On December 17, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Thunder played against the Nuggets, and finally the Thunder narrowly defeated the Nuggets 118-117. In the first quarter, the Nuggets took a 4-point lead, in the second quarter, the Nuggets maintained a 2-point difference, in the third quarter, the Nuggets continued to maintain a 2-point lead, and in the final quarter, the Thunder beat the Nuggets with Alexander's mid-range shot, and finally won the game.
Statistics:
Nuggets: Gordon 16 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, Justin Holiday 6 points and 2 assists, Porter 20 points and 11 rebounds, Jokic 24 points, 6 rebounds, 12 assists and 2 steals, Murray 15 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, Watson 13 points and 5 rebounds, Jordan Jr. 2 points and 7 rebounds, Reggie 7 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Braun 14 points and 2 rebounds.
Thunder: Holmgren 17 points, 11 rebounds and 9 blocks, Jalen Williams 24 points and 3 assists, Alexander 25 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 steals, Keady 4 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, Dort 13 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, Jaylin Williams 11 points and 4 rebounds, Dieng 2 points, Kenway 2 points and 5 rebounds, Isaiah Joe 12 points and 2 rebounds, Wiggins 6 points and 2 rebounds, Carson Wallace 2 points and 2 rebounds.
Star of the game:
The man of the match was undoubtedly Alexander, who once again played at star level to help the team win the game.
Game Recap:
In the first quarter, Alexander's strong inside shot helped the Thunder open the scoring, after which Porter scored to give the Thunder a 2-2 run. After that, Holmgren turned and scored to give the team a one-point lead. After that, Gordon's dunk helped the team overtake the score again, and Jackson broke through the interior to complete the score, helping the team take the lead again, and the Nuggets took a four-point lead in the first quarter of the game.
In the second quarter, Watson scored a three-pointer from the outside to help the Nuggets extend their lead to seven points again, and as Jordan Jr. played a second offense, helping the Nuggets stretch the margin to double digits. Wiggins then scored, the Thunder narrowed the deficit to five points, Murray hit a three-pointer from the outside to re-establish the Nuggets' lead, and after Holiday scored, the margin remained at eight points again, giving the Nuggets a 56-54 lead at halftime.
In the third quarter, Holiday hit a three-point shot, and the Nuggets once again established a 5-point difference, and then Dort hit a three-pointer to help the Thunder further narrow the score, Jokic hit a free throw, and the Nuggets once again took the lead, Porter hit a three-point shot from the outside, and the difference returned to 5 points, Holmgren completed the breakthrough, and the difference came to 2 points, and the two sides still maintained a single-digit point difference after the third quarter of the game.
In the fourth quarter, Gordon stepped to the free throw line to help the team stretch the margin to five points, Jackson hit a layup to bring the margin to eight points, Isaiah Joe hit a three-pointer to help the team narrow the gap to five points, and Murray broke through to score to return the margin to seven points. After that, the Nuggets stretched the deficit to nine points. But the Thunder still didn't give up, and in the last 1 minute and 38 seconds, the Thunder chased the difference to 1 point and directly stopped the Nuggets.
Both starters:
Thunder starters: Dort, Jalen Williams, Holmgren, Base, Alexander.
Nuggets starters: Porter, Gordon, Jokic, Holiday and Murray.