Isaiah Hartenstein, Oklahoma City Thunder
How Branden Carlson stole the spotlight in the Oklahoma City Thunder's 134-114 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Against the Cleveland Cavaliers last week, the Thunder were outclassed inside by Jarrett Allen and Evan Mobley. With Hartenstein missing Thursday’s rematch, it appeared the Thun
Vegas always knows,' the old saying goes, but in this case, what do they know? FanDuel still has the Oklahoma City Thunder favored by two points against the Cl
Coach Mark Daigneault gave Jarrett Allen and the Cavs plenty of credit after halting the Thunder's 15-game winning streak on Wednesday night.
Jarrett Allen posts another double-double as Cavs defeat Raptors ... Against the Thunder on Wednesday, he encountered an old Knicks nemesis, OKC center Isaiah Hartenstein. Allen tallied 25 points, 12 rebounds and six assists in the reunion.
Hartenstein missed the first 15 games of the season. Holmgren went down in Game 10 and hasn’t returned. So Daigneault has been unable to experiment with his own twin-tower alignment.
No team has exposed Chet Holmgren’s absence more so than Cleveland and its supersized frontcourt of Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen.
The Cavaliers won a thrilling back-and-forth matchup, covering the 3-point home chalk in the process. The game showed how close and exciting of a matchup this can be. But the Cavs clearly had one big advantage over the Thunder, and that was down low.