Chet Holmgren Had Sweet Message Hyping Up Shai Gilgeous-Alexander After Thunder’s Game 2 Win

The chemistry of this year's Thunder squad is off the charts.

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All remaining doubts of the Oklahoma City Thunder as the West’s No. 1 seed were wiped away on Wednesday in a 124-92 win over the New Orleans Pelicans in Game 2 of the first round playoff series.

Among the Thunder players making a statement in the cruising victory was league MVP contender Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. The Oklahoma City star looked nearly unstoppable, shooting 13-of-19 from the floor for a playoff career-high of 33 points. 

Gilgeous-Alexander’s dominant night ended with the sweetest shout-out from Chet Holmgren, who took advantage of an opportunity to hype up his star teammate. During a postgame interview at Paycom Center, Holmgren grabbed the mic to say a very special message.

“I got one more thing to say,” Holmgren said, with an arm around Gilgeous-Alexander. “He’s too humble to say it, but this is the MVP right here. MVP of the league. Imma say it for him ‘cause he won’t say it.” 

"This is the MVP right here."

Chet took the mic to hype up SGA as MVP 🗣️ pic.twitter.com/am3jP3Z7gR

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Holmgren had an efficient outing himself, shooting 9-of-13 for 26 points and adding seven rebounds. His 15 points in the first quarter marked the most by a Thunder rookie in any quarter of a playoff game. All in all, the Thunder exploited New Orleans’ 18 turnovers and easily outpaced the Pelicans’ offense, which was without star Zion Williamson. 

Game 3 of the series is on Saturday in New Orleans.