Oklahoma City Thunder vs Denver Nuggets Full Game 1 Highlights – May 5, 2025 | NBA Playoffs

Oklahoma City Thunder vs Denver Nuggets Full Game 1 Highlights – May 5, 2025 | NBA Playoffs

Rebounded by Brown. Had a playoff careerhigh 21 in the win over the Clippers. Joic massages it in to open up the scoring. Played him well defensively using that link trying to stop the Joker. Pull up jump is Pure. It’s Jaylen Williams with a baseline delivery. Very confident that his team was mentally ready. Gordon the jumper is short. Homegrren couldn’t grab it. Murray does. Murray lines it up and cashes in from the outside for three. In the paint and I like his activity early. Denver opens up four of eight from the field. They have a 94 lead. Kilus Alexander shows it and scores it. Homegrren drives. Knock away by Porter. Turnover. Look who’s leading the break. Joic gets it back from Gordon. Puts it up. Denied. Homegrren. Big time block at the rim. Williams the other way. He’s fouled. Gordon the hard drive. Gildas Alexander gets a piece. Brown is open. Misses on a three ball. Break opportunity. Nuggets trying to get back. Gilas Alexander. He’s going to do it himself. And then another day that was a recovery day to make sure they were staying on target, guys. They said it’s hard when you didn’t know who you were playing, but they’ve been very good at trying to prepare, especially since they found out who their matchup would be. Break opportunity for Denver. And Gordon follows his own miss in 2017. to help the team get to the finals in 2012. Westbrook described himself as a force of nature. Murray nylon on a three against his former team, the Clippers going against his former team again. 70 run. Euro for two. SGA attack mode here for Denver. And that pass was errant break opportunity. Caruso ahead of the pack. Timeout. Nuggets. Always can be a bit tenuous. Intercepted by Caruso. Get ahead. The acceleration. Wallace gets the hoop in the hard. Murray’s usage rate goes up when Joic is on the bench. Spin. Williams gets himself to the rim. Williams makes his move. It’s blocked by Watson. Get it ahead. Murray. Olay. Defense. It’s rejected by Caruso. Comes back to knock it off the glass. There are a bunch of free safeties out there flying around defensively. He wants to be very careful of that and making sure they don’t turn the ball over. And that’s one way to neutralize it. Just have Nicole Joic shoot over the defense. 8 seconds to work with for Joic. And Joic gets the roll. He finesses it home and pushes it up the floor. Intercepted by Dort Homegrren gets in for two. That encapsulates what the Thunder are all about. The lead is now 12. High off the window. Jokic. Jokic keeps it up high. Gets it ahead for Brown. Threeon two developing. Gordon. Oh, it goes down. How plus one. unguardable. 57 to 46. Williams lets it fly and hits a three. I mean, just bring a big off the bench. Jones Alexander on his horse. Williams steps into it and Yokic controls. Westbrook pops it over to Murray. Lobs it upstairs. Christian Brown can fly. Check in with Stephanie in a moment. The steel Caruso cookies and milk. It’s cleared by Porter. Gordon cutter is Murray. Takes it all the way. Flip. No. Follow. Yes. Joic. You see the pace here to start this third quarter. Active hands will be there. Joic thought his teammate would be in there. Instead, the Thunder were ready. And that’s automatic for Gilas Alexander. screen. Joic. He’s open. Doesn’t take the three. Dork closes in. Joic fins and Joic finishes. Brown fakes the pass to the wing and now Gordon will get it. Three ball. Got him. Rebounded by Gilgis Alexander. One-on-one over Murray. He’s fouled. Chance for four. Rebounded by Hartstein. That was after the Gordon follow deuce. Lou Dort splash city. And I don’t know how Murray was able to find him with that pass. Williams. Another three. Look back door. Westbrook didn’t cut all the way to the rim. Joic will do it himself. Missed it. Follow. Yokic. Good. And one. So Denver chipping away here. Westbrook is just a ball of fury. Chance for three. Russell Westbrook hunger the other way. Fast break. Extra Caruso. Same spot. Bangs it in. Back to a 10-point lead. Murray drags two defenders. The bucket pass for Westbrook. And when they’re doing that, the Thunder are making them pay from three. Westbrook. The corner. Jay is good. Russell Westbrook. Wallace kick. Caruso buries it from long range quickly. Smooth transition. Westbrook swing. Watson Elementary. And he hits a three. Yeah, he has been solid off the bench. Watson trying to anticipate. Williams gets the step and takes it in for two. Just about three minutes gone by in the fourth quarter. Jokic working on Hartstein. Fades and hits Alexander trying to turn the corner on Gordon. He’ll step back. Smooth operator and it’s so hard to guard with Joic. Wallace to the bench. The cut. Brown and he gets it to go. Attack Joic knowing he has those five fouls and Joic is 12 of 26 from the field but put three on the board. Nola Joic the Thunder with 34 minutes and Jaylen Williams 32 minutes out of the timeout. Master of the mid-range Shay Gilis Alexander Hartstein hands to Gilg Alexander. Step back chain bottom. It’s a three. It kick it. Murray killer cross for two. And that crossover creating that separation there. Keeps it up high for Joic. He’s got the mismatch with Caruso. backs in and scores on the interior. Joic 14 to shoot. Just over a minute to go. Joic against Harkerstein. Joic. Bullseye. A three off the rim. Knocked to the baseline. Controlled by Gordon. Spin denied. Harden was there. 15 seconds to go. Westbrook called for a foul. 13.9 on the clock. SGA’s got 30 points. Tack on another. Obviously, a two won’t hurt you, but you got to get in the space. It can’t foul on a three-point attempt if you’re the defender. Gordon, get it in for Joic. 12.9. There’s still a lot of time left. Joic makes it one-point game. tie out. So it’ll be Caruso with his team up by one. Caruso looking get it in. Gil Alexander breaks free for the jam. Three-point game. No timeout remaining for Denver. And Joic is on the bench. 11 seconds to go. Brown gets it in for Gordon. And he’s fouled with 10.7. They’re have an opportunity to advance the ball if needed. And Gordon looks to make it and does. So Joic now turns his back. Caruso get it in for a homegrin. They foul him with N 9.5 on the clock. Missed it. Dors second one for homegr. It rims out. Brown grabs it. 7 seconds left. Westbrook. 5 seconds. They’re down by one. Gordon got it. Aaron Gordon with a deep shot. Williams. Three quarter court. No good. The Nuggets steal game one. That’s a winner for Aaron Gordon. 21 to

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