Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nickeil Alexander-Walker are reliving childhood as cousins face off in NBA playoffs.

In an emotional Western Conference Finals showdown in May 2025, Oklahoma City Thunder's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander faced his ...

Here are five fast facts about how Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nickeil Alexander-Walker are related, ahead of their Conference Finals matchup ...

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs. Nickeil Alexander-Walker: Cousins battle for NBA Finals berth Bonded by bloodlines and basketball, the cousins in Oklahoma City and Minnesota are facing off on the West ...

Across the six seasons Alexander-Walker has been in the NBA, he has spent a total of 28 minutes and 17 seconds as the primary defender on Gilgeous-Alexander, according to the league's tracking data.

Brandon Rahbar: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on playing against his cousin Nickeil Alexander-Walker in the WCF: “It’ll be very fun. It’s hard to even explain. If you know how close we are. He’s ...

Cousins Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nickeil Alexander-Walker have faced each other 15 times now in the NBA — including once in a play-in game — but never in a playoff series.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nickeil Alexander-Walker have shared the Olympics, high school, draft nights and fatherhood together.

There will be no love lost between cousins Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the Western Conference Finals.

The Western Conference Finals have a different meaning for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nickeil Walker-Alexander.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nickeil Alexander-Walker are reliving childhood as cousins face off in NBA playoffs.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nickeil Alexander-Walker are reliving childhood as cousins face off in NBA playoffs.