OKC Thunder at Denver Nuggets | Game Highlights | December 29, 2023

OKC Thunder at Denver Nuggets | Game Highlights | December 29, 2023

[Applause] this is a Denver defense top 10 in the league as hren is open jic didn’t want to get out on him and there is Jed holen you think about him as a three-point shooter but he’s added a little bit of driving to his game and hren once again from the outside makes

It two in a row and and and get to the hoop as well once again this time at the top there is that drive that Michael was alluding to and he pulls up just short and floats it in so showing the outside shot and then showing the touch as he

Can be lethal at times from the outside hren off that catch nice play foul the shot and puts it up and in you know a lot of players play in Rhythm even on defense try to time it when you’re going to jump up in the air jayb and there is his first

Two nearly a steal there from jdub he’s all over Jamal Murray thought it was a double dribble Murray backing him down what a contest there JDP just not giving up anything as he just swallowed up and sucked up that shooting pocket SGA on the dive nice move what a pass what a

Finish out of those early back injuries in his career settled in was a big part of that title run holgren nice little side step and ched holgren works his way right to the rim and kcp is down well if you could teach it more people would

Probably be doing it right I mean nobody does what he does hren nice pass got it right back Chad hren on the push shot and he gets the bounce fires it inside Bo jayen Williams got it back outside wide open shter it’s Aaron Wiggins and he will

Cash it in boy the patience and the unselfishness pays off just ask all the Kentucky guys in SGA there is no Kentucky love there’s no Kentucky love at all hren continues to fire away from Deep makes another three from the outside kenri Williams [Applause] kept Jackson out of the lane

STW got it right back HS up for the shot there’s a block by ched hren just gobbled him right up K Wallace on the other end he finish it off what a defensive play from Chad hen and the block party has started folks great timing a be on a small starts the fast

Break like you said no love once you get to this level it’s Jay up and Jay will out the perimeter trying to find a way to puncture that defense J Wallace pulls up for the jumper and he banked it in three-point shots just not dropping for either ball Club right

Now you see Jay will though he’s had open looks Jamal Murray blocked again this time it was K Wallace trying to start the break up ahead stops on a dime dumps it off kenri Williams he will finish it you got Wallace jdub and Chad homran who have all blocked chump shots there’s an

Interception and a steal by by kenri Williams says you can’t take him with you but his percentage is very high in winning those challenges tough shot SGA fading away not a problem boy that is a high degree of difficulty shot on the that was a nice play by the Nuggets

Because that was the only thing they had pretty good defense by the Thunder as SGA is making a do what a do baby nine combined but it’s still been a physical game it’s been a low scoring game yic got it right back in the defense anticipation from L Dort it’s a jump

Stop handoff and then you can continue the move officials have been very fair with that play all season oh good anticipation again as Murray got caught in the air so the Thunder defense been very good here in the first half Jay will thought about the three gave it back to

SGA stops on the dive turns around what a shot from SGA started out pretty hot early in the first quarter he been downhill ever since that is exactly right Shay negotiating giddy pushes it up and in nice move that was just a straight on shot Murray able to get around Dort but

Dort that time swiped it On The Backs side three on two hren up ahead giney will flick it home and that was a highly contested shot too by Lou Dort J dub gave it up there is gy cutting right across the Baseline up top JB once again the Thunder have to reset

But now have to hurry gety nice drive down the lane was one-on-one with Michael Porter Jr and Josh giddy having his way he had that massive block punched it off the glass in the first half about the steal here on jic great Strip by gidy send to the Head dor

Got caught in the air and blocked by Murray Dort flies in and knocks it away from Watson for a fresh 14 hren spins on yic hangs in the air and scores he is making some beautiful moves yic backing him down and the deflection again this time it’s dordon

Back to- back plays four on two SGA will put it down conratulations to Curtis Taylor from Oklahoma City who just won a $150 Sonic gift card thanks to this dunk from SGA it did not take long in the third quarter and it started on the def end well you’re loving that partner that’s

Right you know defense turns the ball over into offense pulls it back out F about the three instead finds a drive from Lor who Powers it up with some levitation most of this quarter except on this play right here my goodness that could have easily been a foul too he took the

Contact and just went up strong and bent the r he he’s got eight assists because they’ve tried to keep the ball out of his hand hands his teammates once again going to work on Murray tough fadeaway shot still shoots it over the top and that’s what sga’s been doing jdub little hesitation

Gidy tried to swing it around but he throw it right into the arms of joic up ahead porter porter got rejected by Jaylen Williams and the save from Jay oh my goodness look at this he blocks the shot okay there’s the first part great to sa it’s not

Over it is right there by that young man there Jamon Williams from Arkansas multifaceted tough shot jdub on the fade away he scores the two got three fouls jic skips it up top Porter slides in left hand it rolls off gy trying to start the break he just

Building up some leverage on the scoreboard nearly the steel Dort fighting for it and it pops out to Jay will SJ right at brown little hesitation he will score and that’s been the recipe here for Oklahoma City in the third quarter there’s defending SGA Joe outside Dort got a little fly by looking

To get rid of it does so to Joe behind the tape pulls up for the three and splashes it home so many nice passes setting up teammates Joe’s going to pull up again this time from the mid-range off the pass from SGA Isaiah Joe that that time a little wide

Right no Murray no joic in the game you to close out this third quarter the way that you’ve been playing the hit ahead SGA too much size is going to put it down for the dunk hren chugging up the floor he will pull up NOP finds an open cut it is Wiggins

Excellent find from hren and that forces Michael Malone to call a timeout nuggets want to make a push meit checks the shot clock pulls up at the elbow and got it up over Jamal Murray meit under control with the shot block winding down Jackson again same spot that he found Watson

This time it was brown the Thunder stay down defensively and that should be last Touch by Jordan and it is well they they’ve done a good job of taking the ball out of his hand tonight how about dork stayed down did not bite on the shot fake and then hren

Came in to block it dork putting his head down drives in floats it up and in SJ also on the bench the kick out open shooter kenri William lets it Go and gets the friendly bounce high off the backboard it missed his first three but that one kenri

Open this time it’s jdub he will gather and he will knock it down from deep and those are two massive threes was three for 11 prior to that make excuse me three for [Applause] 13 jdub on the step back and and he continues to pour it in from the

Outside and now you got to get back and play some defense there’s a deflection and a little miscommunication joic almost committed the take foul gidy didn’t realize that Watson was sprinting behind him back up top it’s ched and ched holgren started the game with some threes and he might be finishing the

Game with some threes an extended look here for the final 3 minutes see if he calls a timeout this is another massive win for the Thunder the nuggets have only lost two games at home all season one to the Houston Rockets early in the year and

Back on December 16th to the Thunder and they’re going to give them their third loss and every time they made a run they made a run of their own even bigger Waters from the outside and everything going in Lindy Waters first shot here at ball Arena OKC continues to play quality

Basketball winning again in this quick One-Stop Affair here in the mile high city 1993 the final score SGA brilliant yet again with those 40 points and what was a collective team win Chad holen got it going offensively in that first quarter kind of setting the tone with those early threes and the one

Thing that the Thunder were able to rely on all night long was that lock down defense oh and you have to do that against the Nuggets they got so many weapons Michael Porter Jr you mentioned joic and now you know Jamal Murray just being able to to really keep those guys

Quiet all night as the Thunder will move to 9 and four on the road so far folks that’s a that’s a really Hallmark right there just learning how to win on the road as a young team best road record in the NBA and Nick is standing by with SGA

Thanks Chris that is a hungry motivated Denver team over there tell me about the collective Focus you guys had tonight to come away with a big win yeah um we knew it was going to take m multiple efforts on both ends of the floor we knew we’re

Going to have to play together um and we going to have to play hard for full 48 minutes um and even though we built a lead uh good teams like that would cut back into it so we knew we had to stay focused on and we did so tonight yeah it

Seemed like the the focus on the game plan and discipline defensively was there throughout what was what did you like best on that end of the floor um I think we trusted it uh we trusted it for the majority of the night um we didn’t Fray from it um and as a

Result of it we got a big lead um but yeah we played we played pretty good tonight Shay 40 points on 20 shots what allowed you within the framework to get those shots that you practice every day um honestly my teammates being aggressive um getting them getting it

Going early cck got it going early dub was good G was good um Lou was good in transition uh we have so many weapons on the floor um I get to play in space and when I play in space in my comfort zone um I had pretty good nights yeah very

Good night for you and everybody seemed to thrive how much how much fun was this one yeah super fun um don’t take a win for granted especially against a team like that um obviously we have a lot more games to go uh we’ll take the good

Things from it learn from the bad things and keep it pushing all right thank you very much Shay congrats anytime you’re able to take down the defending champs on their home floor it means you did something right in the Thunder did so much right tonight and it’s reflected in that final score

119 to 93 as SGA once again gets up to the 40 mark as his just fantastic campaign continues as he has been outstanding

Watch highlights from the Thunder’s 119-93 win over the Nuggets.

0:00 First Quarter
1:50 Second Quarter
4:23 Third Quarter
7:53 Fourth Quarter
9:56 Endgame

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