The Oklahoma City Thunder were on the verge of snapping their two-game losing streak. With a lead as large as 15 points, the Thunder needed to cruise through the final 12 minutes against a tired and injury-depleted Denver Nuggets squad.
Instead, the Nuggets forced overtime and eventually won, 131-126. Two-time MVP Nikola Jokic carried the Nuggets to the win with 39 points on 11-of-15 shooting, 10 rebounds and nine assists.
With a Nuggets team on the second night of a back-to-back and only having 10 players available, several players stepped up big time.
Aaron Gordon scored 30 points. Bruce Brown contributed with his first career triple-double of 17 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists. Vlatko Cancar scored 20 points.
In a game of runs and large leads, the Nuggets outlasted the Thunder in the end.
Let’s take a look at Thunder player grades.