Did Shai Gilgeous-Alexander really shade Isaiah Hartenstein after Game 2?
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander appeared to knock his teammate in a postgame interview. Here's the truth.
After playing just 12 scoreless minutes in a Game 1 loss to the San Antonio Spurs , Isaiah Hartenstein was the Oklahoma City Thunder 's unsung hero on Wednesday night. Hartenstein pulled down 13 rebounds, including eight offensive boards, to go along with 10 points and some tough defense against Victor Wembanyama. The eighth-year big bumped and bruised Wembanyama all night, never letting him get comfortable after his unbelievable 41-point, 24-rebound effort in Game 1.
It's clear Hartenstein's presence helped the Thunder even the Western Conference Finals. What wasn't initially clear was Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's response to it. "I'm not sure if it was good, to be honest," Gilgeous-Alexander said of Hartenstein's defensive impact in his on-court postgame interview.
Odd moment postgame as NBC's Zora Stephenson asks SGA about Hartenstein's game-changing D on Wemby: "I'm not sure if it was good to be honest" "Break that down for me" ... "It was alright. It was good.
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