While Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is already breaking NBA records two games into the 2025-26 regular season, he's seeing the development in second-year guard Ajay Mitchell. In a Finals rematch, Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault watched Gilgeous-Alexander score a career-high 55 points, which helped close out the Indiana Pacers along with Mitchell's career-high 26 points off the bench in a 141-135 double-overtime thriller.

After beating the Pacers, Gilgeous-Alexander reacted to Mitchell's impressive performance in his postgame media availability.

“He's just a really good basketball player. His feel for the game is what jumps out right away,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “He just understands how to play. It's almost like when you're playing with him, it's lik

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