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As the conversation about Shai Gilgeous-Alexander\u2019s foul-drawing heats up, one San Antonio<\/a> Spurs fan has found a unique way to poke fun at the Oklahoma City Thunder\u2019s two-time MVP.<\/p>\n

A woman seated near the floor of Frost Bank Center brought a fake MVP trophy mocking the Thunder star\u2019s reputation of embellishing contact, turning one of the NBA postseason\u2019s loudest debates into a courtside prop during the Western Conference finals.<\/p>\n

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On a play in the first quarter, Gilgeous-Alexander fell right at her feet, and she was in perfect position for the presentation.<\/p>\n

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The woman and her trophy quickly went viral across social media as the Spurs built a double-digit lead over the Thunder. Gilgeous-Alexander has spent much of the postseason hearing frustration from opposing crowds over his trips to the free-throw line.<\/p>\n

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In Game 3, Spurs fans mocked Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> with \u201cFlopper!\u201d chants. One fan even arrived wrapped in bubble wrap with a blue No. 2 taped to his chest.<\/p>\n

One thing became clear Sunday night: Gilgeous-Alexander has officially entered the stage of superstardom where opposing fans make homemade trophies about the opposing player.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the conversation about Shai Gilgeous-Alexander\u2019s foul-drawing heats up, one San Antonio Spurs fan has found a unique way to poke fun at the Oklahoma City Thunder\u2019s two-time MVP. A woman seated near the floor of Frost Bank Center brought a fake MVP trophy mocking the Thunder star\u2019s reputation of embellishing contact, turning one of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,241],"class_list":["post-1953723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nytimes-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1953723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1953723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1953723\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1953723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1953723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1953723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}