For the final one-third of the regular season, the Oklahoma City Thunder will spend it forging Chet Holmgren and Isaiah Hartenstein together. Hand and hip fractures have delayed the much-anticipated double-big duo for months but with both seven-footers finally back,

The Oklahoma City Thunder have finally been able to deploy a double big lineup with Chet Holmgren and Isaiah Hartenstein both healthy. The OKC Thunder have seen three clunky games of this pairing which Hartenstein touched on during Friday's shoot around.

Chet Holmgren and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 130-123 on Sunday, avenging their 116-101 loss from before the All-Star break. Before Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's birthday gift to coach Mark Daigneault, Holmgren joined ESPN's SportsCenter after Sunday's win and addressed Aaron Wiggins' impact.

Oklahoma City is finally at full strength in the frontcourt, but it could lead to some tough lineup decisions. The Thunder exit the All-Star Break sitting prett

Instead of vacationing on the beach, Holmgren utilized the All-Star break for a pseudo-training camp. He's already sick of time off as he spent the equivalent of an offseason rehabbing his hip fracture. A solid three-day workout helped him get back into better game shape for OKC's stretch run.

Holmgren and Hartenstein have yet to learn how to space, when to screen, or how to maximize their roles alongside each other. They've got a 30-plus game runway before the postseason to do so. “

It was a classic Gilgeous-Alexander performance. He had his 30-plus points in three quarters and sat out the final frame as the Thunder ran away on the scoreboard. The Pelicans had no answer for the MVP candidate as he got to his spots without breaking a sweat.

The Oklahoma City Thunder have finally been able to deploy a double big lineup with Chet Holmgren and Isaiah Hartenstein both healthy. The OKC Thunder have seen three clunky games of this pairing ...

Jalen Williams as a toolbox on one wing, Lu Dort for suffocation on the other. Isaiah Hartenstein for bruising and screening, Chet Holmgren for stretching and denying. That’s the Oklahoman dream, imagined when the Thunder scooped up Hartenstein in the ...