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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Feeling like a villain after helping the thunder A sweep is complete the sun Monday in the first round of the NBA playoffs.
The reigning MVP pokes fun at the Suns guard Dillon Brooks with an Instagram post on Tuesday. Gilgeous-Alexander referenced a moment in Game 2 when he hit a shot over Brooks, then pointed to his Canadian compatriot and laughed as the two returned to the court.
Gilgeous-Alexander scored 37 points 120-107 wins over Brooks and Phoenix that night. Brooks after the game Comment Gilgeous-Alexander referred to her as “fragile” while “flopping and failing” to get calls.
However, the 2025 NBA champion got the last laugh. She resurrected that image of her and Brooks in an Instagram photo carousel. The last name on the guard’s jersey spelled Brooks’ No. 3 instead of “Cancun On”: “Cancun On 3.”
The post’s caption poked fun at Brooks Tendency to be villainous As Gilgeous-Alexander writes: “Everybody wants to be the villain until the broom comes out and the dust settles and you realize who the villain is.” Brooks commented on the post: “Sounds like a ghost writer – villain.”
The Cancun joke simply refers to a vacation spot for players after the season. But ‘Cancun on’ says Dr date back from Lakers Guard Nick Van Exel in the 1998 playoffs. Instead of saying “one, two, three… Lakers” as Los Angeles trailed 3-0, they ran out to start warmups for Game 4! To break the huddle, Van Exel yelled, “One, two, three… Cancun!”
Canadian national team teammates shared a warm embrace after the Thunder closed out the series on Monday night. Gilgeous-Alexander praised Brooks’ growth postgame, calling it “impressive” how he redefined himself as a player.
He also confirmed that the in-game antics from his close friend don’t affect him.
“Obviously, knowing Dillon, he’s a great competitor, great guy. No matter what people say about him, he’s a really good guy. … So yeah, all the villain stuff, it doesn’t faze me,” Gilgeous-Alexander. said. “I know exactly who Dillon is.”
Gilgeous-Alexander averaged 33.8 points and 8.0 assists against the Suns, while Brooks averaged 26.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game — likely before the trip to Cancun.
