Oklahoma City has been one of the league’s best teams as the halfway mark on the season approaches, and it seems like they’ll only get better down the stretch.

It was the fourth quarter of the third game in four nights, and Jalen Williams was maybe as active as he’d been all night. Reach. Swipe. Pick. As incessant a bother as an older sibling can be, reaching for Terry Rozier’s pockets like concerned TSA.

LAS VEGAS — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander paused to consider the possibilities. His dark sunglasses covered his eyes, but the way his head shook and lips smirked suggested he is impressed with the future he envisions for his Oklahoma City Thunder co-star.