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The Oklahoma City Thunder are just one win away from an NBA championship, and with Game 6 on Thursday night, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and company could crown themselves very soon.<\/p>\n

While NBA MVP Gilgeous-Alexander has been the star of the show in Oklahoma City, co-star forward Jalen Williams took over in Game 5 to give the Thunder a huge 3-2 series lead. In Game 5’s win, Williams dropped 40 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists on 14-25 shooting from the field, stepping up when the team needed him most.<\/p>\n

Before his Game 5 outburst, ESPN’s Brian Windhorst compared Williams to Chicago Bulls legend and six-time NBA champion Scottie Pippen.<\/p>\n

“There are people in this league who believe that Jalen Williams can have a Scottie Pippen-like career because he can do it at both ends,” Windhorst said.<\/p>\n

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Of course, Williams did not disappoint after Windhorst’s comparison, dropping a 40-point bomb in the most important game of the NBA Finals. However, Pippen heard the comparisons and embraced them, per ESPN’s Tim MacMahon.<\/p>\n

“He is pretty special,” Pippen said about Jalen Williams. “I’m enjoying watching him. I see a lot of me in him for sure. I see a guy rising to be one of the top players in this league. He’s definitely a player that is capable of being able to lead that franchise to multiple championships — him and Shai, of course.”<\/p>\n

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Williams, 24, and Gilgeous-Alexander, 26, are already on the brink of winning their first championship, and if they stay on this path together, they will very likely end up being a Michael Jordan-Scottie Pippen-esque duo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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