Games 3 and 4 were rather close in the final score, but Ja Morant's injury sustained in Game 3 gave the Grizzlies little hope for the remainder of it. This was all with a rather uncharacteristic stretch for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander — averaging 24.

Gilgeous-Alexander scored a game-high 38 points, helping OKC to a second-round date with the winner between the Clippers and Nuggets.

It took four games, but Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finally looked like the probable MVP winner he was in a playoff setting. He ensured the Oklahoma City Thunder flew home without a Game 5 on the docket.