The Spurs knocked out the defending champion Thunder in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals on Saturday night in a thrilling back-and-forth matchup in which Victor Wembanyama rose to the occasion. Oklahoma City’s Chet Holmgren did not.
Holmgren got posterized by Wembanyama early in the first quarter of the game, and unfortunately for the Thunder star, things didn’t get much better from there. While his teammate Shai Gilgeous-Alexander carried OKC with 35 points, Holmgren finished with a mere four points on 1-of-2 shooting from the field; he also recorded four rebounds, two steals and two blocks. With Jalen Williams sitting out due to a hamstring injury, the Thunder needed someone else to step up on the scoring front and that wasn’t Holmgren, who didn’t attempt a single shot in the second half.
