NEW YORK, NY — The National Basketball Association (NBA) has preemptively announced the implementation of the “Gilgeous-Alexander Rule,” effective immediately, designed to safeguard the league’s statistical records from being completely rewritten by Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

The unprecedented measure comes as Gilgeous-Alexander tied Wilt Chamberlain’s record of 126 consecutive games with at least 20 points, prompting fears that future generations might mistakenly believe basketball was always played by one player scoring exactly 20 points every night. “While we admire Mr. Gilgeous-Alexander’s consistency, we must protect the sanctity of our archives,” stated NBA Commissioner Adam Silver in a late-night press conference. “If this continues, future historians will assume Wilt Chamberlain was merely a warm-up act for Shai, and frankly, that’s just not fair to Wilt.”

The new rule, still in draft form, reportedly includes provisions such as mandatory mid-game “randomized scoring pauses” for players exceeding certain point thresholds, and a proposed “statistical reset button” that could be deployed if any player threatens to make a 60-year-old record look like a Tuesday night scrimmage.

“It’s not about limiting greatness, it’s about preserving context,” explained Dr. Evelyn Hayes, a fictional sports historian from the League’s newly formed ‘Historical Narrative Protection Unit.’ “Imagine explaining to a child that someone once scored 100 points in a game, only for them to ask, ‘But did he do it 127 games in a row?’ We can’t have that kind of existential crisis.”

Sources close to the league suggest the rule might also include a mandatory “rest day” for any player within five games of breaking a significant historical mark, ensuring records are either tied or broken by a single point in the most anticlimactic fashion possible.