The rematch between the Thunder and the Cavaliers had great expectations before the game, but it turned out to be unfinished.

In the first meeting of the season, the two sides played an extremely high-quality offensive and defensive confrontation, which was called by many as the best regular season game of the season. The Cavaliers still won the Thunder despite Mitchell's poor play, but it turned out that the Cavaliers couldn't win every game when Mitchell couldn't shoot.

Mitchell still couldn't shoot today, making 1-of-7 in the first quarter and 1-of-5 in the second. The Cavaliers lost by 18 points in the first quarter, trailed by 23 points at halftime, and the game went into garbage time at the start of the third quarter.

Mitchell scored a goal in each quarter, shooting 3-of-15 from the field in garbage time, finishing with eight points, two rebounds and two assists, and the Cavaliers lost by 28 points during his play. The Cavaliers really needed Mitchell's strong solution to break the offensive tie today, but they didn't expect him to be the most iron.

In two games this season, Mitchell shot 6-of-31 from the field and 3-of-11 from three-point range, shooting 19.3 percent from the field and 27.2 percent from three-point range. Mitchell couldn't do anything about Dort, Wallace and Caruso taking turns today, and he couldn't tell that he had just scored 35 points in his last game.

In the first half, the Thunder had 8 steals and the Cavaliers had 0; The Thunder caused the Cavaliers to make 12 turnovers and scored 22 points on turnovers; The Thunder had just four turnovers, and the Cavaliers took advantage of the turnovers to score seven points.

Before this game, the Thunder were still the league's No. 1 defensive team, while the Cavaliers were still the league's No. 1 offensive team. The Thunder's ability to press and make opponents to make mistakes is still the first in the league, and at the same time, they seem to have stolen the Cavaliers' touch and played the league's No. 1 offense.

The Thunder's 43 points in the second quarter was already very scary, and the Thunder scored another 44 points in the third quarter, and the biggest difference in this game came to 42 points, and the Thunder scored 119 after the third quarter.

Alexander's three-quarter stats were the same as the game, with 40 points, eight assists and two steals on 17-of-26 shooting, and just 5-of-6 free throws. Alexander only played 29 minutes in the third quarter of the game, and scored 40+ in less than 30 minutes for the second time in the season.

In the post-game interview, Alexander also talked about his own free throws. "I don't need free throws, but when they come they are an extra advantage for me, but I don't need them, just let those go with the game," Alexander said. Alexander is averaging eight free throws per game this season, the fewest he's made since the '21-22 season.

With today's 40 points, Alexander continues to be the league's leading scorer with an average of 31.6 points per game. It's just that this season, Alexander has had 5 40+ performances, and there are even more games with more than 35 points.

But it was only in November that Alexander scored a career-high 45 points. Yes, Alexander scored just five points from the third quarter today, but he didn't choose to go on the court to chase a new scoring record. Alexander's career so far has not been a 50+ game, but absolutely no one has questioned whether he is a super scorer.

Alexander went head-to-head in mid-range today, beating the Cavaliers' defense to the ground. He was only 1-of-5 from three-point range, but apparently Alexander's three-pointer was just the icing on the cake, and his real killer weapon was his mid-range shot and breakaway.

His breakthrough rhythmic flow, his ability to break through the seams and the feel of the near-frame finish are impeccable, and there is no solution in the true sense, and sometimes the double bag clamp does not necessarily work. When Alexander gets into his own offensive form, perhaps letting him shoot threes is also a defensive solution.

In many games, it was only the Thunder who prevented Alexander from scoring his first 50 career points. Often, when Alexander turns on scoring mode, the game is quickly spent. The more that happens, the more I look forward to how intense the game will be when Alexander scores 50 points.

In the third-stage voting of the All-Stars announced today, Alexander was the best in the guard vote, leading the second-place three-ball vote by more than half a million. The All-Star starter is already in the bag, and if it continues like this, I am afraid that the ownership of the MVP will also lose suspense.

Alexander is also eligible to sign a four-year, $294 million supercap with the Thunder in 2025, which will reach $81.45 million in the final season of the contract, which would make Alexander the first player in the NBA to earn more than $80 million a year.

Who would have thought that after a few years of leading the way with Doncic and Young, Alexander would quickly rise to become the leader of the league's 18 current tournament in those two seasons?