Amid Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's otherworldly production, Chet Holmgren's third-season progression and Oklahoma City's blazing-hot start, it might be easy to overlook Luguentz Dort's contributions.

But Dort continues to be a major piece of the Thunder's success. He figures to be in the center of Oklahoma City's attack again when it hosts the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday.

"Lu's impact is unwritten a lot of nights," Holmgren said. "It's things that don't show up -- the ball pressure, putting teams under a rush, getting them up against the shot clock because he's just blowing up actions. That's huge for us. It doesn't always show up in the numbers, but it shows up on the scoreboard, for sure, a lot of nights."

Dort is a big reason why the Thunder have an NBA-best 104.5 defensive rating -- p

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