Hits by Thunder vs. Nuggets: Oklahoma City wins game 5 thrillers despite 44 points from Denvers Nikola Jokić

The Oklahoma City Thunder took over a head start from Oklahoma in the second round on Tuesday evening with an exciting 112: 105 victory in game 5 of her NBA playoff series. It is the first tour in the series for The Thunder, number 1 of the West, which now has the chance to win the series in game 6 in Denver on Thursday evening.

In the fourth quarter, the thunder prevailed the Nuggets 34-19 when the MVP favorite Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points in the fourth quarter. On the other hand, Nikola Jokić's Nikola Jokić led all the scorers with 44, including an incredible 3 pointer of the Fadaway over the outstretched arm of the Chet Holmgren from Oklahoma City, which is late in the fourth side. But Jokić didn't get much help when he failed 17 of the 40 Field goals of his team.

For Oklahoma City, Gilgeous-Aalexander received a lot of help from his support presentation as Jalen Williams (18), Isaiah Hartenstein (15), Holmgren (14), Alex Caruso (13) and Luguentz there (12) all achieved in double figures.

The thunder had no problems in the first round and swept the Memphis Grizzlies to get ahead. Gilgeous-Alexander did not even shoot so well in the first round (40.2% of the floor and 25% compared to 3), but he still achieved a team high of 27.8 points per game. SGA tries to lead the thunder to her first conference finale since 2016.

The nuggets needed all seven games in the first round to overcome the Los Angeles Clipperers. In the series, Jokić scored a triple double (24.0 points, 11.6 rebounds and 10.1 assists), and Jamal Murray added 22.9 points per game. The Nuggets have been in the second round for the sixth time in the past seven years and came here in 2025 after making coaching money days before the end of the regular season. Interim coach David Adelman, who replaced Michael Malone, now has more victories after the season as victories of the regular season.

Thunder vs. nuggets scores, schedule

Game 1: Nuggets 121, thunder 119
Game 2: Donner 149, Nuggets 106
Game 3: Nuggets 113, Thunder 104 (OT)
Game 4: Donner 92, Nuggets 87
Game 5: Thunder 112, Nuggets 105 (Oklahoma City Leads, 3-2)
Game 6: Thursday, May 15th | Nuggets against Thunder | Time/TV TBD
*Game 7: Sunday, May 18 | Donner against Nuggets | Time/TV TBD

Donner against Nugget's chances

Adversities over Draftkings

Game 6 opportunities: Donner -4.5, O/U: 219.5
Serial opportunities: Donner -1200, Nuggets +750

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