Isaiah Hartenstein couldn’t keep on the ground within the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Sport 1 loss. In Sport 2, he scored 10 factors and picked up 13 rebounds in a 122-113 win over the San Antonio Spurs.
Hartenstein took on the defensive task of Victor Wembanyama for many of Sport 2 and slowed him down. The Thunder massive man’s bodily play was a game-changer inside, regardless that he might have crossed the road.
Isaiah Hartenstein performed like a traditional NBA enforcer
Wembanyama put up 21 factors and picked up 17 rebounds, however that is far fewer than his 41 and 25 in Sport 1. Hartenstein slowed down Wembanyama by a method informally referred to as “fouling the hell out of him.”
Hartenstein repeatedly hooked Wembanyama’s arm, shoved and pulled him down, however picked up solely 4 fouls within the course of. It was a degree of physicality that bothered Wemby and led to Hartenstein grabbing eight offensive rebounds. Sometimes, Wembanyama’s simplest offensive transfer was to place again his personal misses.
