Denver Nuggets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder | Full Game 1 Highlights 📺 | 2025 NBA Playoffs

Denver Nuggets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder | Full Game 1 Highlights 📺 | 2025 NBA Playoffs

[Applause] and rebounded by Brown. Had a playoff careerhigh 21 in the win over the Clippers. Joic massages it in to open up the scoring. 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. And Gordon pokes it over to Murray. Thunder struggling from the outside. Early offense. Joic. Oh, he floats it in with that feathery touch. A basketball ability to make plays and as you said that patented push shot. Murray fires it to Gordon and he connects. So, Zubots here to defend it. I’ll tell you what, Zubots did a fantastic job physicality as Murray knocks down a mid-range jump shot. Tried to reach in there, got called for the foul right away early. Hungren and Hardenstein with fouls. Murray high off the window. Jamal Murray. Thunder have made their last five shots. They’ve cut it to one. Gordon’s jumper doesn’t go. Joic is there. Offensive rebound and put back all in one motion. Hard. 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. 2017 helped the team get to the finals in 2012. Westbrook described himself as a force of nature. Murray Nylon on a three. Denver up six. Westbrook backing in on the youngster. Wallace fades away and hits Russell Westbrook. The leg of Watson. It ricochets to Gilg Alexander and the layup doesn’t go. Joic ahead. A skimmer to Westbrook. Westbrook right into the body of Homegrid for the hand it to Murray. He draws Hartinstein now backs off. It’s Wallace. Six on the timer. Murray high arer is pure drives it. Kicks it. Six to shoot. Williams makes his move. It’s blocked by Watson. Where’s the scoring coming from with this group other than Murray? Is it Westbrook? Yes. Strawther didn’t have an open man on that side. He’ll go to Joic. Wallace tried to take it away. Joic maneuvers and kicks. Strawther splits defenders and that’s tough. 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. Porter’s jumper well short. Porter gets there for the offensive board. Puts it up and in. It rattles home. Eight seconds to work with for Joic and Joic gets the roll. He finesses it home. After the game seven win over the Clippers, he was interviewed by Ernie and the gang in Atlanta. They asked him about the leadership thing and he said, “Ah, that’s been maybe overplayed a little bit. The lead is now 12. High off the window. Joic. Joic keeps it up high. Gets it ahead for Brown. Threeon two developing. Gordon. Oh, it goes down. How plus one. Air. Gordon strikes again. Wow, that was impressive. Look at that. Goes right at home. Right through his chest. And he I didn’t think he could get it to the rim. He was so far out. Kind of threw it in there. Ian and he has been a great addition to the Thunder this season. So that’s three fouls now on Hart. Yices Alexander on his horse. Williams steps into it and Jokic controls. Westbrook pops it over to Murray. Loves it upstairs. Christian Brown can fly. He stopped it. from the Thunder. 62- 50. Joic puts it in. 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. Murray showing off the handles. Joic against Dort. Corner. Brown. Book it. A three screen. Joic. He’s open. Doesn’t take the three. Dork closes in. Joic fins and Joic finishes. Said it best. Murray got off to a hot 14 to start the game. He’s been quiet ever since. Williams to Hardenstein, but he couldn’t convert. Brown fakes the pass to the wing. And now Gordon will get it. Three ball. Got him. He’s even better now. Wow. He said he gets better every single year. His three-point shooting, his passing has improved significantly. But most importantly, guys, as a man off the court, Dort there defensively. Joic trying to create some space. Murray circles. Oh, he puts it inside and Westbrook lays it in. Threading the needle. Flip back door. Westbrook didn’t cut all the way to the rim. Jokic will do it himself. Missed it. Follow Jokic. Good. And one. Great persistence and determination on that play. Gets down. So Denver chipping away here. Westbrook. He’s just a ball of fury. Chance for three. Russell Westbrook. We’ve seen him do that a lot in this building. But Westbrook thrives in transition. Overall, Denver is 14 of 17 at the free throw line after the miss by Murray. And a step in by Payton Watson. Long strides and Watson couldn’t spin it home. Back to a 10-point [Applause] lead. Murray drags two defenders. The pocket pass for Westbrook. The green right here. A lot of attention on Murray. Great cut to the rim by Westbrook. And to be able to switch to his left hand one-on-one with Wallace, another excellent defender. Murray. Creative shot attempt. Rebounded by Brown. And he puts it in with a left hand. And when they’re doing that, the Thunder are making them pay from three. Westbrook. The corner. Jay is good. Russell Westbrook. He’s got 10 in the third quarter. 90 to 85. SGA makes his move and it’s rejected by Watson. Caruso the trigger man. And it’s picked off by Brown. Brown half court off the heel. It nearly went down for Brown quickly. Smooth transition. Westbrook swing. Watson Elementary and he hits a three. Yeah, he has been solid off the [Applause] bench. Parkerstein tries to go to the back door and instead it’s Watson stepping in front. Just about three minutes gone by in the fourth quarter. Joic working on Hartstein. Fades and hits. Joic. Murray got held by Dort by the Jersey. Gordon the jumper goes for three with Joic. Wallace to the bench. The cut. Brown and he gets it to go. Tag. Joic knowing he has those five fouls. And Joic is 12 of 26 from the field, but put three on the board. Nola Joic wanted 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 Hartinstein. Yic. Bullseye. A three. Second one for [Applause] 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. 121- 119. Finish. Almost giving up with the rebound there, but Westbrook penetration, finding Gordon for that open three. And a big time gamewinner from that man right there.

The Denver Nuggets win Game One against the Oklahoma City Thunder 121-119 in Game One of the Western Conference Semifinals.

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Denver Nuggets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder | Full Game 1 Highlights 📺 | 2025 NBA Playoffs