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After posting what most agreed were a relatively "quiet" 34 points in the opening game of the NBA Finals last week in Oklahoma City, star guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander came back with an impressive 38 points in Game 2, on 11-for-21 shooting in a Thunder win. That brought OKC back to even with the Pacers, at 1-1, in the series.

The NBA Finals are underway as the Oklahoma City Thunder stumbled in Game 1 against the Indiana Pacers to fall behind in the series 0-1. In that game, the Thun

A city that didn’t exist a century and a half ago, a town off the major-sport grid when this century began, is sports' latest magnetic north