On December 17, the NBA regular season continued, and in this game that ended at 12:40, the Thunder won by 1 point and directly beat the Nuggets, which was very domineering! The final moments were very exciting, and we see what happened: in the last 2 minutes, the Thunder trailed by 3 points. Jalen Williams assisted Holmgren to score on a dunk, Murray passed the ball to Jokic at the top of the arc, who assisted Porter and hit the three-point line from the bottom corner to give the Nuggets a three-point advantage. Alexander stepped to the free throw line and hit 2 free throws. Murray missed a three-pointer and Gordon grabbed the rebound. Murray faced Dort, scored a jumper after the confrontation, really strong! Jalen Williams forced a layup and scored 2 points. In the final 27 seconds, Jokic controlled the time and missed a three-point shot from the line. With 6 seconds left, does the Thunder still have a chance?
Alexander heads-up, in the case of unstable center of gravity, turned over and scored a jumper, overtaking by 1 point! Last 0For 9 seconds, the Nuggets didn't form an offense, and the game was over. The Thunder won the game 118-117 and overtook the Nuggets to move up to No. 2 in the West. I have to admire that Holmgren actually shot 6 of 12 in this game, got 17 points and 11 rebounds, and had a crazy 9 blocks, almost completing a triple-double of blocks, but the quasi-triple-double data is still strong. Alexander had 25 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists. Jokic had 24 points, 6 rebounds and 12 assists.
The Thunder are back to the feeling they had back then, in fact, the team has been dormant for too long in the past few seasons, and finally played this season. Alexander became the well-deserved core, and the emergence of Holmgren and others provided a good support for the team.
According to a statistic, Holmgren had at least 15 points, 10 rebounds, 9 blocks and hit 1+ three-pointers in a single game, becoming the third person in history, after thick eyebrows and Da Lopez.