Overview
- Holmgren said he dislocated his thumb contesting Mouhamed Gueye’s dunk in Atlanta and was sent for X-rays after asking to have it popped back in during a timeout.
- He is listed as questionable for Monday’s game at Dallas due to lower back soreness rather than the thumb injury.
- The center finished the win with 31 points on 8-of-12 shooting, six three-pointers, 11 rebounds, three steals and a block, tying his career high in threes.
- Through three games he is averaging 24.7 points on 56.1% shooting with 42.1% from three, 10.0 rebounds and 1.7 steals as the defending champions start 3-0.
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 30 points in 29 minutes and sat the fourth quarter after heavy minutes in earlier double-overtime games, while ESPN’s Kendrick Perkins publicly lauded Holmgren’s early-season form.