Thunder Edge Nuggets on NBA playoff series

The Oklahoma City Thunder stood in the second half to defeat the Nuggets 92-87 on Sunday and to play its semi-final series of the NBA Western Conference in two games.

Shai Gilgeous-Aalexander scored 25 points with six rebounds and six assists, and the thunder was defensive to achieve a victory in a game in which both teams had difficulty firing their crimes.

The thunder, the top seeds in the west after the best 68 victories of the regular season, the only 31 out of 87 shots from the field-only slightly better than the 25-to-80 success rate from Denver.

But after Denver took the lead for the first time in the third quarter, Oklahoma City again moved to Cason Wallace's three pointer with 8:35 in fourth and held up to the end.

“We got stops, kept them 18 points in the fourth quarter,” said Gilgeous-Alexander. “You obviously got out of the way after half -time, jumped on us, but the defensive end is always for us … We have it back on the track and we could get a W.”

The thunder will organize the fifth game on Tuesday.

NBA The most valuable player Nikola Jokic scored 27 points and achieved 13 rebounds for Denver, who withdrawn a dark start and achieved a lead of 53-52 on a three pointer from Aaron Gordon in the middle of the third quarter.

Jamal Murray and Christian Braun each scored 17 points and Gordon added 15 for Denver, who spread to eight points at the beginning of the fourth, but on Friday evening in the third game in game three, the Nuggets could not hold on.

“Give your team loan in a really disgusting basketball game, these boys, play, play, to get them over the edge and win the game,” said Nuggets coach David Adelman.

“I thought tired legs of both teams,” added Adelman and pointed to 35 points from Donnerbank – compared to eight from Denvers reserves as a true difference manufacturer.

Later on Sunday, the Indiana Pacers were the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Pacers, tried to stretch their 2-1 lead over the top seeds of the Eastern Conference.

The Pacers won the first two games of the series in Cleveland, but the Cavaliers, who were driven by a 43-point performance by Donovan Mitchell and a strong defense effort in Indiana Star Tyrese Haliburton, won three on Friday.

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