Alexander was awfully close to forgetting the feeling of fourth quarters altogether. Then the Thunder superstar was summoned late Tuesday in perhaps the unlikeliest of games throughout the East Coast trip.

The Oklahoma City are a full-blown championship contender led by a strong MVP candidate. The Sixers will have their hands full.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32 points and Jalen Williams had 24 to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 118-102 win over a Philadelphia 76ers team missing three All-Stars

The banged up version of the Philadelphia 76ers put up a great effort, but they fall short to the West-leading Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday.

The Oklahoma City Thunder avoided a letdown with a 118-102 win over the short-handed Philadelphia 76ers. It was a crawl to the finish line for OKC in an otherwise strong four-game East Coast road trip.

After a disappointing late-game collapse in Orlando on Sunday night caused by a comedy of errors, the Sixers were back in action on their home floor on Tuesday night. But the task at hand only got tougher: instead of facing the undermanned Magic,