Two games against Cleveland this week. Two monster nights from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

The Oklahoma City Thunder star scored 42 points with eight assists Wednesday night as the Thunder beat the Cavaliers 124-116 at home.

It was Oklahoma City's second win over Cleveland in three nights. On Monday in Cleveland, Gilgeous-Alexander scored 43 and hit a go-ahead 3 with 32.6 seconds left in a 117-112 victory.

Living at the line

Gilgeous-Alexander made 11 of his 26 shots and went 5-of-11 from 3-point range. He also made 15 of his 19 free throws.

Ajay Mitchell scored 23 points. Rookie Bennett Stirtz added 16 and hit four of his seven 3-point tries.

Cavs would not go away

The Thunder led by as many as 25 in the second quarter. Cleveland closed the half on a 19-10 run, then scored the first nine points of the third quarter to cut the lead to 60-53. James Harden had seven of those nine.

Oklahoma City steadied itself and pushed the lead back to 19. It was 115-102 with 1:47 left when Donovan Mitchell got hot. He hit three straight 3-pointers to make it 117-111 with 46.7 seconds to go. The Thunder closed it out from there.

Mitchell led the Cavaliers with 27 points. Harden scored 19. Evan Mobley had 16 points and 10 rebounds.

Winning shorthanded

The Thunder are now 6-2. They are 3-2 since losing three starters to long-term injuries.

Cleveland fell to 4-4.

Oklahoma City plays at Memphis on Friday. The Cavaliers host Philadelphia the same night.