Thunder’s Gilgeous-Alexander misses first game this season with right wrist soreness

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DALLAS (AP) — Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the NBA’s leading scorer at 31.6 points per game, missed his first game of the season Friday night against the Dallas Mavericks with a sore right wrist.

Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said Gilgeous-Alexander arrived at the American Airlines Center and mentioned the injury.

The Canadian had 40 points and eight assists Thursday night in the Thunder’s 134-114 home victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in a meeting between the teams with the NBA’s best records.

The seventh-year pro from Hamilton, Ont., is averaging more than 30 points per game. game for the third season in a row.

Oklahoma City (34-6) wraps up the first half of its season on Friday.

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