Gilgeous-Alexander stars as Thunder secure 50th win

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 51 points to help the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 50th win of the season against the Houston Rockets in the NBA.

Gilgeous-Alexander made all 10 of his free throws and also had seven assists in a 137-128 win.

It is the fourth time the 26-year-old has scored 50 or more points in a game since January, having never done so before then.

"Whether it's 50, whether it's 27, whether it's 17 - as long as we win, I have fun with it. It's a fun night," said Gilgeous-Alexander.

"I'm just trying to be aggressive, trying to get my team energy, trying to make the right play. Whatever the ball and the game tells me to do, I do."

The Western Conference leaders have won 13 of their past 15 matches to improve to 50-11 for the season, with no other side in the division having yet won 40.

Kyrie Irving suffered a knee injury in the Dallas Mavericks' 122-98 defeat by the Sacramento Kings.

Irving left the court late in the first quarter after landing awkwardly following a drive to the basket.

Dallas guard Jaden Hardy was also forced off in the third quarter with a sprained ankle, with the severity of both injuries not yet known.

They are the latest injury blows for the Mavericks, who lost Anthony Davis to a groin problem on his debut last month.

Davis was involved in the three-way trade that led to five-time NBA All-Star Luka Doncic leaving Dallas for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Zach LaVine scored 22 points and DeMar DeRozan 20 in a fourth successive victory for the Kings.