Aaron Wiggins dazzles, sets playoff career-high in Thunder's game two win vs. Indiana

Ahmed Ghafir
4 days ago
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For the second time this postseason, former Maryland and current Oklahoma City Thunder guard Aaron Wiggins dazzled in the NBA playoffs.

Wiggins posted 18 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the field, including 5-of-8 from three, in 21 minutes as the Thunder took game two on Sunday night. His 17 points marked the second-most in a playoff game after notching 21 points in the game one win vs. Memphis in the first round, while his five threes marked a new high in the playoffs and third-most in a game in his career.

His latest performance comes six weeks after Wiggins scored a playoff career-high 21 points on 8-of-15 shooting in the game one blowout win vs. Memphis.

“He was huge tonight. I give him a lot of credit because he was a huge part of our success this season. And in the playoffs, his role has been variant night-to-night, but he hangs in there,” head coach Mark Daigneault said after the game. “He was huge in the game four win at Denver and that series and he was massive tonight, went in there with great confidence, didn’t go until the second quarter and just dove right into the game. So just great professionalism, great readiness and just huge performance for us in that situation.”

“Big time. It’s impressive to me. He’s been exactly who he’s been all year throughout the playoffs,” Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added. “Sometimes he gets 20 minutes, sometimes he gets two minutes, sometimes he gets ten. It’s all over the place and no matter what he finds a way to impact winning for us. And you need it in the biggest moments, no one-man show in the NBA championship. And for him to rise to the occasion and just be who he’s been in the biggest moment in his basketball career is pretty gutsy. Says a lot about the competitor and the man he is so hats off to Wiggs.”

“For him to be able to do that on the biggest stage he’s ever played on and have a really great game. That’s a really special player,” Jalen Williams added.

With the series now tied at one headed to Indianapolis, Wiggins will look to become the fourth Terp to win an NBA title after Tony Massenburg (2005), Keith Booth (1998) and Adrian Branch (1987).

Wiggins, one of five Terps currently in the NBA, is in his first year of a five-year, $45 million contract with the Thunder.

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