Nickeil Alexander-Walker

Someday down the line, when Nickeil Alexander-Walker and his Most Valuable Player-winning cousin are reliving their glory days and evaluating their legacies, it’s likely that they’ll stumble across May 26, 2025 as a day that can’t be forgotten. Proving take-over-a-game scoring to run through the veins on both sides of the family, Alexander-Walker — from an off-the-bench role — found time to finish No. 1 on the Minnesota Timberwolves’ scoring column during the season’s biggest game to date. Part-wolf, part-alpha dog during a night that offered a postseason career-high 15 shot attempts, Alexander-Walker blessed highlight reels with acrobatic double-clutch finishes through traffic, catch-and-shoot triples, and everything in between. Minnesota, in some ways, cracked the code of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s top-ranked defense, averaging 134.5 points during a two-game trip back home. Valiant in his efforts despite the two-point loss, Alexander-Walker starred through 23 points (on 9-of-15 shooting), four rebounds, six assists, two steals, five triples, and a game-high +6 plus-minus.