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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 26 | 24 | 35 | 36 | 121 |
 Thunder | 27 | 33 | 30 | 29 | 119 |
DENTeam statsOKC| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 42-9544.2% | 10-3231.3% | 27-3381.8% | 63 | 18 | 18 |
| OKC | 42-10042.0% | 15-4334.9% | 20-2871.4% | 43 | 27 | 9 |
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Denver Nuggets121| 44 | 21 | 6-16 | 2-7 | 7-8 | 0 | +12 | −3.3 | |||||||
| 42 | 42 | 15-29 | 2-6 | 10-13 | +10 | +10.2 | ||||||||
| 40 | 11 | 4-8 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 0 | +15 | +0.8 | |||||||
| 39 | 22 | 7-15 | 3-6 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | +16 | +5.7 | ||||||
| 24 | 2 | 1-8 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-0 | −15 | −8.2 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 18 | 7-13 | 1-5 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −4.2 | ||||||
| 15 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | −22 | +0.1 | |||||
| 6 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −0.8 | |||||
| Team | 121 | 42-9544.2% | 10-3231.3% | 63 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 27-3381.8% | 21 | 6 | 5 | |||
Bench 23 points on 9 for 19 shooting
Did not play: Vlatko Čančar, Hunter Tyson, Dario Saric, DeAndre Jordan, Zeke Nnaji and Jalen Pickett (coach’s decision).
Oklahoma City Thunder119| 40 | 33 | 12-26 | 2-6 | 7-9 | −16 | +9.0 | ||||||||
| 38 | 16 | 5-20 | 2-9 | 4-6 | −6 | −3.8 | ||||||||
| 30 | 14 | 4-9 | 4-9 | 2-2 | −21 | −0.5 | ||||||||
| 29 | 12 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | +2 | −3.0 | |||||||
| 28 | 12 | 5-11 | 0-3 | 2-4 | −14 | −2.0 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 20 | 7-12 | 5-9 | 1-2 | 0 | +13 | +10.7 | |||||||
| 21 | 3 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +15 | −2.8 | |||||
| 14 | 5 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +19 | +1.9 | |||
| 13 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5.1 | ||||
| 3 | 4 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +2.2 | ||||
| Team | 119 | 42-10042.0% | 15-4334.9% | 43 | 27 | 9 | 27 | 20-2871.4% | 13 | 12 | 11 | |||
Bench 32 points on 10 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Ousmane Dieng, Kenrich Williams, Ajay Mitchell and Dillon Jones (coach’s decision).
Nuggets121Thunder119ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Aaron Gordon made a 3-pointer on a pass from Russell Westbrook with 3.6 seconds left, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 121-119 for a 1-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.
The Thunder led 113-102 with 4:31 left before the Nuggets went on a 19-6 run.
The Thunder had the ball down 2, but Jalen Williams missed a 56-foot pull-up 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Thunder 10-4. Gordon scored 5 of the Nuggets’ 10 on 1 for 2 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 2 steals, and the Thunder scored 2 points off them.
Nikola Jokić had 42 points (24 in the paint), 22 rebounds and 6 assists. Gordon added 22 points and 14 rebounds, and Jamal Murray had 21 points (12 in the first quarter) and 6 assists. Jokić scored 18 of his 42 points in the fourth quarter. The Nuggets had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Thunder, Gilgeous-Alexander had 33 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists, and Alex Caruso added 20 points, 6 assists and 5 steals off the bench.
The Thunder gave up 21 offensive rebounds, about 8 more than usual for the shots the Nuggets missed. They outscored the Nuggets 25-5 off turnovers. The Nuggets outscored the Thunder 54-30 in 15 minutes with Westbrook, Gordon, Jokić, Murray and Braun on the floor together.
Denver NuggetsOklahoma City ThunderPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Nuggets’ chance bottomed out at 3% (4th quarter, 6:39 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
94 points from the field on 94 shots: 9.0 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 16-31 | 51.6% | 66% |
| In the paint | 12-24 | 50.0% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 4-8 | 50.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 4-10 | 40.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-22 | 27.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chet Holmgren | 29 | 12 | 5-9 | +1 |
| Isaiah Hartenstein | 22 | 8 | 3-9 | −1 |
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | 9 | 10 | 3-4 | +6 |
| Jalen Williams | 8 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 21 | 10 | 3-3 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 42 points on 90 possessions. He usually scores about 35 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Williams | 20 | 5 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Isaiah Hartenstein | 19 | 2 | 1-3 | −3 |
| Chet Holmgren | 10 | 6 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Alex Caruso | 8 | 2 | 0-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 22 | 7 | 3-7 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 80 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luguentz Dort | 38 | 9 | 3-7 | −2 |
| Cason Wallace | 19 | 3 | 1-4 | −3 |
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | 7 | 2 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jalen Williams | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 21 | 7 | 2-4 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 91 possessions. He usually scores about 28 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
OKC win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Gordon 25' 3PT Running Jump Shot (22 PTS) (Westbrook 2 AST)
Q4 0:04
70.3%
79→8
Jokic 27' 3PT Jump Shot (40 PTS)
Q4 1:07
28.5%
91→62
Westbrook 3PT Jump Shot (17 PTS) (Jokic 5 AST)
Q3 0:53
17.0%
85→68
Gilgeous-Alexander 1' Driving Dunk (33 PTS) (Caruso 6 AST)
Q4 0:11
17.0%
79→96
Caruso 26' 3PT Jump Shot (19 PTS) (Wallace 2 AST)
Q4 11:37
13.6%
68→82
