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As the Oklahoma City Thunder are headed to the Western Conference Finals after beating the Denver Nuggets, the city’s police department poked fun at the team that lost in seven games. With the Thunder seeming to have the winning formula, on their way to a hopeful championship run, the Oklahoma City Police Department decided to […]

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Alex Caruso revealed his message for the fans after eliminating the Denver Nuggets. The No. 1 seed in the Western Conference lived up to its 68-win total, blowing out the Nuggets 125-93 in Game 7 of the second round. Caruso has been a significant part of this franchise’s success this postseason. […]

Nikola Jokic will have plenty of reflecting to do after the Denver Nuggets lost 125-93 to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 7 of the West Semis of the 2025 NBA Playoffs on Sunday. Jokic and the Nuggets went the distance with a Thunder squad that won 68 games in the regular season. As a […]

The Denver Nuggets and Nikola Jokic watched their season unravel in Game 7. Jokic scored 20 points but his Nuggets got embarrassed 125-93 to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Jokic, however, fought through an elbow ailment during the season, plus NBA Playoffs. The perennial NBA All-Star noticeably played without a sleeve over his elbow. Was his […]

When the Denver Nuggets went down by a ton in their eventual 125-93 Game 7 defeat to the Oklahoma City Thunder, they couldn’t call upon any weapons from the bench to stem the tide. Russell Westbrook was out of sorts all night long, Peyton Watson couldn’t buy a bucket, and Julian Strawther, the Game 6 […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — In a do-or-die Game 7 matchup, Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault added a new wrinkle to defending Denver Nuggets All-Star Nikola Jokic: sick 6-foot-5 guard Alex Caruso onto Jokic for extended periods of time. And it worked. Caruso disrupted the NBA’s reigning MVP early and often, which led to The […]

Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon made a request to the NBA about its playoff scheduling after depleted Nuggets squad suffered a tough Game 7 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder and is now going home in the second round for the second straight season. While this group fought hard in the first few quarters, the […]

Russell Westbrook endured a testy moment Sunday during the NBA Playoffs. Except this wasn’t during the 125-93 beatdown at the hands of the Oklahoma City Thunder. It happened afterward inside the Denver Nuggets locker room. Westbrook faces a nebulous future with the team. Denver Gazette reporter Vinny Benedetto tried asking about Westbrook’s 2025 plans. Benedetto […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder fan base erupted over multiple plays executed by their home team. But Cason Wallace got everyone in the Paycom Center on their feet during the third quarter of this NBA Playoff game. By delivering a poster dunk over Nikola Jokic. Wallace hit the acceleration while in transition. He faced the 6-foot-11 […]

Alex Caruso isn’t giving the Denver Nuggets fits with his scoring. Not with 11 points through three quarters. But the Oklahoma City Thunder veteran instead amazed with this element: His defense on Nikola Jokic on Sunday in Game 7. The 6-foot-5, 186-pound Caruso entered the Paycom Center at a significant size advantage compared to “Joker.” […]

The Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City Thunder head into Sunday’s Game 7 with a spot in the Western Conference Finals on the line. Nikola Jokic is one of the best Game 7 performers in recent NBA history, but Aaron Gordon is the most important player. David Adelman delivered an update on his forward’s status after […]

The Denver Nuggets are getting ready for their second consecutive Game 7. After beating the Los Angeles Clippers in front of the home crowd in Denver in the first round, Nikola Jokic and company will now have to get it done on the road against the Oklahoma City Thunder. However, Kendrick Perkins dropped an insane […]

Playing under the bright lights of the NBA Playoffs always comes with pressure. In fact, even the NBA stars should easily get some jitters during their first postseason contest. However, some have found a way to overcome their nerves, as they put out all-time classics to kick off their postseason career. Here are the 10 […]

The Denver Nuggets kept their playoff hopes alive with a 119-107 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night, forcing a decisive Game 7. Nikola Jokic led the charge with 29 points, 14 rebounds, and eight assists. The three-time MVP was also one of five different Nuggets who finished the game in double figures. […]

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder might boast the league’s best record and strongest analytics, but that doesn’t change the stakes ahead. Their season now hinges on Game 7 after failing to close out the Denver Nuggets in Game 6, where Denver responded with a 119-107 victory to even the second-round series. This series […]

Fans are getting excited about the fact that they will witness a Game 7 between Nikola Jokic’s Denver Nuggets and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s Oklahoma City Thunder. The Nuggets came out victorious in Thursday’s matchup against the Thunder in Game 6. Oklahoma City led 3-2 in the series, meaning that Denver needed to win to keep their […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder and Denver Nuggets series has witnessed momentum shifts and highlight-reel moments. Isaiah Hartenstein used his two hands to deliver the latest NBA Playoffs moment. Right in front of Nikola Jokic. The 27-year-old came out of nowhere and right behind the multiple NBA Most Valuable Player winner. Aaron Wiggins attacked the inside […]

Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic received a glowing endorsement from Cooper Flagg. Flagg, who has multiple projections to be the first overall pick of the 2025 NBA Draft, has been active in the NBA Draft Combine. He’s been showcasing his skillset while getting measurement on how he will be going into the league. The league […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves booked their return to the Western Conference Finals on Wednesday after closing out the Stephen Curry-less Golden State Warriors in Game 5 of the second round. This marks their second consecutive trip to the West Finals, where they’ll face either the Oklahoma City Thunder or the Denver Nuggets. Following Minnesota’s series win, […]

Very little has separated the Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City Thunder in their Western Conference Semifinal series. While it seemed like Denver held momentum early on after staking claim to a 113-104 overtime win in Game 3 to take a 2-1 series lead, Nikola Jokic has been unable to lead his team to a win […]

The Denver Nuggets came up short in Game 5 against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night, suffering a 112-105 loss that puts them on the brink of elimination heading into their upcoming Game 6 contest. While things didn’t go the Nuggets way down the stretch, superstar center Nikola Jokic wasn’t losing any sleep over […]

As the Denver Nuggets lost Game 5 to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday, 112-105, people blamed certain players for the disappointing defeat. After the Nuggets’ collapse to the Thunder, Michael Porter Jr. would hold himself accountable and explain why he was to blame. Porter took accountability for the Game 5 loss and the 92-87 […]

The Denver Nuggets were somehow tied with the 68-win Oklahoma City Thunder through four games of the Western Conference Semifinals, despite superstar center Nikola Jokic stumbling through the last three contests. They desperately needed him to regain his Hall of Fame form in Tuesday’s crucial road matchup, and the near-7-footer emerged without any trace of […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder and the Denver Nuggets played a classic playoff game on Tuesday night in Game 5, with the Thunder coming out with a 112-105 victory to take a 3-2 series lead. Unlike their Game 4 rock fight that featured brick after brick from the outside, Game 5 was a great display of […]

Nikola Jokic led the Denver Nuggets to their first NBA championship in 2023 and helped them survive end-of-season turbulence this year, but he is also a big reason why they do not have a commanding 3-1 lead versus the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Semifinals. The three-time MVP was ice cold from the […]

After brutal showings in Games 2 and 3 of the Western Conference Semifinals versus the Oklahoma City Thunder, everyone concluded that Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic is in fact mortal. Following another rough outing in a potentially costly Game 4 loss, it seemed like someone possessed the stupendous center’s body or stole his talent a […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — After limiting Denver Nuggets All-Star Nikola Jokic to two of the worst shooting performances of his playoff career, Jaylin Williams and the Oklahoma City Thunder will look to push the MVP to the brink of elimination in Game 5. Jokic helped Isaiah Hartenstein develop into a starting center in the NBA, and […]

DENVER — After Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander closed out the Denver Nuggets in Game 4, Thunder center Isaiah Hartenstein reflected on his history with Nuggets All-Star Nikola Jokic. Hartenstein played 30 games in his lone season in Denver — a short but productive stint for the then 22-year-old center who was Jokic’s understudy. […]

The Denver Nuggets now find themselves in a best-of-three series after falling to the Oklahoma City Thunder 92-87 in Game 4. With the series tied 2-2, the Nuggets will need to find a way to regain some momentum as the series shifts back to Oklahoma City. Despite the loss, Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray offered […]

The Denver Nuggets and the Oklahoma City Thunder played one of the uglier playoff games that you’ll see in Game 4 on Sunday, with the Thunder eventually pulling away with a 92-87 win to even the series at two games each. Sometimes in the playoffs, close games are affected by missed calls at the end […]

The Denver Nuggets engaged in a sluggish Game 4 at Ball Arena on Sunday. Denver and Oklahoma City tied a historic low during the first quarter. But Charles Barkley pointed out where the “unfair” factor lies in that bad performance in their second-round NBA Playoffs series. The verbose NBA on TNT personality is known for […]

The Denver Nuggets suffered a 92-87 loss against the Oklahoma City Thunder, and the series is now tied as they head on the road for Game 5. It was a game where neither team played well on offense, and they had to rely on their defenses to carry them. In the end, the Thunder got […]

Nikola Jokic had a rough shooting day in the Denver Nuggets’ 92-87 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 4 of the Western Conference Semifinals of the 2025 NBA Playoffs on Sunday. After 43 minutes of play, Jokic finished with a stat line of 27 points, 13 rebounds, four steals, and three assists. However, […]

The Denver Nuggets were fighting to stay in the game against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 3, and it took a small run late in the first half to do so. Neither team shot the ball well, but it was the Thunder who had the lead for most of the half. The Nuggets began […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder and Denver Nuggets delivered high-scoring affairs through three games. That includes the epic Friday overtime Nuggets win. But Game 4 reminded fans of past early 2000s NBA Playoffs contests. Not the good kind. Both Western Conference powers ended the first quarter with this score: 17-8 in favor of OKC. The Thunder […]

In a postgame press conference following the Denver Nuggets’ 113-104 overtime victory against the Oklahoma City Thunder, interim head coach David Adelman made sure to defend his star player despite an uncharacteristically off shooting night. “And Nikola’s ‘off night,’ I mean 20-16-6 just an awful NBA night,” Adelman said jokingly. “The stat sheet always says […]

The Denver Nuggets bounced back from their Game 2 loss with a hard-fought 113-104 overtime victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday night, taking a 2-1 lead in their Western Conference Semifinals series. Despite the win, star center Nikola Jokic was quick to critique his own performance, calling himself the “worst player on the […]

As Game 3 of the second-round NBA Playoffs series between the Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City Thunder unfolded through a closely contested first half, a gritty third quarter, a tense fourth, and a chaotic overtime, one question hovered: Which team would come through for its Kia MVP candidate? Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander—both finalists for […]

Nikola Jokic joined Jayson Tatum in a statistical feat after the Denver Nuggets’ Game 3 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. It wasn’t an ideal performance for the three-time MVP, however. After 44 minutes of action, Jokic finished with a stat line of 20 points, 16 rebounds, six assists, two steals, and two blocks. Despite […]