Gary Harris made a 3-pointer on a pass from Nikola Jokić with 0.3 seconds left, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 127-124.
Paul George’s step-back 3-pointer had tied it at 124 with 1.0 seconds left.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Thunder 13-7. Jamal Murray scored 8 of the Nuggets’ 13 on 4 for 5 shooting.
Murray scored 33 points on 14 for 23 shooting. Jokić added 29 points, 13 rebounds and a career-high 14 assists, his ninth career triple-double, and Harris scored 25 points with 5 3-pointers. The Nuggets had 3 20-point scorers. Murray and Jokić set each other up for 9 baskets and 21 points, 2 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Thunder, George scored a season-high 43 points on 19 for 26 shooting, and Russell Westbrook added 20 points (10 in the fourth quarter), 9 rebounds and a season-high 21 assists.
The Nuggets shot 51.5% from the field and 39.5% from 3 to the Thunder’s 52.0% and 32.1%. The Thunder forced 11 turnovers, about 7 fewer than usual for this many possessions. They outscored the Nuggets 66-48 in the paint. The Thunder outscored the Nuggets 32-22 in 9 minutes with Anthony, Westbrook, George, Adams and Grant on the floor together.