<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-chet-holmgren-posterizes-cooper-flagg-for-savage-welcome-to-nba-moment');   ga('set', 'title', 'Thunder’s Chet Holmgren posterizes Cooper Flagg for savage ‘Welcome to NBA’ moment');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Thunder-center-Chet-Holmgren-7-drives-to-the-basket.jpg"><figcaption>© Jerome Miron-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Thunder’s Chet Holmgren posterizes Cooper Flagg for savage ‘Welcome to NBA’ moment</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-27T19:54:43-07:00">October 27th, 7:54pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-27T19:54:43-07:00">October 27th, 7:54pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>No one is doubting the idea of Cooper Flagg being one of the best players in the NBA someday. But as a rookie for a Dallas Mavericks team in transition, he is bound to have plenty of growing pains. On Monday night, he was given a major welcome to the NBA moment by <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-the-chet-holmgren-reason-that-victor-wembanyama-motivated-this-year">Oklahoma City Thunder big man Chet Holmgren</a>, who had no intention of taking it easy on one of the most hyped-up rookies of all-time.</p><p>Early on in the third quarter, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was handling the ball, drawing two defenders in the process. Just as he felt PJ Washington leaning closer to him than his original man, Holmgren, the Thunder star threw the ball to Holmgren, who decided not to settle for a jumper, taking the ball straight to the hoop.</p><p>And with only Flagg providing resistance between Holmgren and the hoop, there was always going to be <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1982989211210027439" rel="noopener">one winner</a> — with the Thunder star putting the Mavericks rookie on a poster with a mean one-handed slam.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">CHET HOLMGREN PUTS COOPER FLAGG ON A POSTER 😱</p><p> <a href="https://t.co/LvjJT6gQg4">pic.twitter.com/LvjJT6gQg4</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1982989211210027439?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 28, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/indiana-pacers/pacers-news-myles-turner-embarrasses-chet-holmgren-with-crucial-game-3-block">Holmgren has had his fair share of growing pains</a> as well through the years, and as one of the best shot-blockers in the NBA, he’s experienced plenty of similar plays as Flagg through the years. But now that he’s maturing with age and with championship experience, the Thunder big man appears to be figuring something out on offense.</p><p>The second overall pick of the 2022 NBA Draft is coming off a game against the Atlanta Hawks in which he scored 31 points, hauled in 11 boards, and recorded three steals and a block. With Jalen Williams out, there is plenty of room for shots down the OKC pecking order. And it looks like Holmgren is making the most of his opportunity as the team’s undisputed second option on the offensive end.</p><h2><b>Thunder look to extend undefeated start to title defense</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG_0250.jpeg"><figcaption>Dale Zanine-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-okc-opens-title-defense-with-ot-feat-not-seen-in-nba-history">Thunder were pushed to the brink</a> in their first two games of the season, with the Houston Rockets and Indiana Pacers pushing them to double overtime. OKC prevailed, with Gilgeous-Alexander flexing his dominance and looking like the MVP of the league in the process.</p><p>After taking care of business rather handily against the Atlanta Hawks, the Thunder find themselves in another close game, with the Mavericks putting the pressure on the reigning champion. At the time of writing, OKC is holding on to a slim three-point lead with around 22 seconds remaining in the contest.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Thunder’s Chet Holmgren posterizes Cooper Flagg for savage ‘Welcome to NBA’ moment

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-chet-holmgren-upgraded-monday-game-mavericks');   ga('set', 'title', 'Thunder’s Chet Holmgren upgraded for Monday’s game vs Mavericks');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Thunder-forward-Chet-Holmgren-i-1.jpg"><figcaption>Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Thunder’s Chet Holmgren upgraded for Monday’s game vs Mavericks</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-27T13:37:05-07:00">October 27th, 1:37pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-27T13:37:05-07:00">October 27th, 1:37pm</time><address><a>Josue Pavon</a>Josue Pavon is an Associate Editor and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat writer for ClutchPoints. He started his career as a credentialed media member writing about the Boston Celtics for WEEI.com in Boston, where he grew into a local on-camera NBA reporter and podcast host for CLNS Media. Alongside the Celtics radio broadcaster and two-time NBA champion Cedric Maxwell, Josue is the co-host of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Dallas Mavericks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After Oklahoma City Thunder forward <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-chet-holmgren-questionable-monday-game-mavericks">Chet Holmgren was listed as questionable for Monday’s game</a> against the Dallas Mavericks, he was upgraded to available. The starting big man will be in action for the Thunder’s final stop on their three-game road trip before returning home to the Paycom Center for the first time since Opening Night.</p><p>Holmgren, dealing with lingering <a href="https://ak-static.cms.nba.com/referee/injury/Injury-Report_2025-10-27_03PM.pdf" rel="noopener">lower back soreness</a>, has been cleared to play, as the Thunder announced on Monday afternoon. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunders-chet-holmgren-reveals-dislocated-thumb-vs-hawks">Holmgren suffered a dislocated thumb against the Hawks</a>. He exited the game during the second quarter but returned for the second half. Chet finished with 31 points on 8-of-12 attempts, including six threes, which ties his career-high. He also finished with 11 rebounds, three steals, and one block.</p><p>The shorthanded Thunder, playing without All-Star Jalen Williams, Isaiah Joe, Alex Caruso, Kenrich Williams, and others, will look to go a perfect 4-0 as defending champions when they take on Anthony Davis, the No. 1 overall pick, Cooper Flagg, and the Mavericks on Monday.</p><h2><b>Chet Holmgren reveals dislocated thumb after Thunder win</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Thunder-forward-Chet-Holmgren-ii-1.jpg"><figcaption>Dale Zanine-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Thunder forward Chet Holmgren tried to contest a dunk from Hawks forward Mouhamed Gueye and dislocated his thumb in the process in Saturday’s 17-point win. Holmgren jammed his thumb against the backboard while Gueye flushed the ball through the hoop. The Thunder big man headed toward the locker room but returned to the floor after halftime.</p><p>After the game, Holmgren revealed he <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKq325eJoEA&amp;t=263s" rel="noopener">had dislocated his thumb</a> during his postgame media availability.</p><p>“We all know what happened — I got dunked on, dislocated my thumb at the same time,” Holmgren revealed. “It didn’t look too bad. Obviously, my thumb wasn’t where it was supposed to be. I see my thumb every day. It didn’t look like it normally does. But, it also didn’t look completely done for. So, I tried to tell them to just pop it back into place during the timeout because I was scared. I didn’t know what to do. But they said I had to go get X-rays — that’s why I went to the back.”</p><p>Holmgren is averaging 24.7 points on 56.1% shooting, including 42.1% from deep, 10.0 rebounds, and 1.7 steals through three games.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Thunder’s Chet Holmgren upgraded for Monday’s game vs Mavericks

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-chet-holmgren-questionable-monday-game-mavericks');   ga('set', 'title', 'Thunder’s Chet Holmgren questionable for Monday’s game vs. Mavericks');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Thunder-forward-Chet-Holmgren-i.jpg"><figcaption>Dale Zanine-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Thunder’s Chet Holmgren questionable for Monday’s game vs. Mavericks</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-27T12:59:47-07:00">October 27th, 12:59pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-27T12:59:47-07:00">October 27th, 12:59pm</time><address><a>Josue Pavon</a>Josue Pavon is an Associate Editor and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat writer for ClutchPoints. He started his career as a credentialed media member writing about the Boston Celtics for WEEI.com in Boston, where he grew into a local on-camera NBA reporter and podcast host for CLNS Media. Alongside the Celtics radio broadcaster and two-time NBA champion Cedric Maxwell, Josue is the co-host of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Dallas Mavericks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After Oklahoma City Thunder forward <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunders-chet-holmgren-reveals-dislocated-thumb-vs-hawks">Chet Holmgren recovered from a dislocated thumb</a> in a 117-100 win against the Atlanta Hawks, he’s listed as questionable for Monday’s matchup against the Dallas Mavericks. Holmgren, who’s been dealing with lower back soreness throughout the beginning of the regular season, returned in the second half of Saturday’s win against the Hawks.</p><p>However, he didn’t sit during his postgame media availability, leading some to believe Holmgren’s back injury is truly bothering him, as he’s still <a href="https://ak-static.cms.nba.com/referee/injury/Injury-Report_2025-10-27_02PM.pdf" rel="noopener">listed as questionable</a> for the Thunder’s game against the Mavericks with back soreness, and not for the dislocated thumb.</p><p>Holmgren stuffed the stat sheet with 31 points on 8-of-12 attempts, including 6-of-8 from deep, 9-for-10 from the free-throw line, 11 rebounds, three steals, and one block against the Hawks. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-chet-holmgren-ties-career-high-amid-impressive-shooting-hawks">Holmgren tied his career-high in threes</a> as his impressive start to the 2025-26 campaign continues amid the Thunder’s perfect 3-0 start.</p><p>Holmgren is averaging 24.7 points on 56.1% shooting, including 42.1% from deep, 10.0 rebounds, and 1.7 steals through three games.</p><h2><b>Chet Holmgren ties career-high amid Thunder’s 3-0 start</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Thunder-forward-Chet-Holmgren-ii.jpg"><figcaption>Dale Zanine-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Thunder forward Chet Holmgren tied his career-high with six threes in a 17-point victory against the Hawks on Saturday, as the defending champions remain undefeated to start the regular season. After Saturday’s win, Holmgren addressed his impressive shooting display, which got him off to a quick start, finding his offensive rhythm early en route to a 31-point performance.</p><p>After the win, Holmgren explained what led to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKq325eJoEA&amp;t=263s" rel="noopener">his efficient shooting</a> from behind the arc.</p><p>“When you see the ball go in a couple of times, you definitely play a lot more loose, and you’re definitely looking for the next opportunity to shoot,” Holmgren said. “But I’m not a big believer in heat checks in terms of taking a bad shot because you hit a couple. I’m still seeking out the right play, looking for good shots, and throughout the game, I felt like I did a good job of trusting that, and after the first couple went in, I was able to find some more.”</p><p>Three games into the regular season, Holmgren is 8-for-19 (42.1%) from deep, while averaging a double-double for the shorthanded Thunder, starting the regular season without All-Star Jalen Williams, Isaiah Joe, and others.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Thunder’s Chet Holmgren questionable for Monday’s game vs. Mavericks

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunders-chet-holmgren-reveals-dislocated-thumb-vs-hawks');   ga('set', 'title', 'Thunder’s Chet Holmgren reveals dislocated thumb vs Hawks');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Thunder-forward-Chet-Holmgren-1-1.jpg"><figcaption>Dale Zanine-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Thunder’s Chet Holmgren reveals dislocated thumb vs Hawks</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-26T18:27:20-07:00">October 26th, 6:27pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-26T18:27:20-07:00">October 26th, 6:27pm</time><address><a>Josue Pavon</a>Josue Pavon is an Associate Editor and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat writer for ClutchPoints. He started his career as a credentialed media member writing about the Boston Celtics for WEEI.com in Boston, where he grew into a local on-camera NBA reporter and podcast host for CLNS Media. Alongside the Celtics radio broadcaster and two-time NBA champion Cedric Maxwell, Josue is the co-host of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After Oklahoma City <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-chet-holmgren-ties-career-high-amid-impressive-shooting-hawks">Thunder forward Chet Holmgren tied a career-high</a> six threes in a 117-100 win against the Atlanta Hawks, he revealed he dislocated his thumb. When Holmgren went up to contest Mouhamed Gueye’s dunk in the second quarter, he hurt his hand on the play, and headed toward the locker room before returning in the second half.</p><p>After the win, Holmgren revealed he <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKq325eJoEA&amp;t=263s" rel="noopener">suffered a dislocated thumb</a> during his postgame media availability.</p><p>“We all know what happened — I got dunked on, dislocated my thumb at the same time,” Holmgren revealed. “It didn’t look too bad. Obviously, my thumb wasn’t where it was supposed to be. I see my thumb every day. It didn’t look like it normally does. But, it also didn’t look completely done for. So, I tried to tell them to just pop it back into place during the timeout because I was scared. I didn’t know what to do. But they said I had to go get X-rays — that’s why I went to the back.”</p><p>Holmgren finished with 31 points on 8-of-12 attempts, including 6-for-8 from deep, 9-for-10 from the free-throw line, and three steals against the Hawks. Chet is listed as questionable for the Thunder’s game against the Dallas Mavericks on Monday.</p><h2><b>Chet Holmgren ties career-high six threes vs. Hawks</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Thunder-forward-Chet-Holmgren-2_3752eb.jpg"><figcaption>Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Thunder’s Chet Holmgren is off to an impressive start to the season, making his presence felt on both ends of the floor, which led to ESPN’s <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-chet-holmgren-big-game-kendrick-perkins-dropping-viral-quotes-espn">Kendrick Perkins calling Holmgren elite among NBA bigs</a>. Holmgren continues to grow as a dynamic center who can score in the paint and from the perimeter, as his six threes against the Hawks helped the Thunder to a 3-0 start as defending champions.</p><p>“When you see the ball go in a couple of times, you definitely play a lot more loose, and you’re definitely looking for the next opportunity to shoot,” Holmgren said. “But I’m not a big believer in heat checks in terms of taking a bad shot because you hit a couple. I’m still seeking out the right play, looking for good shots, and throughout the game, I felt like I did a good job of trusting that, and after the first couple went in, I was able to find some more.”</p><p>Holmgren is averaging 24.7 points on 56.1% shooting, including 42.1% from deep, 10.0 rebounds, and 1.7 steals through three games.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Thunder’s Chet Holmgren reveals dislocated thumb vs Hawks

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-chet-holmgren-ties-career-high-amid-impressive-shooting-hawks');   ga('set', 'title', 'Thunder’s Chet Holmgren ties career-high amid impressive shooting vs. Hawks');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Thunder-forward-Chet-Holmgren_5d30e5.jpg"><figcaption>Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Thunder’s Chet Holmgren ties career-high amid impressive shooting vs. Hawks</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-26T17:13:56-07:00">October 26th, 5:13pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-26T17:13:56-07:00">October 26th, 5:13pm</time><address><a>Josue Pavon</a>Josue Pavon is an Associate Editor and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat writer for ClutchPoints. He started his career as a credentialed media member writing about the Boston Celtics for WEEI.com in Boston, where he grew into a local on-camera NBA reporter and podcast host for CLNS Media. Alongside the Celtics radio broadcaster and two-time NBA champion Cedric Maxwell, Josue is the co-host of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-shai-gilgeous-alexander-free-throw-merchant-label-hawks">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander turned in 30+ points</a> for the third consecutive game of the young 2025-26 NBA season, while Chet Holmgren tied his career high in threes in a 117-100 win against the Atlanta Hawks. The Thunder improved to 3-0.</p><p>Holmgren finished with 31 points on 8-of-12 shooting, including six threes, which ties his career-high for most threes in a game. He also went 9-for-10 from the free-throw line and added 11 rebounds, three steals, and one block. Holmgren <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKq325eJoEA&amp;t=263s" rel="noopener">addressed his impressive shooting</a> display against the Hawks in his postgame media availability.</p><p>“When you see the ball go in a couple of times, you definitely play a lot more loose, and you’re definitely looking for the next opportunity to shoot,” Holmgren said. “But I’m not a big believer in heat checks in terms of taking a bad shot because you hit a couple. I’m still seeking out the right play, looking for good shots, and throughout the game, I felt like I did a good job of trusting that, and after the first couple went in, I was able to find some more.”</p><p>Chet Holmgren is off to an impressive start to the season, making his presence felt on both ends of the floor, including his six threes against the Hawks amid the Thunder’s perfect 3-0 start as defending champions. Holmgren is averaging 24.7 points on 56.1% shooting, including 42.1% from deep, 10.0 rebounds, and 1.7 steals through three games.</p><p>This is the kind of production many anticipated from Holmgren heading into the regular season, leading some to predict that the 2022 second overall pick is on pace to earn his first All-Star selection after playing in only 32 regular-season games in 2024-25.</p><h2><b>ESPN’s Kendrick Perkins on Thunder’s Chet Holmgren start</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Thunder-forward-Chet-Holmgren-2.jpg"><figcaption>Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The performance in Thunder’s home opener from <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-chet-holmgren-big-game-kendrick-perkins-dropping-viral-quotes-espn">Chet Holmgren impressed ESPN’s Kendrick Perkins a lot</a>. So much so that the 2008 NBA champion says Holmgren <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA/status/1981077621006893177" rel="noopener">belongs in the same tier</a> as Bucks All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nuggets All-Star Nikola Jokic, and Rockets All-Star Alperen Sengun, Perkins said, per ESPN’s NBA Today.</p><p>“Sengun, Giannis, Jokic, and rightfully so, but then all of a sudden, Chet Holmgren is the forgotten. And then, he reminded us last night in that first half how he went to work,” Perkins said. “He was deep in his bag like he had waffle fries at the bottom. Inside/out. And when you talk about how unique he is as far as his skillset, that’s why they’re able to mix it up.”</p><p>Holmgren and the Thunder will conclude their three-game road trip against the Mavericks on Monday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Thunder’s Chet Holmgren ties career-high amid impressive shooting vs. Hawks

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He is a credentialed reporter based in Los Angeles who covers the NBA/WNBA, NCAA/NCAAW and boys/girls high school basketball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has risen as one of the NBA’s biggest stars, but along with his rise to stardom has been the label he’s received as a ‘free-throw merchant.’ Fans on social media have <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-judge-yourself-shai-gilgeous-alexander-deserved-26-free-throws-pacers">given that label to SGA due to his ability to draw free-throws</a>. But during the Thunder’s 117-100 win against the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday, SGA showed that he does not need free-throws to be an effective scorer in the NBA.</p><p>In the Thunder’s win against the Hawks, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1982450706209485309" rel="noopener">finished with 30 points</a> on 12-of-17 shooting from the field while taking only four free-throws the entire game. He also did not play the entire fourth quarter, and his free-throws came off of and-ones or when the Thunder were in the bonus.</p><p>The free-throw merchant label for Shai never had any bearing, and with the exception of the 2022-23 season, he’s always averaged under double figures in free-throw attempts.</p><p>The clamor was loud though during the Thunder’s first two games of the regular season. Against the Houston Rockets on opening night, Gilgeous-Alexander shot 14 free-throw attempts en route to scoring 35 points. He followed that up <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-shai-gilgeous-alexander-sets-career-high-with-55-point-night-vs-pacers">with a career-high 55 points against the Indiana Pacers</a> in an NBA Finals rematch, and shot 26 free-throws in that game.</p><p>Since the first two games of the season skew his average on the higher side, Gilgeous-Alexander is currently averaging 14.7 free-throw attempts per game. It’s likely that as the season goes on, that average will drop closer to his career mark of seven to eight attempts per game. In other words, nothing earth-shattering.</p><p>Gilgeous-Alexander is coming off his first MVP award as well as his first NBA championship. The way the Thunder look so far early in the season, he is probably a favorite to win the MVP this year, and the Thunder look like the favorite to repeat as champions.</p><p>Last season, SGA appeared in 76 games for the Thunder at a little over 34 minutes per game. He averaged a league-leading and career-high 32.7 points, 5.0 rebounds, 6.4 assists and 1.7 steals with splits of 51.9 percent shooting from the field, 37.5 percent shooting from the three-point line and 89.8 percent shooting from the free-throw line.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander destroys ‘free-throw merchant’ label with masterclass vs. Hawks

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-is-chet-holmgren-playing-vs-hawks-latest-injury-update');   ga('set', 'title', 'Thunder’s Chet Holmgren available to play vs. Hawks');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Thunder-center-Chet-Holmgren-7-shoots-the-ball-while-Indiana-Pacers-forward-Jarace-Walker-5.jpg"><figcaption>© Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Thunder’s Chet Holmgren available to play vs. Hawks</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-25T12:30:32-07:00">October 25th, 12:30pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-25T12:40:23-07:00">October 25th, 12:40pm</time><address><a>Julian Ojeda</a>Julian Ojeda is an Orlando-based sports journalist with 3 years of professional writing under his belt, specializing in both NBA and NFL coverage. A devoted Orlando Magic fan, he deftly balances fervent fandom with insightful reporting, possessing a keen eye for compelling narratives.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Oklahoma City Thunder may be without one of their key starters as they continue their three-game road trip on Saturday night against the Atlanta Hawks.</p><p>The team announced Saturday morning that center Chet Holmgren is <a href="https://official.nba.com/nba-injury-report-2025-26-season/" rel="noopener">listed as questionable</a> with low back soreness ahead of the matchup at State Farm Arena. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-shai-gilgeous-alexander-new-nba-ft-record">Thunder (2-0) are coming off a 141-135 double-overtime win over the Indiana Pacers</a> in a rematch of last season’s NBA Finals.</p><p>UPDATE: According to Brandon Rahbar of Daily Thunder, Holmgren, as well as Cason Wallace, <a href="https://x.com/BrandonRahbar/status/1982153751004635244" rel="noopener">are both available to play</a> against the Hawks.</p><p>Holmgren, entering his third NBA season, has been instrumental in Oklahoma City’s strong start to the 2025-26 campaign. In the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-shai-gilgeous-alexander-new-nba-ft-record">Thunder’s season-opening victory over the Houston Rockets</a>, he posted 28 points, seven rebounds, and two assists while shooting 11-for-17 from the field and 2-for-5 from three-point range before fouling out after 39 minutes.</p><p>In Thursday’s win against the Pacers, Holmgren contributed 15 points, 12 rebounds, two assists, and two blocks while shooting 4-for-12 from the field and 0-for-6 from three across 39 minutes. Though his outside shot wasn’t falling, his rebounding and rim protection helped the defending champions overcome a depleted roster to secure another double-overtime victory.</p><h2><b>Thunder list Chet Holmgren as questionable vs. Hawks amid crowded injury report</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Thunder-guard-Luguentz-Dort-5-and-center-Chet-Holmgren-7-in-the-second-half.jpg"><figcaption>© Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Oklahoma City continues to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-okc-nba-finals-rematch-vs-pacers-marred-by-injuries">manage a crowded injury report</a> early in the season. Guard Alex Caruso remains out while in concussion protocol, and third-year guard Cason Wallace is questionable for a second straight game with a left knee sprain after missing Thursday’s contest in Indianapolis.</p><p>The Thunder are also without Jalen Williams, Kenrich Williams, Thomas Sorber, and Nikola Topic — all sidelined as they recover from offseason surgeries. Head coach Mark Daigneault has leaned on depth and lineup flexibility to keep the team steady through the early stretch of the schedule.</p><p>Despite the absences, 2025 NBA Finals MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has continued to lead Oklahoma City, averaging elite production through the first two games while maintaining the team’s defensive identity. The Thunder enter Saturday’s matchup with one of the league’s highest-scoring offenses, averaging 133 points per game through their first two contests.</p><p>The Hawks (1-1) return home after splitting their first two games of the season, defeating the Orlando Magic 111-107 on Friday following a 138-118 loss to the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday. Led by Trae Young and Jalen Johnson, Atlanta will look to build on its first win and hand the defending champions their first loss of the season.</p><p>The Thunder will visit the Hawks at State Farm Arena on Saturday night. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET, with national coverage on NBA TV.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Thunder’s Chet Holmgren available to play vs. Hawks

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-sga-admits-finding-out-breakout-guard-pretty-good-ot-thriller-pacers');   ga('set', 'title', 'SGA admits to finding out breakout Thunder guard is ‘pretty good’ after OT thriller vs. Pacers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Thunder-All-Star-Shai-Gilgeous-Alexander_bdcb27.jpg"><figcaption>Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>SGA admits to finding out breakout Thunder guard is ‘pretty good’ after OT thriller vs. Pacers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-24T14:21:34-07:00">October 24th, 2:21pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-24T14:23:56-07:00">October 24th, 2:23pm</time><address><a>Josue Pavon</a>Josue Pavon is an Associate Editor and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat writer for ClutchPoints. He started his career as a credentialed media member writing about the Boston Celtics for WEEI.com in Boston, where he grew into a local on-camera NBA reporter and podcast host for CLNS Media. Alongside the Celtics radio broadcaster and two-time NBA champion Cedric Maxwell, Josue is the co-host of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>While Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-shai-gilgeous-alexander-new-nba-ft-record">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is already breaking NBA records</a> two games into the 2025-26 regular season, he’s seeing the development in second-year guard Ajay Mitchell. In a Finals rematch, Thunder head coach <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-mark-daigneault-gushes-sga-quality-besides-scoring-career-night">Mark Daigneault watched Gilgeous-Alexander score a career-high</a> 55 points, which helped close out the Indiana Pacers along with Mitchell’s career-high 26 points off the bench in a 141-135 double-overtime thriller.</p><p>After beating the Pacers, Gilgeous-Alexander reacted to Mitchell’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz_H17ptCTA&amp;t=319s" rel="noopener">impressive performance</a> in his postgame media availability.</p><p>“He’s just a really good basketball player. His feel for the game is what jumps out right away,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “He just understands how to play. It’s almost like when you’re playing with him, it’s like a pick-up game. He doesn’t need a play called for him. He doesn’t need too much structure. He just goes out there, figures out a way, makes the right basketball play, plays hard, and wins. So, right back at him. He makes it easy for me.”</p><p>Mitchell, who scored 21 of his 26 points through four quarters, earning extended playing time in both overtime periods, discussed what it was like sharing the floor with Gilgeous-Alexander throughout. It was a new experience for the Thunder’s 2024 second-round pick.</p><p>Mitchell also revealed what Gilgeous-Alexander told him moments after the final buzzer, which was similar to what SGA told reporters in his thoughts about the Thunder’s sophomore guard.</p><p>“We had two overtimes — two games. So, [he was] just like “Way to play. Thank God we got that win, and you’re a pretty good basketball player,” it was cool to have that moment with him, obviously,” Mitchell said. “Just seeing the trust that he put in myself. Me being able to just go out there and make plays with him on the court, too, was pretty fun. Just got to keep building and getting better.”</p><p>Mitchell went 9-for-19 from the floor and finished with four assists and one steal in the Thunder’s win against the Pacers.</p><h2><b>Mark Daigneault sticks with Ajay Mitchell through Thunder OTs</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Thunder-guard-Ajay-Mitchell_66cbdd.jpg"><figcaption>Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>With All-Star Jalen Williams, Isaiah Joe, Alex Caruso, and Nikola Topic all ruled out, Thunder coach Mark Daigneault gave Aaron Wiggins the nod in his starting five. Wiggins finished with 23 points, including 5-of-9 from deep, nine rebounds, and one block, and Thunder’s second-year guard Ajay Mitchell’s 26 points in 38 minutes led the second unit.</p><p>Daigneault went with a Thunder four-guard lineup that featured Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Lu Dort, Mitchell, and Wiggins, who would sub in for Chet Holmgren at the start of both overtimes before Daigneault made the same substitution midway through each overtime period.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

SGA admits to finding out breakout Thunder guard is ‘pretty good’ after OT thriller vs. Pacers

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He started his career as a credentialed media member writing about the Boston Celtics for WEEI.com in Boston, where he grew into a local on-camera NBA reporter and podcast host for CLNS Media. Alongside the Celtics radio broadcaster and two-time NBA champion Cedric Maxwell, Josue is the co-host of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Oklahoma City Thunder <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-shai-gilgeous-alexander-new-nba-ft-record">All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made NBA history</a> with 26 free-throw attempts en route to a career-high 55 points in Thursday’s thrilling 141-135 double-overtime win against the Indiana Pacers. With a combined 40 free throws attempted through two games, Gilgeous-Alexander set a new record for most free throws attempted throughout the first two games of a regular season.</p><p>He topped Hall of Famers Bob Lanier and Wilt Chamberlain, who attempted 38 free throws throughout the same span. For an All-Star who earned the label “free-throw merchant” last season, Gilgeous-Alexander caught flak on social media, as fans accused the reigning MVP of foul baiting in the Thunder’s NBA Finals rematch against the Pacers. Now, it’s time for you to decide if Gilgeous-Alexander deserved 26 free-throw attempts in Thursday’s double-OT victory.</p><p>Watch all of Gilgeous-Alexander’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbG1SeqWW2U" rel="noopener">trips to the free-throw line</a> against the Pacers on Thursday, per MrBuckBuck Clips’ YouTube channel.</p><p>While there are a few questionable fouls called against Gilgeous-Alexander, most of them happened in the first half. The critical fouls down the stretch in both overtime periods were legitimate, as Shai’s pump fakes and spin moves allowed him to absorb contact and draw continuous trips to the free-throw line, as SGA finished the night 23-of-26 from the charity stripe.</p><p>He also went 15-of-31 from the floor, including 2-of-7 from deep, and added eight rebounds, five assists, two steals, and one block, as the league’s reigning MVP is off to a sizzling offensive start amid back-to-back double-overtime victories. Coming off a 35-point performance in Tuesday’s 125-124 win against the Houston Rockets in the season opener, Gilgeous-Alexander is now averaging 45.0 points on 47.4% shooting, 6.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 2.0 steals, and 1.5 blocks through his first two games of the young 2025-26 campaign.</p><h2><b>Mark Daigneault praises Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Thunder-All-Star-Shai-Gilgeous-Alexander-Mark-Daigneault-1.jpg"><figcaption>Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Head coach <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-mark-daigneault-gushes-sga-quality-besides-scoring-career-night">Mark Daigneault gushed over Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander</a> after Thursday’s win, but it wasn’t over the career-high 55 points or the 26 free throws that led to a new NBA record. Instead, Daigenault highlighted Gilgeous-Alexander’s two turnovers in 45 minutes, which is an impressive feat for a player who’s not only the focal point of the Thunder’s offense but the facilitator as well.</p><p>Daigneault <a href="https://x.com/NickAGallo/status/1981561206273163760" rel="noopener">reminded everyone</a> of Gilgeous-Alexander’s efficiency, which can be easy to overlook amidst a 55-point performance, Daigneault said, per Thunder sideline reporter Nick Gallo.</p><p>“One of the most efficient things about Shai is not just the scoring efficiency, but he doesn’t turn the ball over very much. He’s a great ball control player,” Daigneault said.</p><p>The Thunder continues its three-game road trip against the Hawks on Saturday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Judge for yourself whether Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander deserved 26 free throws vs. Pacers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/indiana-pacers/pacers-news-why-rick-carlisle-didnt-want-talk-refs-infuriating-night-thunder');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why Pacers’ Rick Carlisle didn’t want to talk about refs after infuriating night vs. Thunder');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Pacers-head-coach-Rick-Carlisle-1.jpg"><figcaption>Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Why Pacers’ Rick Carlisle didn’t want to talk about refs after infuriating night vs. Thunder</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-24T08:40:34-07:00">October 24th, 8:40am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-24T08:40:34-07:00">October 24th, 8:40am</time><address><a>Josue Pavon</a>Josue Pavon is an Associate Editor and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat writer for ClutchPoints. He started his career as a credentialed media member writing about the Boston Celtics for WEEI.com in Boston, where he grew into a local on-camera NBA reporter and podcast host for CLNS Media. Alongside the Celtics radio broadcaster and two-time NBA champion Cedric Maxwell, Josue is the co-host of the Cedric Maxwell podcast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Indiana Pacers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Indiana Pacers head coach <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/indiana-pacers/pacers-news-fans-up-in-arms-after-controversial-call-that-left-rick-carlisle-furious">Rick Carlisle bit his tongue over a controversial call</a> made in Thursday’s 141-135 double-overtime loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. With 22.5 seconds left in double OT, the officials granted the Thunder a crucial timeout after Obi Toppin stole the ball and scored to trim the Pacers’ deficit to four (139-135). Carlisle was livid over the play.</p><p>However, after the game, he chose to keep his <a href="https://x.com/TonyREast/status/1981562027522085340" rel="noopener">thoughts about the referees to himself</a> to avoid a hefty fine from the NBA, he said, per Pacers reporter Tony East.</p><p>“I’m not talking about the refs. If I talk about the refs, I’ll be fined an exorbitant amount of money,” Carlisle said.</p><p>It’s hard to say whether Carlisle was just disappointed with the play in question, which led the Pacers’ head coach onto the floor to protest, or the officiating overall. Nearly half of Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s career-high 55 points came from the free-throw line, where he connected on a whopping 23-of-26 attempts. He also finished with eight rebounds, five assists, two steals, and one block, as fans accused the MVP of foul baiting on social media.</p><p>Ben Mathurin led the Pacers with 36 points and 11 rebounds. All-Star Pascal Siakam finished with 32 points and 15 rebounds, and Toppin added 20 points, five rebounds, and two steals off the bench.</p><h2><b>Rick Carlisle’s gritty message after Pacers loss vs. Thunder</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Pacers-head-coach-Rick-Carlisle.jpg"><figcaption>Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>After losing the season opener, Pacers head coach <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/indiana-pacers/pacers-news-rick-carlisle-gritty-message-surprising-stand">Rick Carlisle applauded his team’s effort against the Thunder</a>. The Pacers nearly upset the Thunder in their NBA Finals rematch to start the regular season, while the Thunder were coming off a double-overtime victory in their home opener at the Paycom Center.</p><p>Carlisle <a href="https://x.com/TylerSmith_ISL/status/1981561906218611100" rel="noopener">addressed his team’s effort</a> during his postgame media availability, per Indy Sports Legends’ Tyler Smith.</p><p>“This group, it’s grit. There’s not gonna be any sugar pill to solve the challenges that are coming every night. We’re just gonna have to have an attitude of loving the challenge of the NBA when you’re not whole,” Carlisle said.</p><p>The Pacers, who many have projected as a fringe playoff team in the Eastern Conference, could have a better regular season than most anticipated.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why Pacers’ Rick Carlisle didn’t want to talk about refs after infuriating night vs. Thunder

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-demarcus-cousins-buying-thunder-hype');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why DeMarcus Cousins is buying all of the Thunder hype');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Thunder-All-Star-Shai-Gilgeous-Alexander-Mark-Daigneault-2.jpg"><figcaption>Alonzo Adams-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><h1>Why DeMarcus Cousins is buying all of the Thunder hype</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-24T08:24:59-07:00">October 24th, 8:24am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-24T08:24:59-07:00">October 24th, 8:24am</time><address><a>Rishabh Bhatnagar</a>Rishabh is a seasoned NBA and sports journalist and editor with over seven years of experience working for reputed organizations. A novelist first and foremost, he has written three fiction books. His high threshold of knowledge combined with his writing skills gives him the ability to write uniquely insightful pieces across basketball, soccer, cricket, lawn tennis, eSports, and a variety of other sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-shai-gilgeous-alexander-new-nba-ft-record">Oklahoma City Thunder have started their season with back-to-back overtime wins</a> against the Houston Rockets and the Indiana Pacers. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-mark-daigneault-gushes-sga-quality-besides-scoring-career-night">Shai-Gilgeous Alexander starred in both games</a>, amassing a total of 90 points.</p><p>This has proved enough for DeMarcus Cousins to <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1981727838253326790" rel="noopener">proclaim them as potential dynasty builders</a>.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"I spoke on it before and got backlash. I think this team can start a dynasty."</p><p>DeMarcus Cousins remains highly impressed after the Thunder go 2-0 to start the season 🗣️</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/RunItBackFDTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RunItBackFDTV</a>)<a href="https://t.co/eUYIC11da8">pic.twitter.com/eUYIC11da8</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1981727838253326790?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“I believe he is on a mission to get another one now. I looked at last night’s game as a statement. And the statement is, ‘I am the main event in this league,’” Cousins explained on the Run It Back podcast, per a video posted by ClutchPoints on X.</p><p>Cousins proceeded to acknowledge how several other players, including the likes of Victor Wembanyama and Anthony Edwards, have opened their campaigns with huge nights. However, Shai has already been a level above.</p><p>“To come in your first two games, back-to-back, double-overtime games, you win both the games. I mean, what does he average right now? About 50 a game? This kid is unbelievable,” Cousins explained.</p><p>However, the New York Knicks legend is well aware that winning another championship is not going to be down to one player alone.</p><p>“And the scary part about this entire OKC team is, they are young and they will continue to get better, on top of already being champions,” he said, proceeding to talk about how the Thunder can create their own dynasty in the coming years.</p><p>Cousins talked about how even in the absence of Jaylin Williams, players such as Aaron Wiggins have stepped in.</p><p>“I think this team can start a dynasty. I don’t think as far as Golden State..I definitely got backlash but I do think this team has got a chance to start a small dynasty. And obviously the head of the snake is Shai,” he concluded.</p><p>The Thunder have undoubtedly started the season in exactly the same manner they concluded the 2024-25 campaign. They will now take on the Atlanta Hawks at State Farm Arena.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why DeMarcus Cousins is buying all of the Thunder hype

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-shai-gilgeous-alexander-new-nba-ft-record');   ga('set', 'title', 'Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander haters won’t like his new NBA FT record');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Thunder-All-Star-Shai-Gilgeous-Alexander-1-2.jpg"><figcaption>Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander haters won’t like his new NBA FT record</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-23T23:01:06-07:00">October 23rd, 11:01pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-23T23:09:39-07:00">October 23rd, 11:09pm</time><address><a>Abdullah Imran</a>Abdullah Imran works as an Associate Editor for All Sports at ClutchPoints. He’s been a sports fan his entire life and enjoys writing about every sport. He has spent three years in sports journalism and loves analyzing games. In his free time, he very much enjoys binge-watching shows and playing video games.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-okc-opens-title-defense-with-ot-feat-not-seen-in-nba-history">Oklahoma City Thunder are off to a historic start in the 2025-26 NBA season</a>, and much of the credit goes to reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. In a double-overtime thriller against the Indiana Pacers on Thursday, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-shai-gilgeous-alexander-sets-career-high-with-55-point-night-vs-pacers">SGA set a new career high with 55 points</a>, surpassing his previous best of 54 points set last January against the Utah Jazz. He also added eight rebounds, five assists, two steals, and a block in 45 minutes of play.</p><p>A major highlight of Gilgeous-Alexander’s performance was his mastery at the free-throw line. He ended the game with 15-of-31 shooting with 23-of-26 free throws, a new career high for both free throws made and attempted in a single game.</p><p>These numbers contributed to another record: SGA now holds the record for <a href="https://x.com/TomerAzarly/status/1981556700491763822" rel="noopener">the most free throws attempted</a> in a two-game span to start a season, with 40 combined attempts over the Thunder’s first two games, per Tomer Azarly of ClutchPoints. This surpasses previous benchmarks set by NBA legends like Bob Lanier and Wilt Chamberlain, who attempted 38 free throws in the same span.</p><p>In today’s NBA, drawing fouls and living at the free-throw line is a valuable skill, but it doesn’t always win fans over. Gilgeous-Alexander has mastered this craft to consistently put himself in scoring position. Despite being one of the league’s top talents, Gilgeous-Alexander often faces criticism, frequently labeled a “free-throw merchant” on social media. Last season, he led the NBA with 601 free throws made, outpacing James Harden’s 505 and Trae Young’s 491 by a wide margin.</p><p>Oklahoma City has now played double overtime in each of its first two games, winning both, a feat never before accomplished in NBA history. The season opener saw the Thunder defeat the Houston Rockets 125-124 in double OT, with SGA scoring 35 points on 10-for-14 shooting from the field and 10-for-14 from the free-throw line over 47 minutes.</p><p>On Thursday, Oklahoma City beat the Pacers 141-135 in a rematch of last summer’s NBA Finals, when the team won its first championship since relocating from Seattle. Gilgeous-Alexander scored nine points in the second overtime to put the result beyond doubt and became the first player in franchise history to record five 50-point games, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/thunder-news-sga-russell-westbrook-okc-record">tying Russell Westbrook’s franchise mark</a>. Playing 92 minutes in two games, SGA has been unstoppable to start the season.</p><p>Supporting cast performances were also crucial. Ajay Mitchell scored a career-high 26 points, Aaron Wiggins added 23, and Chet Holmgren posted 15 points and 12 rebounds. The Thunder collectively made 45 of 51 free throws, dominating a game that featured 70 personal fouls and 91 total free throws.</p><p>Indiana’s Bennedict Mathurin led his team with 36 points and 11 rebounds, while Pascal Siakam contributed 32 points and 15 rebounds. The Pacers were missing Tyrese Haliburton and Myles Turner, and lost Andrew Nembhard to a shoulder injury in the second quarter.</p><p>After a day of rest, the Thunder will hit the road, facing the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday, followed by a matchup against the Dallas Mavericks on Monday before returning home.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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