OKLAHOMA CITY -- The symbolism didn't strike Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the moment as the clock ticked down in the second overtime of Tuesday night's season opener against the Houston Rockets .

His sole focus was on trying to figure out a way to score the winning points, not on the fact Kevin Durant was defending him. The superstar matchup in the deciding moments of a thrilling season opener probably wasn't lost on the Paycom Center sellout crowd, which spent the night booing Durant and celebrating Gilgeous-Alexander and his Thunder teammates after finally watching a championship banner raised to the rafters.

"Just trying to get to a shot I'm comfortable shooting in those moments," Gilgeous-Alexander said. "My brain is so in the moment that all those things I don't

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