Chet Holmgren reveals dislocated thumb against Hawks

After Oklahoma City Thunder forward Chet Holmgren tied his career high six 3-pointers in a 117-100 win against the Atlanta Hawks, revealed he dislocated his thumb. When Holmgren went to contest Mohamed Gueye’s dunk in the second quarter, he injured his hand on the play and headed to the locker room before returning in the second half.

After the win, Holmgren revealed that suffered a sprained thumb during his media availability after the game.

“We all know what happened – I pleaded, I dislocated my thumb at the same time,” Holmgren revealed. “It didn’t look bad. Obviously, my thumb wasn’t where it was supposed to be. I see my thumb every day. It didn’t look like it used to. But it also didn’t look completely done. So I tried to tell them to just put it back in place over the period of time because I was scared. I didn’t know what to do to do it. – But they said why.

Holmgren finished with 31 points on 8-of-12 shooting, including 6-for-8 from deep, 9-for-10 from the free throw line and three steals against the Hawks. Chat is listed as questionable for the Thunder’s game against the Dallas Mavericks on Monday.

Chet Holmgren makes six career 3-pointers against the Hawks

The Thunder’s Chet Holmgren has had an impressive start to the season, making his presence felt on both ends of the floor, leading ESPN Kendrick Perkins calls Holmgren elite among NBA greats. Holmgren continues to grow as a dynamic center who can score in the paint and from the perimeter, as his six 3-pointers against the Hawks helped the Thunder get off to a 3-0 start as the defending champions.

“When you see the ball go in a few times, you definitely play a lot more relaxed and you definitely look for the next opportunity to shoot,” Holmgren said. “But I’m not a big believer in warmup checks in terms of a bad shot because you hit par. I’m still looking for the right play, looking for good shots, and throughout the game I felt like I did a good job of believing that, and after the first couple went in, I was able to find more.”

Holmgren is averaging 24.7 points on 56.1% shooting, including 42.1% from deep, 10.0 rebounds and 1.7 steals in three games.