The Oklahoma City Thunder suffered a devastating loss on Thursday night, falling to the Indiana Pacers 111–110 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals after a buzzer-beating game-winner by Tyrese Haliburton. Despite the result, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander shined for the Thunder with a standout performance and helped make history alongside his fellow Canadian players.

While the spotlight was on the Finals clash, a significant subplot unfolded on the court: four Canadian players—Gilgeous-Alexander, Lu Dort, Andrew Nembhard, and Bennedict Mathurin—combined to score 72 points, the most ever by Canadian players in a single playoff game, according to Keerthika Uthayakumar.

Gilgeous-Alexander led all scorers with 38 points, continuing his run as one of the league’s elite postseason performers. Dort added 15 po

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