Shai Gilgeous-Alexander trolled Dillon Brooks after the Oklahoma City Thunder completed a first-round sweep of the Phoenix Suns on Monday night.<\/p>\n
Gilgeous-Alexander shared a photo of Brooks with his jersey edited to read “Canc\u00fan on 3” in a post shared Tuesday on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n Brooks responded to the IG post:<\/p>\n “Sounds like a ghost writer – The Villain,” Brooks wrote<\/a>. <\/p>\n Gilgeous-Alexander praised Brooks<\/a> after Brooks scored 23 points for the Suns in Monday’s 131-122 elimination loss.<\/p>\n Brooks had promised<\/a> to match up with Gilgeous-Alexander in Game 4.<\/p>\n “He’s efficient. And I got him Game 4,” Brooks told reporters.<\/p>\n Gilgeous-Alexander ultimately went 3-for-4 for six points from the field in the 8:44 he spent covered by Brooks<\/a>, although the Thunder put up 45 points over that same span.<\/p>\n Brooks and Gilgeous-Alexander embraced on the court after the Thunder’s win.<\/p>\n “Just mutual respect,” Gilgeous-Alexander told reporters<\/a> after the game. “Ultimate competitor. Had a hell of a series. I’m happy. He played well, and we won, so it’s perfect.”<\/p>\n Gilgeous-Alexander and Brooks have both played internationally for Team Canada, helping lead the team to its first global medal since 1936 with a bronze medal in the 2023 FIBA World Cup.<\/p>\n The two were teammates again at the 2024 Paris Olympics, from which Canada bowed out with a quarterfinal loss to France.<\/p>\n Brooks and the Suns are now the first team to be eliminated from the NBA 2026 playoffs, while Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder will continue their title defense by advancing<\/a> to the second round.<\/p>\n The Thunder will next face either the Los Angeles Lakers, who won the first three games of their first-round series, or the Houston Rockets, who staved off elimination Sunday with a Game 4 victory.<\/p>\n The Rockets will need to win again to extend the series when Game 5 tips off on Wednesday night in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n