes in this year's Western Conference Finals, SGA ranks 27/29 for plus-minus (via StatMuse).
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His plus-minus this series is -29 through six games, with Luke Kornet (-39) and Lu Dort (-54) as the only two players with a worse plus-minus than him.
Of course, some scorelines and blowouts have contributed to this, but the individual game stats show more than that.
He's shooting just 37.9 FG% this series. That's 17.4% worse than his 55.3 FG% in the regular season.
He's averaging 3.2 turnovers (+1.0 from regular season average) and 2.8 fouls (+0.8 from regular season average).
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This could all mean nothing if he has a vintage SGA performance at home in Game 7, but it is a little bit worrisome, as the Thunder will depend on him in their biggest game of the year.
SGA has a Game 7 record of 2-1, with his two wins coming in last postseason's campaign (NBA Finals: Pacers, WCSF: Nuggets).
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