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The Thunder rallied around Chet Holmgren after a tough Game 7 loss to the Spurs.<\/p>\n
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) \u2014 Chet Holmgren attempted two shots in Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals<\/a>. He absorbed plenty of shots from critics afterward.<\/p>\n The Oklahoma City Thunder spent Day 1 of the offseason making clear that they support him.<\/p>\n If the ballyhooed matchup in the West Finals was Holmgren vs. San Antonio\u2019s Victor Wembanyama, then it was a one-sided one. Wembanyama had the superior numbers<\/a> in the series and the Spurs wound up prevailing, while Holmgren was barely a factor offensively with the Thunder season on the line Saturday night.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery minute Chet Holmgren\u2019s been on the team, we\u2019ve been the 1 seed<\/a> in the Western Conference,\u201d Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said Sunday, when the team gathered for end-of-season meetings. \u201cAnd it wasn\u2019t the case before Chet was healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n Holmgren had likely his best season, with career-highs of 17.1 points and 8.9 rebounds per game. He earned All-NBA honors<\/a> for the first time, All-Defensive<\/a> for the first time as well, got his first All-Star nod<\/a>, plus was second in the Kia Defensive Player of the Year<\/a> balloting.<\/p>\n