Made 23 of 26 free throws! Yali blasted 55+8+5, scored 90 points in the first two games, and tied Westbrook with 50+ points five times in a year!

In the second game of the regular season, the Thunder defeated last season's finals opponent, the Pacers, 141-135 in double overtime. It is worth mentioning that the Thunder also played the Rockets in double overtime in the opening game and narrowly won by one point. The Thunder also became the first team in history to go to double overtime in the first two games of the season.

Alexander showed off his power again today. He played 45 minutes, shooting 15 of 31 shots, 2 of 7 three-pointers, 23 of 26 free throws, and scored 55 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. In the first half of the game, he played 16 minutes, made 5 of 8 shots, and 11 of 12 free throws. He already scored 21 points. He contributed 19 points in the second half and a total of 15 points in the two overtimes. Alexander also scored 12 points in two overtimes in the last game. As a result, Alexander has scored 27 overtime points this season, while last season he only scored 3 points in total.

Alexander hit only 15 shots today and scored 55 points, thus becoming the second player in NBA history to do this after Kobe. Kobe made only 15 field goals and 16 free throws in the game on March 28, 2003. Alexander made 26 free throws today, setting a new personal career record. In the first two games of the season, he made a total of 40 free throws, breaking the historical record (38) held by Lanier and Chamberlain.

For Alexander, 55 points in a single game is not only his career scoring high in a single game, but also the fifth time in his career that he has scored 50+ points. It is worth mentioning that all five of Alexander's 50+ games occurred in 2025, and four of them were last season. Alexander's five 50+ hits have tied Westbrook for the first time in Thunder team history. However, Alexander only played 382 regular season games, while Westbrook played a total of 821 games with the Thunder. Durant only had 50+ points 4 times in his Thunder career, and has been surpassed by Alexander.

In the regular season opener, Alexander scored 35 points, so he scored a total of 90 points in the first two games of the season. This is also the fifth-highest record in history, second only to Chamberlain's 106 points and 105 points, as well as Big Eyebrow's 95 points, and Jordan's 91 points.

It is also worth mentioning that Alexander scored 21 points at halftime, and his consecutive 20+ games reached 74. Not only did he leave Durant (2015) and Jordan (1987) behind, but he was also only 5 games away from the third Big O in history. Chamberlain had 126 consecutive 20+ games in 1963 and 92 consecutive games in 1964. Alexander is also expected to hit these two records this season.