Spurs Fan Hilariously Taunts Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for Excessive Flopping

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Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has the ultimate bragging rights right now. He’s the back-to-back reigning NBA MVP and the reigning NBA Finals MVP for at least a few more weeks. Plus, he plays for the reigning champion Thunder, who had the best record in the league at 64-18.

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Gilgeous-Alexander is also the NBA’s predominant villain, as he has fairly or unfairly developed a reputation for cartoonish flopping and foul-baiting.

Last week, Tom Haberstroh published an extensive Yahoo Sports! report showing that Gilgeous-Alexander has fallen to the floor way more often than his peers.

Through the first two games of the Western Conference Finals against the San Antonio Spurs, Gilgeous-Alexander had fallen to the floor on 10.7% of his field-goal attempts without getting a foul call in the postseason to that point. He also fell on 51.4% of shots when he was fouled.

One Spurs fan came prepared to let Gilgeous-Alexander know about it in Game 4 on Sunday night.

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS – MAY 22: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander #2 of the Oklahoma City Thunder reacts during the fourth quarter against the San Antonio Spurs in Game Three of the NBA Western Conference Finals at Frost Bank Center on May 22, 2026 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

“There’s a woman courtside here in San Antonio who brought a mini Oscar trophy to present to SGA whenever he hits the deck,” The Athletic’s Sam Amick wrote on X, alongside a video of the fan holding her mini Oscar statuette.

The Athletic’s official X account posted a photo of the unnamed woman holding up the trophy with the inscription “BEST FLOPPER”:

Funny as it is, it likely won’t have the desired effect on Gilgeous-Alexander, who told ESPN after the Thunder won Game 3 in San Antonio on Friday night that Spurs fans’ “flopper” chants didn’t faze him.

“It does nothing,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “It doesn’t fuel me. It doesn’t discourage me. It’s part of the game. It’s nothin’. I’ve been dealing with it for a long time. I don’t really hear it. I’m focused on what’s going on on the court.”

Spurs fans only had three quarters to taunt Gilgeous-Alexander in Game 4, which San Antonio won, 103-82. The series is now tied at 2-2.

The Spurs held an 18-point lead after three, so Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault took the long view and sat him for the fourth. Gilgeous-Alexander finished the night with 19 points on 6-for-15 shooting from the field, seven assists, and four turnovers. According to Mike Tirico on the NBC broadcast, Gilgeous-Alexander has shot 31-for-79 (39.2%) from the field in this series.

Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals will take place at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City on Tuesday night.

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