The NBA regular season continued, the Thunder beat the Clippers 104-103, and the Core alexander of the Thunder team scored 18 points and 6 assists. Although the statistics are average, in the final moments, it is his three-point shot that completes the killer for the Thunder.
In the final 6 seconds, the Thunder attacked in front of the court, and Alexander covered for teammate Dort and came out to receive the ball. Facing him was Batum, a veteran Clippers veteran and defensive experience. Alexander picked up the ball and accelerated, followed by a retreating three-point jumper that shook Batum straight away. Batum has completely lost his place and has no time to make up for it. Alexander hit the basket with a drifting three-pointer to help the Thunder complete the shootout, and also sealed his throat in front of the old master.
This was another outburst of Alexander at a critical moment. Although his feel has not been good this season, the current shooting rate is only 41.3%, three-point shooting rate is only 30.8%, compared to last season's 50.8% shooting rate and 41.8% three-point shooting rate, Alexander's decline this season is very obvious.
After only renewing his contract with the Thunder early this summer to get a top salary, Alexander's performance this season is obviously unsatisfactory.
But at the critical moment, Alexander still has some ability, otherwise, the Thunder would not have been able to casually give a maximum salary contract, and the two sides still had such a smooth contract extension.
According to the data, Alexander's singles ability is still good. So far, Alexander has averaged 7.2 points per singles this season, second in the league after the Nets' Harden. Behind Alexander, third in the league, is Durant. After that, superstars like James, Doncic, Alphabet Brother, DeRozan, Westbrook, Curry, etc. who like to singles or have outstanding singles ability are also significantly inferior to Alexander, which also reflects Alexander's ability to a certain extent.
But all Alexander needed to do was remain stable. As a 23-year-old, Alexander is still young, but he still needs to learn to be more stable. Otherwise, it is difficult to have too much of a breakthrough in his ceiling, after all, the key to pulling away superstars and stars is whether he can have a particularly stable performance. In this regard, Alexander still needs a lot of experience.