Denver Nuggets vs. OKC Thunder | Full Game 5 Highlights 📺 | Western Conference Semifinals

Denver Nuggets vs. OKC Thunder | Full Game 5 Highlights 📺 | Western Conference Semifinals

to score and be productive. Murray pops. It’s all in the air. Gil Alexander. Taps it right to Murray. Missed it. Joic there for the clean. They know he’s going to make tough shots. They just got to make it as tough as they can. And we’re seeing it early here, Stephanie, in this opening quarter. Joic hooks a pass inside and sets it up for them. Gordon Duce. Denver has missed their last 20 first quarter threes. Gordon continuation and a chance at a three-point play. I’ll tell you what, in this series, Aaron Gordon has been the X factor for Denver and likes to operate on the low block there. Two basket. Denver up the floor in a hurry. Murray with a stop and go against his countryman Gildas Alexander and he finishes on the inside and then driving hard to the hole. Joic would not be denied. An opportunity for three. Whenever he gets a touch, it may not be all five on the ball, but they’ve got eyes on it. Knock away by Brown. Turnover. Threeon two developing. Brown. A bounce. Porter. One dribble. He cuts it back inside for the slam to this two-3 zone. And right here, just great presence of mind. Brown going to double team and getting out in transition before the defense can get set in the regular season. After that first time out, they’ve answered with a bunch of buckets on the inside. And this zone gave problems to OKC in game four and it’s worked and it also gives them a chance Denver to relax and rest a bit on defense. Brown got a three shield Alexander. His jump shot is overcooked. Westbrook hands to Murray. Murray goes behind the back. Some razledazzle bounces inside. Gordon lays it in. That’s picture perfect for Denver. They don’t leave anybody on an island, particularly against Jokers. Wiggins in, Wallace in. Ground from the other side. Got him. We’re under three minutes to go in the first. Murray spin double team. Flip it for the Watson three. It’s good. 2423 Nuggets. They’ve turned it over four times here in the first. Joic with Caruso. Joic flips it up and in. 2625. Joic in a crowd. Westbrook lines up a three. Tipin goes Yic. Watson was called on that offensive foul on the previous possession. Murray cuts away and breaks free for two. Caruso gets a piece. Shot clock down to five. Denver’s got nothing going here. Gordon on a turnaround. He’s got it. Aaron Gordon with a bail out. Jones Alexander missed it on the floater. He brought it down low and Westbrook takes it away. Aola Joic on the bench for Denver. They lead it by three. Murray. Bingo from long range. Yeah, I tell you this unit playing well. They’re getting stops. Second foul on Russell Westbrook. Three minutes gone by in the second quarter. Four-point lead for the Nuggets. Gilders Alexander continues on the drive and Murray gets a piece. Isolation initially. Brown trying to help. Scraping at the ball. SGA. He had it blocked. Out of bounds. Brown trying to get Joic involved. Taps it back. Twoman game against Williams. Seven to shoot. Joic the back end kick. Straw’s ready and he sticks the tray. And Strawber has a lot of confidence. Westbrook somehow saw him on the cut. Homegrren spins on Joic. Dor takes the baseline. Taken away by Straw. Baits the defense and Williams big body tries to draw a charge. Joic though once again offensive rebounding getting a turnover out in transition for that open three. It’s a two-point game. Westbrook to Brown working the baseline for two. held the opponent to 40% shooting. So, the defense has been spectacular and the help as Gordon finds a way. He certainly has had success at home with that shot. Joic with the left. That’s vintage. That was too easy. Both team shooting 49%. Murray swinging. Porter to Joic. Launches a three. Book it. Gordon picked up by the smaller Wallace. Murray drive. Murray finishes. That was fantastic from Jamal Murray. Running it over, but Murray with the incredible move there. Avoids Wiggins who came over to try to contest. Able to go coast to coast. He struggled a little bit in that first half. Four turnovers from SGA. Yic. drains the triple switch and get home run on Yokic Hornstein. Great defense. Yokic full time. Zack Zar, David Guthrie, Curtis Blair. Outstanding officiating crew. Murray. Nobody at the rim and he corkcrews in for two and a foul. Holigren was late. Right there on the screen roll. Hartstein not helping because Joic has knocked down some threes. So Murray had a lane and at the last minute Holman comes from the weak side. Gordon to the paint. Kick it out for Murray. Denver’s lead is three. Murray turns the corner on Dort. Floats it up and in. That was saucy. Yic. He’s going to launch it. Yes, a three. A little double screen action there. Early offense for Gordon. Murray fires, knocks it down, a triple. Denver’s lead is four. They’re shooting it at 48% from the field. Murray lines it up and drills it from long range. Eight to shoot. Murray back in. Turn around. Oh, that’s tough. getting to the free throw line, hitting tough fadeaways, three-pointers. That was tough defense, but Murray is feeling it. And a turnover here. Everything going. Jason Wallace is in for OKC. Joic extra. Gordon, he’s cooking. Aaron Gordon knocks down the triple. Brown gets a touch. Screen Joic. Joic fake. Joic drive. Joic scores. Joic one-on-one with homegr. Shot clock down to five. Yokic rims out. Tip and no. Yic lays it in. Good floor balance defensively for Denver. Getting back. Caruso shaking big. Caruso. No. Joic double team. Watson swing. Strawther offensive ability. Drives. Gives it up. Westbrook beats the buzzer on the shot clock. Williams one-on-one with Watson. Wiggins puts it on the deck. Knock away turnover. Shooting numbers are actually trending down. Denver now at 45% OKC 47%. Joic poetry in motion and be at their best is going to win. D is in. He bounces. Hardenstein had it knocked away and Watson gets a hold of it. Contact and a foul on Dort. 10 to shoot. Murray makes his move around. Hartenstein floats it up. Home gets a piece. Joic is there. Tie game. Joic. Brown doesn’t take the three. Nine to shoot. We’re down to 226 to go. Joic floats it up. Baker goes. Nully Joic. Seven to shoot. His team is down by three. Powette tosses it up. Oh, Joker’s wild. We are tied at 103. [Applause] No question. The depth they have, the options they have, and the ability to wear down their opponent. They’ve done that here in the fourth. Murray drives and he scoops it home.

The Denver Nuggets lost Game Five against the Oklahoma City Thunder 105-112 in the Western Conference Semifinals.

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Denver Nuggets vs. OKC Thunder | Full Game 5 Highlights 📺 | Western Conference Semifinals