The Houston Rockets and Oklahoma City Thunder got the NBA season started off with an instant classic on Tuesday night, with the Thunder coming away with a dramatic 125-124 win in double overtime.

The Thunder were getting their feet wet after a long playoff run that culminated in an NBA Championship, while the Rockets were clearly still adjusting to life without Fred VanVleet and with Kevin Durant in the lineup. Alperen Sengun helped them bridge that gap with an absolutely monster game to keep the Rockets in it.

Sengun finished with an eye-popping stat line of 39 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists while shooting 12-for-24 from the field and 5-for-8 from 3-point range, setting records in the process.

With this performance, Sengun became the first center in NBA history to record

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