The Oklahoma City Thunder will play their second game in the Orlando bubble season resumption against the Denver Nuggets on Monday.
Here is how to watch and stream the game:
Opponent: Denver Nuggets
Date and time: Aug. 3, 3 p.m.
How to watch: Fox Sports Oklahoma
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Matchups between the two this season
The Thunder and Nuggets both have one win against the other this season, but star center Nikola Jokic has eaten in the two games.
On Dec. 14, he had 28 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists while making 11 of his 14 shots and drilling three 3-pointers.
On Feb. 21, he had 32 points, seven rebounds and five assists, but the Thunder managed to win this game behind Chris Paul’s 29 points and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s near-triple-double.
Jerami Grant has had a good season, but he’s been unable to get going against his former team. In the starting lineup on Dec. 14, he had 13 points and four rebounds, but in the second matchup he shot just 1-for-6 in 20 minutes off the bench.
Nuggets’ season
Denver is once again one of the better teams in the Western Conference behind Jokic. The Serbian started slowly, but since Dec. 6, he’s averaging more than 22 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists per game.
Point guard Jamal Murray has had a solid year, but he’s questionable for the game against Oklahoma City.
Injuries have plagued Denver this season. Paul Millsap has been in and out of the lineup, only playing 45 games, and Jokic is the only player who has started more than 60.
The wing rotation has also been somewhat of a question mark. Gary Harris has promise, but he took a step back this season.
Denver, at 43-23, holds the third seed but has just a one-game advantage over the fourth-seed Utah Jazz and 1.5-game lead over Oklahoma City.
If the Thunder can win, they would be right on the Nuggets’ tail.
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