The 7-foot-tall Isaiah Hartenstein broke his hand in the preseason and the 7-foot-1 Chet Holmgren broke his pelvis in November, so the two didn't share the court in a regular-season game until the week before the All-Star break.

Amid Thunder's big man tandem of Isaiah Hartenstein and Chet Holmgren, All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s MVP race, Oklahoma City improved to 56-12. Warriors forward Draymond Green addressed Gilgeous-Alexander’s race with Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, per the Draymond Green Show with Baron Davis.

Of all the configurations seen across their 11 games together with the Thunder, it took Tuesday’s second-quarter lineup for the Chet Holmgren and Isaiah Hartenstein pairing to look euphoric.