Denver Nuggets vs Oklahoma City Thunder 84-96 — Oct 22, 2026 Box Score & Stats

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Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Denver Nuggets	27	21	16	20	84
NuggetsDEN aheadThunderOKC ahead	+9+17
Oklahoma City Thunder	24	20	26	26	96

Regular season · Thunder 2-0, Nuggets 0-1

Thunder beat Nuggets in opener

The Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Denver Nuggets 96-84 in the Nuggets’ season opener at Paycom Center.

Ajay Mitchell’s driving layup put the Thunder ahead for good with 2:06 left in the third quarter.

Jalen Williams scored 21 points, and Chet Holmgren added 12 points, 17 rebounds and four blocks.

For the Nuggets, Aaron Gordon scored 20 points on 6-of-9 shooting, and Nikola Jokić missed six of his seven 3-point tries.

Best performances

Oklahoma City Thunder

Chet Holmgren+7.4 PS

12 PTS17 REB2 AST4 BLK

5-9 FG, 0-1 3P, 2-2 FTTop 4% since 2015-16−0.02 wins

Alex Caruso+2.7 PS

7 PTS4 REB5 AST

3-7 FG, 1-5 3P+0.08 wins

Cason Wallace+0.5 PS

9 PTS1 REB1 AST4 STL

3-8 FG, 3-6 3P

Box score

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Oklahoma City Thunder96


	17	2	0	3	6-19	3-11	2-2	+21	34:37	0	1	0	0	−4.7
	21	5	0	3	7-15	2-6	5-6	0	33:13	0	0	1	3	−0.6
	12	17	9	2	5-9	0-1	2-2	+12	27:51	1	4	3	4	+7.4
	9	1	0	1	3-8	3-6	0-0	+8	23:59	4	0	0	4	+0.5
	6	6	3	2	3-10	0-0	0-0	+8	22:46	0	1	2	2	−5.5
Bench
	12	0	0	0	5-11	0-4	2-2	+10	23:01	5	1	3	2	−1.3
	7	4	1	5	3-7	1-5	0-0	+17	19:37	1	1	0	2	+2.7
	4	0	0	1	1-6	0-3	2-2	−2	18:05	0	0	2	1	−8.2
	3	7	0	3	1-4	1-4	0-0	+13	15:07	0	0	0	2	−0.6
	2	3	3	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	−8	12:41	1	1	1	1	−0.7
	3	1	0	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	−9	5:37	0	0	0	1	+0.6
	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	−5	1:43	0	0	0	0	−1.3
	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	−5	1:43	0	0	0	0	+0.3
Team	96	46	16	22	36-9537.9%	11-4325.6%	13-1492.9%		240	12	9	12	22

Did not play: Josh Dix (inactive - g league - two-way); Otega Oweh, Thomas Sorber and Nikola Topić (inactive - injury/illness).

Denver Nuggets84


	6	10	2	3	2-11	0-1	2-4	−15	36:45	1	0	6	2	−13.4
	13	7	1	5	5-19	1-7	2-4	−20	35:19	1	1	2	3	−7.4
	7	6	3	1	3-10	1-6	0-0	−20	32:35	1	0	2	3	−7.0
	20	6	3	1	6-9	3-4	5-6	−11	29:28	2	1	2	3	+7.4
	5	2	0	1	2-3	1-1	0-0	0	11:20	0	0	0	2	+0.4
Bench
	13	2	1	0	5-9	0-1	3-6	−10	28:12	0	0	5	3	−8.9
	4	2	1	3	2-4	0-2	0-0	+1	22:15	1	0	2	2	−3.3
	4	12	3	0	1-6	0-4	2-2	−1	18:27	0	0	1	2	−2.6
	2	3	2	1	1-3	0-0	0-0	+3	10:58	0	0	2	2	−3.4
	2	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	−2	9:32	1	0	0	1	−1.9
	5	1	1	1	2-3	1-1	0-0	+5	1:43	0	0	0	0	+3.8
	3	1	1	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	+5	1:43	0	0	0	0	+2.6
	0	1	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+5	1:43	0	0	0	0	+0.4
Team	84	53	19	17	31-8237.8%	8-3026.7%	14-2263.6%		240	7	2	22	23

Did not play: Cam Whitmore (inactive - g league - two-way); Spencer Jones and Julian Strawther (inactive - injury/illness); Zeke Nnaji (coach’s decision).

PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.

Zone	FG	%	League
At the rim	21-32	65.6%	67%
In the paint	2-13	15.4%	45%
Mid-range	2-7	28.6%	42%
Corner 3	2-12	16.7%	39%
Above-the-break 3	9-31	29.0%	35%

Thunder beat Nuggets in opener

Best performances

Box score

Oklahoma City Thunder96

Denver Nuggets84

Shot chart

Game flow

Game Flow

Denver Nuggets 84 @ Oklahoma City Thunder 96 — October 22, 2026 Box Score

Thunder beat Nuggets in opener

Best performances

Box score

Oklahoma City Thunder96

Denver Nuggets84

Shot chart

Game flow

Game Flow