The Nuggets confirmed their championship pedigree in opposition to the No. 1 seed within the West with an exciting 121-119 win. After trailing by 14 factors within the fourth quarter, they completed the sport on a 31-15 run and stole Recreation 1 in Oklahoma Metropolis.
Chet Holmgren missed two free throws and Aaron Gordon as soon as once more turned the hero, hitting the game-winning three-pointer with 3.1 seconds left. Nikola Jokic led Denver along with his seventh playoff sport with a minimum of 20 factors and 20 rebounds (42 and 22, plus six assists). Gordon added 22 and 14, whereas Jamal Murray ended up with 21 factors, six rebounds and 6 assists.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander nearly had a triple-double (33-10-8) and obtained assist off the bench from Alex Caruso (20 factors, six assists, 5 steals and two blocks), however Jalen Williams shot simply 25 p.c from the sphere. Some questionable fouls by OKC within the clutch gave the Nuggets an opportunity to take the sport.
Take a look at the rapid reactions:
I actually disagree with having Alex Caruso foul Aaron Gordon that early after that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
Make Denver go the size of the ground with 10 seconds on the ground with zero timeouts and Jokic on the bench to tie the sport with a 3.
— Michael Martin (@MichaelOnSports) May 6, 2025
We proceed to witness greatness.
42 factors and 22 rebounds for Jokic because the Nuggets (9.5-point underdogs) upset the No. 1 seed Thunder. pic.twitter.com/CVo5Cg23o4
— Lawrence Smelser (@LawrenceSmelser) May 6, 2025
OKC deserved to lose. Horribly managed the tip of that sport. So dumb to foul up 3 when Jokic was OFF THE FLOOR AND THE NUGGETS HAD NO TIMEOUTS.
— Kevin O’Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) May 6, 2025
The Nuggets and Thunder took 30+ free throws within the 4th quarter. The refs must do a greater job within the subsequent sport. There have been some terrible calls made that swung the sport in favor of the Nuggets.
— Erik Rokisky (@e_rok13) May 6, 2025
SGA IS the MVP …
however Joker IS the most effective participant on the earth!
— 🏁 Jamal Crawford (@JCrossover) May 6, 2025
Aaron Gordon does it once more.
MR. NUGGET WE LOVE YOU!
THANK YOU FOR SAVING US. WE DONT DESERVE YOU 🥹😭😭😭🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐 pic.twitter.com/CAylvPuYjp— Tatiana (@Tatianaclinares) May 6, 2025
Three @nuggets had 11+ factors and 13+ rebounds. The main rebounder for the Thunder had 10.
That’s simply the third time because the merger {that a} group did that within the NBA playoffs on the highway (Cavs in 1992, Warriors in 2019), and simply the sixth time anyplace because the merger.
— Statzman (@RealStatzman) May 6, 2025
Watching what the Nuggets did to the Thunder late within the sport after I’ve been seeing this for the previous 3yrs as a Lakers fan pic.twitter.com/HnbtGvKa77
— MATT27 (@MATT27_______) May 6, 2025
