Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 35 points, including two from the free-throw line with 2.3 seconds remaining in double overtime, lifting the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 125-124 home win over the Houston Rockets on Tuesday in the season opener.

Before the game, Oklahoma City's championship banner was raised into the rafters and the players were presented with their championship rings for last year's title run.

Then the Thunder and Rockets locked into a wild back-and-forth game, largely featuring Gilgeous-Alexander and Chet Holmgren coming up with big plays for Oklahoma City as Alperun Sengun and Kevin Durant did the same for Houston.

In the end, it was Gilgeous-Alexander coming up with the final big moment.

After Sengun put the Rockets ahead by one with a driving finger roll off a feed fr

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