Bouncing back from a tough individual performance and team result against an even more intimidating foe proved necessary for Chet Holmgren and the Oklahoma City Thunder, which gave up a season-worst 140 points to the Denver Nuggets in a 13-point loss on Monday night.

Of all the configurations seen across their 11 games together with the Thunder, it took Tuesday’s second-quarter lineup for the Chet Holmgren and Isaiah Hartenstein pairing to look euphoric.

On Wednesday, the Oklahoma City Thunder cruised past the Boston Celtics, winning 118-112. The Thunder have been the best team in the Western Conference for almost the entire season and are expected to make the NBA Finals, where they could very realistically match up against the Celtics in a seven-game series.