Hollinger Reveals OKC Realized Isaiah Hartenstein Was Unplayable Two Minutes Into Game 1

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Hollinger Reveals OKC Realized Isaiah Hartenstein Was Unplayable Two Minutes Into Game 1

"Against Wembanyama, two minutes into the first game of this series, the 64-win, defending champion Thunder realized that one of their elite performers was unplayable," Hollinger said. "Hartenstein didn't play one second on offense against Wembanyama the rest of the game." Wemby exploited Hartenstein's lack of floor spacing to neutralize him entirely, the same problem Minnesota and Portland ran into.

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