After a one-sided second half in Game 1 of MIN vs. OKC, we expect a bounce-back Game 2 by Anthony Edwards and another huge night by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

Two years ago, as Jalen Brunson emerged as an All-Star point guard for the NBA's New York Knicks, the head coach of the WNBA's Las Vegas Aces, Becky Hammon, declared on an ESPN panel, " If your best player is small, you’re not winning. John Stockton, Allen Iverson, Steve Nash. You could go down the list."