Alex Caruso isn't just a defensive dynamo. In Thunder-Spurs series, he's the MVP
As the Thunder wrested back control of Game 3 and of the Western Conference finals, one thing became increasingly clear: Alex Caruso is the MVP of this series.
SAN ANTONIO — Mark Daigneault turned and looked down the Thunder bench. He was looking for an answer. The Thunder was on the verge of getting run out of the building, being shutout and trailing by more than two touchdowns only minutes into Game 3 of the Western Conference finals.
The Spurs were soaring. The Frost Bank Center crowd was roaring. In Daigneault’s moment of need, he called on Alex Caruso .
Did the Thunder coach have any message in that moment? “No,” Daigneault said. “I just subbed him in.
” Caruso did the rest. On a night the Thunder beat the Spurs 123-108 , there were lots of reasons Oklahoma City turned a 15-point early deficit into a 15-point statement victory. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was supremely efficient.
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