Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander encourages NBA opponents' best effort , which only makes him better, he said, after beating the Minnesota Timberwolves and reaching a feat in the same breath as Hall of Fame guard Michael Jordan . Gilgeous-Alexander finished with 40 points in a 113-105 win on Wednesday. He also extended his streak of scoring 20+ points to 90 consecutive games.

At the same time, Gilgeous-Alexander joined Jordan in becoming the first to have 16 30+ point performances throughout the first 19 games of a regular season since MJ's 1986-87 season.

“Shai Gilgeous-Alexander became just the second player in the last 50 seasons to have 16 30-point performances through 19 games of the season. The other is Michael Jordan who did it 17 times in the 1986-87

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