NBA playoffs: Shai and Chet take down Lakers
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At first the fit was clunky between Chet Holmgren and Isaiah Hartenstein. Now the Thunder's double-big tandem is dominating.
The same teams, the usual suspects, the same old problems. At a time when the likes of Jaylen Brown is evading fines for using ‘flopping’ and ‘OKC’ in the same sentence, the series between the Los Angeles Lakers and Oklahoma City Thunder is leaving both fans and announcers frustrated.
The OKC big man must keep carrying a large burden for the Thunder.
The OKC Thunder had some excellent performances from key players, especially Chet Holmgren, to take Game 1 against the Los Angeles Lakers.
Chet Holmgren led the Oklahoma City Thunder across the board against the Lakers to grab a 108–90 win in Game 1 on Tuesday.
OKC continues to cause turnovers, and also continues to benefit from them.
The OKC Thunder has been able to take away a lot from its final stretch of regular-season games. And yet OKC, a team with a firm grasp on the concept of constant improvement, was still able to extract something from Sunday's showdown. It claimed a 146-111 ...
OKC’s big man dominated both Los Angeles teams on back-to-back nights. The Thunder finished their last back-to-back series of the season on Wednesday night, as they took down the Clippers in L.A. This marked a sweep of the back-to-back stretch, as OKC ...