Overview
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander tallied 34 points and 13 assists, and Cason Wallace posted a career-best 27 with seven threes as Oklahoma City led wire to wire.
- The Thunder shot 19-of-40 from deep, breaking the game open with an all-threes 12-0 run in the third quarter after Denver closed to 74-70.
- Peyton Watson scored 29 for Denver, while Nikola Jokic finished with 16 points on nine shots in his second game back from a 16-game knee absence.
- Oklahoma City played without Jalen Williams, Ajay Mitchell and Alex Caruso; Denver remained without Aaron Gordon and Cam Johnson, with Christian Braun still sidelined.
- The nationally televised NBC Sunday Night Basketball matchup was the first of four meetings this season and a rematch of last year’s West semifinals.