Denver Nuggets vs OKC Thunder Game 6 Full Breakdown | 2025 WCSF

Denver Nuggets vs OKC Thunder Game 6 Full Breakdown | 2025 WCSF

After collapsing late in game five, the Nuggets are now trailing the series 3-2 against the Thunder and staring down elimination. Nicola Joic delivered a historic performance, but no other Nugget stepped up to help him once again. On the other side, SGA hasn’t been at his most efficient yet continues to rack up points and deliver in clutch moments. The Nuggets are no strangers to high stakes situations and with game six taking place at Ball Arena, they’ll look to lean on home court to stay alive. And now Sha Yojis Alexander drives. Hartinstein with the floater. Well, that penetration at the top forces that collapse and now all passing avenues are open to Shay Alexander. Easy decision to find Hartstein on the baseline. Murray for three. Got it. And a foul. Chance at a four-point play for Jamal Murray. And here comes the 131 zone that Denver has employed more than at any time since David Adam’s been here. He told us Shay Jo Alexander caught sleeping. Christian Brown sneaks inside of him for the easy two. Nice pass. Gil just Alexander to Dor the high flyer. Now you got Murray with Homegrren defending him. Murray nice move off the bounce and Jamal Murray a hot start. He’s got six points already. was able to operate in his sweet zone with the pull up, but Lou Dort hits another one. And Denver fans feeling that because Lou Dort turned that game around the other night in game five. And Jaylen White has passed everybody all the way to the goal. Poor defensive transition there by Denver. Yic with the spin and the basket like a dancing bear in there with Chad Holgren defending him. His footwork incredible. Shot clock down to seven. Joic, what a pass to Brown and great recovery. Homegrim with his 12th block of the series. Murray trying to get free Caruso on him. Murray past and hangs. Scoop and score. Jamal Murray. Nine points out of the 13 for the Nuggets. Little sloppy possession in transition, but Gordon left wide open. The three good. That’s his first basket of the game. He’s shooting 44% of the series. Great hands. Gordon got the steal ahead to Brown who soarses and flushes. Denver’s supporting cast came out strong, putting up 16 of the team’s first 18 points. Jamal Murray set the tone early, dropping nine points in under six minutes. Coming out of the timeout, the Nuggets looked to turn up the pressure even more on Oklahoma City’s defense. Shot clock inside of 10. Here’s Joic taking just one shot. Made it. Now on the move, Joic gets in the lane. He’s two for two. Four points, two boards, and an assist. Corner three. Wallace got it. That ends a drought of three and a half minutes for the Thunder without a basket. Porter. Caruso flies by. There it is. Michael Porter, who had missed 11 straight threes, swishes that one through. Joic has Caruso on him. Joic swatted away by Williams. What a great defensive play after an incredible catch. Looked like a good block to you. The clean. Jaylen Williams for three. And Jaylen Williams, who has not been an offensive threat in this series, averaging only about three points per game, knocks down that one. Brown drives, fires to Murray, makes the pass, and hits from mid-range. Jamal Murray, 11 points, four of five from the floor. Entry pass Joic. Joic puts it in. Christian Brown wide open and the threes are falling tonight. The pass by Westbrook broken up beautifully by Jaylen Williams. Wallace lays it in with the left hand. Homerren. Fans here thought he traveled. Gets to the rim and lays it home. And Oklahoma City back within seven here in the final minute of the opening quarter. Westbrook again driving, turns it over again. Numbers at the hurry. Williams throws it down. Homegrren nice pass and here comes OKC. Here’s Gilgus Alexander Brown defending, bodying as SGA goes to the left hand and banks it in. What a shot by SGA with a second left. Taking advantage of Russell Westbrook’s three missed shots and two turnovers, OKC closed the first quarter on an 8 to1 run, shifting the momentum as they aim to take control heading into the second period. Westbrook there with the putback off the air ball from Watson. Here’s Gilas Alexander. Four points so far, two assists. Pull up jumper good for Shay Gildas Alexander. Second basket. What a play by Jaylen Williams to steal the inbound pass. Homer in transition flies in there and slams it down. Timeout Denver. SGA still on the bench. Corner three. Good. Kase Wallace ties the game at 37. Tarch. Good defense. He’s got two fouls. Has to be careful. Joic puts it home. Eight points. Four rebounds for Joic. Jurro step by homegrren and he’s able to get that one to go as third basket. They have just eight points here in the second quarter. Denver Watson got three underneath. Great defensive play. Caruso with the rejection. That’s already just two plays by Caruso on both ends. Will you see his value? Wow. Wallace showing great speed. This is one of the fastest teams in the league. Another Denver turnover. Ali Pungren over Joic. And the lead is four for Oklahoma City, its largest. down with the steel. Porter long two, swishes it through. A welcome sight for Denver fans. Olaf Williams hit that one over Murray. Williams, great move against Porter. Reverse layup. No good. Rebound. Joic. He’ll look to push ahead to Brown. Cuts through two defenders and lays it home. He split the bigs. Hardenstein couldn’t pick up that fourth foul. Yas Alexander banked that one in. He thought he was fouled on the play. didn’t get the whistle. Thunder with its largest lead at five. Gilas Alexander step back three. That’s good. Shake. Gilgas Alexander with his first three-pointer of the game. Gilas Alexander weaving through traffic out to Williams. Extra pass. Homegr wide open. Buries a three. Nine nothing run right now by the Thunder. Brown walks back behind the line. Answers with the triple. Denver trying to make a move here in the final stages of the first half. Gordon slams it through. Murray hasn’t scored in the quarter. 11 in the first. Driving here. Goes to the left hand. What a sweet move. Hanging and finishing Jamal Murray. Brown to tie it. Got it. Williams driving. 3 seconds left. Fires to Dort with one. Launches and hits. Lou Dort beats the buzzer with a rainbow three. With SGA sideline due to foul trouble after picking up his fourth, the Thunder supporting cast stepped up and carried them to a three-point lead at halftime. Brown led Denver with 15 points while Murray added 13. For OKC, SGA had 14 before sitting and Homegrren contributed 11. Joic eight rebounds, three assists to go with the 12 points. Puts it on the floor here. Hangs and finishes into the open court. Joic waits for his teammate Jamal Murray. Eighth year together. Murray in the paint. pulls up around and down to give Denver the lead back. Lead back to three for Denver. Gilas Alexander with a side step and score plus a foul. Chance to tie it at the line with Brown picking up his second personal. Dort stops, pops, hits. Lou Dort gives the Thunder the lead back. Here’s Gordon on the other end. Quiet. Just five shot attempts, five points. Joic in the paint going at Homegrren and floating it up and home. He felt where was used his leverage to get to an easy one. Canning the three is Gilas Alexander. He’s got 20 points. Gordon on the back down finds Murray. Three. No good. Long rebound. Murray gets it. Now Porter will try it and hit it. Yeah, I think he’s feeling pain every time he goes to get that basketball up into the shooting position as OKC knocks down a three to regain the lead. Never staying with that zone. Caruso bounces underneath. Hardstein with the slam. He played much of that first half in foul trouble with three. Porter tries again around and it falls. Michael Porter Jr. with a long two. Williams back to work. HD again. Reverse jam. This timeic when to step up and when he does, you’ve got cutters along the baseline. Count that one. A foul. Murray knifing through the defense. Muscles it off. Wiggins downhill. Blew the layup, but Hardenstein slams it over Joic. spinning baseline, puts it up and in. Gorgeous move by Nicole Joic. Yojis Alexander 20 points, six of eight from the floor. Dries, reverse slam, good off the window. Strawther for three. Julian Strawther with his first points of the game. Joe Alexander driving, goes to the left hand. Layup no good. Homegrren swatted by Yic. Ahead to Murray. Challenged by Williams and Murray scores. Murray stayed hot for Denver, reaching 22 points and drawing a charge on the defensive end, sparking a strong finish to the third quarter for the Nuggets. Murray around two screens. Homegrren picks him up. Murray keeps the bounce now to the corner. Strawther again and another one. Murray with six on the shot clock. Draws Hartenstein on the switch. Fires underneath. Strawther puts it in. Fueled by Julian Strawther’s eight points off the bench, Denver closed the third quarter with a 90 to 82 lead. Having battled from behind multiple times this series, the resilient OKC squad looked to mount another comeback before the game slipped away. Three-pointer from Jamal Murray goes down. He’s got 25. Denver has its largest lead. Yas Alexander, great look. And Caruso with the layup. Westbrook couldn’t get the tip and it’s cleared by Wiggins. And here go the Thunder in transition. Caruso got it to go. What a play with Watson trying to swat it. Wiggins again pushing ahead to Williams. Watson with a great play. Gets the swap. One of the elite shot blockers in the league. Strawther takes it to the cup. Westbrook with the follow. The Thunder nine of 32, just 28% from three. 0 for three here in the quarter. Just two made threes in the half. Joas Alexander from the mid-range. He’s got 26. Joic rested the first 4 minutes and 7 seconds. He’s come back fresh and Joic from deep gives Denver a 12-point lead. Midway point of the fourth quarter. Denver trying to force a game seven which would be an Oklahoma City Sunday. Joic up and down. Denver opened the final quarter on a tear. After Joic poured in five straight points, Julian Strawther kept the momentum going by knocking down two more free throws, stretching the Nuggets lead to 16. Three-pointer Caruso. Finally, the Thunder get one to go after missing 13 straight. Joic. Oh, what a pass. No look to Christian Brown. Laid back to 15. Homegrren with a slam. Homegrren got dazed because of the contact and Joic going right back at him. Just backing him down. Look at him move him out of the way. Strawther, of course, the Julian Strawther game. Every now and then, a forgotten name off the bench rises to the occasion. And this time it was Strawther’s moment, dropping 15 points to keep Denver afloat. Still, the ever resilient Thunder looked to mount one last push to keep their hopes alive. Yodas Alexander gets that one. 14-point game. Good defense. Caruso the steal. Here’s Joe and he gets the dunk in transition. Father lost his footing. Shot clock at six. Joic spins, turns it over again. Numbers for the Thunder. SGA to the cup. It’s a 10-point game. Driving, going right at Joic. Count the basket and a foul. We’ve seen some crazy stuff in the postseason with comebacks. See the Indiana Pacers twice. They did it in the first round and the second round to make it to the conference finals. Westbrook attacking, gets the layup. A five-point swing. Joe Alexander gets the layup, but they can’t keep trading twos with just outside a minute to go. calmly sank two free throws and Caruso drilled a three with 55 seconds left. Joic added two more at the line to seal it. Denver held on to survive once again, forcing a decisive game seven in this intense second round series. We’ve got a game seven in the West. Sunday afternoon on ABC in Oklahoma City. One game to decide who will join Minnesota in the conference finals between the Denver Nuggets and the Oklahoma City Thunder. Jamal Murray delivered with 28 points, eight rebounds, and seven assists for Denver, while Joic posted another stellar performance with 29 points, 14 rebounds, and eight assists. But the unexpected spark came from Julian Strawther, who came off the bench to drop a crucial 15 points, helping Denver extend the series. SGA led OKC with 32 points and now the Thunder will look to lean on their homecourt advantage to close it out in game seven back in Oklahoma

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