Sunday against the Celtics was perhaps the biggest win of them all for the Thunder. The one Shai Gilgeous-Alexander spoke most eagerly of in anticipation.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are 30-5, with a historic defense and a top ten offense - repeating its success from a year ago as the Western Conference no. 1 seed,

From a franchise that preaches how all 82 regular-season games share equal footing, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander turned off his automated responses by revealing how they circled their date against the Boston Celtics on the calendar.