5-18-25 Denver Nuggets vs Oklahoma City Thunder Game 7 Audio | NBA PLAYOFFS LIVE Gamecast & Chat
We want to play the best 48 minutes we can play today. Jayd Dove is so important to you and so many things that he brings. His shooting has been off the last couple of games. Do you do anything as head coach to get him into spots early in this game to get him going a little bit? Yeah, but not in a way that would overreact. I mean, he’s usually a guy that course corrects pretty well and uh I actually thought, you know, going back and watching it um you know, he missed shots in that game, but uh he got some decent spots offensively. He got shots that I think are pretty high quality for a playoff game for him. And he also really got his teammates involved. He had a really good floor game and got us uh shots and and really facilitated well. So, he’s a really good player. He’s going to play like a really good player today whether or not the ball goes in every time. Uh and we have a lot of trust in him. Career playoff high for him. 10 assists as you mentioned in game six. What’s important in this game? You laid out transition defense always against this team the way they love to run. What else do you prioritize in game seven? Joic and Murray obviously are going to, you know, they’re going to be the heavy dosage, you know, in terms of creation. The other guys can finish plays with cuts and threes and offensive rebounds, but the possessions start with those guys. We’ve got to get that neutralized. And then, um, as I mentioned before, transition D, the rebounding, and then offensively, we got to work to generate good shots. How do you sustain offense against them in on this stage in this setting? Well, it starts with if we can get stops and rebounds, we can get out on the break, which has been a huge strength of ours all season, but in this series for sure. Uh, and then we expect a lot of zone and we need to be able to crack that. We’ve gotten progressively better at that as we’ve gotten more familiar with it. So, um, we just got to continue that progress uh, despite the stakes of the game. Good luck in game seven, coach. Thanks, Matt. Smart Jagnel, Thunder and the Nuggets will wrap up their Western Conference semi-final series. The winner moves on to the Western Finals. We get to game seven starting lineups next. This is Thunder Basketball. Taco Bueno is the official taco of the Oklahoma City Thunder, and we’ve got a win for your taste buds. We’re celebrating every Thunder playoff game with a free taco the day after. That’s right, a free taco. Just mention your Thunder Taco and enjoy a crispy beef or soft taco on us. No coupon necessary. It’s our way of saying thanks for cheering loudly. Celebrate the playoffs the Bueno way, only at Taco Bueno. Beatats and Bites Festival is back again at Riverwind Casino, where good grooves and great food are on tap all summer long, kicking off on June 14th with Josh [Music] Turner and Edwin McCain. 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Commitment runs deep and Midfirst Bank, the official bank of the Oklahoma City Thunder. It’s game time now. The voice of the Thunder, Matt Pinto, brings you the starting lineups. Sponsored by KIA movement that inspires. This is Oklahoma City Thunder basketball on the Oklahoma City Thunder Radio Network. Thunder are 2 and0 at home in previous game sevens to wrap up playoff series beating Memphis 10193 in 2011. Memphis again 10 120 to 109 in 2014. The only guy in the building that played in those games is wearing the other team’s uniform. That’s Russell Westbrook entering game seven of this one. Denver Thunder even at 3-3. It’s a winner take all game seven coming up. David Adelman, the interim head coach for the Nuggets, has guided them to a seven- record. It’s their second straight seventh game as they went the distance against the Clippers, persevering in game seven there in their building, 120 to 101. They won game six to stay alive in this one, 119 107 on Thursday night. Jamal Murray 6’4 215 their starting point guard in his eighth year from Kentucky averaging 22 and a half points a game thus far in the postseason. Christian Brown had a big game six 23 points 11 rebounds and five assists. His career playoff high in fact scoring. He goes at the shooting guard at 66 218 for the Nuggets in game seven. Thirdyear man from Kansas averaging 12 points thus far in the playoffs. Michael Porter Jr. one of the forwards at 610 218. a sixth year pro from Missouri playing through a shoulder strain averaging 9 and a half points six rebounds in postseason. Aaron Gordon will play through a grade 2 left hamstring strain starting in this game. Gordon 68 235 and 11th year pro from Arizona averaging 17 points, seven rebounds on the Nugget playoff run and 79 starting goalie Yokic mans a middle at 611 284. 10th year out of Serbia averaging just under 27 points, 13 rebounds, two steals and eight assists a game in the playoffs. Now it’s time for you to meet Thunder starting five in front of the boisterous home crowd for this game seven. Shake Gillis Alexander number two point guard Oklahoma City Thunder Alexander five to shoot angle left fires a three that’s online gun it’s a tang by six. Oh baby 47.4 left Jaylen Williams number eight small forward for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Left corner dump wide open cracks a three that’s online got it Thunder money ball. Oh baby dork number five guard Oklahoma City Thunder pass feeds to Dort open again angle right three-pointer by Lou is up and in the thunder money ball Lou is the payoff center down two Isaiah Hartenstein 55 center Oklahoma City Thunder push it inside to Hartinstein steps to the cup and dunks timeout Denver Chad homegrren number seven athlete Oklahoma City Thunder down the lane big two hand off Jet bringing the noise off Kuso’s hustler This is Mark Dull and we are the Oklahoma City Thunder. Scott Foster, Josh Tibon, and James Williams blow the whistles for game seven. Nuggets Glad in road white, navy blue numerals, red letters as they’ll be moving from right to left crusher radio dial this opening half. And the Thunderclad in the Oklahoma home blue, white numeral letters trimmed in orange, yellow, and navy blue. They will be moving from right to left. Thunder have won four or five at home during this postseason run. Swept Memphis in round one 40. Open this series against Denver with their first homecourt loss 12119. Have been scrapping from behind the majority of this series since although they led 3-2 going to Denver for game six. A chance to close that one out. Joic in elimination games is 10 and five. The Thunder 0 and1 this iteration in elimination games as they were beaten game six in Dallas last season by one 117 116. Same starting lineup for the Thunder as they’ve shown throughout the course of this postseason burst. They will look to get off to a positive start in front of what is a capacity full throat throng inside Paycom center run this Sunday afternoon. Homegrren and Joic await Scott Foster’s entry to the center circle as everybody’s up at Paycom center. Trish told score ready tosses it up and it’s grabbed by whom Brown boy that was there for either team to have and Christian Brown took it away from Henstein. So the Nuggets have the ball to begin the game. They get begin the fourth quarter by rule as well. For steps out front, wide left to Murray, shadowed by Shay. 10 to shoot. Dumps it baseline left to Y. Bang it on. Hard side. Lost the dribble. Goes back to get it on the wing. Six to shoot. Swirling baseline. Whiffer wraps on a feed inside to Brown who babies a shot but nestles it home from 5 ft away. Yokers an outstanding assist. Had 21 turnovers first three games. Only five the last three. Denver leading two nothing. Dove out front. Murray on high post up to Homeman. Guarded by Gordon. Hardenstein screens as Czech tried to barrel free cat. Right wing to dub inside. Hartinstein pins his defender. That’s Porter and on the entry gets fouled on a drop step going up. Well done off the ball. It’s side out as they won’t give Isaiah free throws as the foul occurred on the entry. Not the shot. Two nothing Denver. 45 44 seconds in. JDub a rough game shooting in Denver but had a career playoff high 10 assists with seven rebounds to go with his six points on Thursday. Shay top of the key. Brown on him. Kicks to Holman. Pump fakes. Had an open three. Didn’t take it. Spins. Avoids. Porter. Lays it up and lays it in with a left hand. Nifty move by the 7 foot1 in secondyear man showing his guard skills off the dribble. Brown left wing contained by Hogan. Jokic screens as Brown dashes down the lane and dunks. The middle opened wide and Christian Brown has all four Nugget points. That quiets the crowd in a hurry. Brown off a career playoff high 23 nights ago. Denver for the Thunder two. Shay wide right double. James Dort swings it along left flank to Hogren. Chet behind him to Dub gashing on Murray to the baseline. Floats it up errantly but Hogan Hardenstein’s there to pop up the mess. A roious flush on the follow. It’s 4-4. Isaiah Hardenstein has been an excellent rebounder through this playoff run. 13th best among NBA players. Four apiece. Joic handles. Slot left corner of Brown closed out by Homer. Christian drifts by the pick by Yic. several lowlefted Nola backing down Holman pins him and spins in the right hand reverse. Denver three of three shooting leading 6-4. Joic has his first bucket. Shay right wing dared to shoot won’t gives to Dort wide open snaps off a rainbow three straight away. It’s errant. Gordon clears the rebound. It’s 6-4 Nuggets forcing the Thunder into their first miss that wasn’t put back. Spartanstein put back the dub miss earlier. Joic dishes left corner to ground wide open. Strokes a three-pointer. No good. rebound. Porter lays it up and lays it in on the follow. Timeout Thunder. Well, that’s the remedy for what could be a long afternoon. You got to go get missed shots. And OKC allowed 23 second chance points in game six in Denver Thursday, ultimately losing by 12. Martel wants to see that cleaned up early as the Thunder fallen behind the Nuggets. 84 Denver off to a 405 shooting start. Will take time. 944 left in the first. This is Thunder Basketball. What if you could make your energy dollars go further this summer? Switch to OG& Smart Hours and pay nearly half price for electricity for 19 hours every weekday and all weekend long. So go ahead, bake an extra batch, stream another episode, and make your evenings cooler. Just switch your energy use to the 19 daily smart hours to help the grid, the environment, and your wallet. Sign up today to receive nearly halfpriced electricity at oge.com/smartour. 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Thunder have not done that. 24 216 in allowing Denver a critical offensive rebound and stick back. All eight Nugget points have come in the paint. Denver leading 84 at the first stoppage. Shay yet to get a shot up under or two of four from the field. The Nuggets have doubled their shot attempts. But check that. They’ve got five shot attempts making four. Crowd encouraging as you know it will be throughout the course of game seven. remains Hardenstein, Dort SGA, Dub, and Homegrren for the [Music] Thunder. Missed an open three in the last possession. He’ll navigate across the timeline and be picked up by Jamal Murray. Dove cuts to it, has it out near midcourt. Jaylen backing left. Gives it to Shay straight away. Dancing right, pulls up. Pops 13 jumper drops. There you go. Shay. Good look off the timeout. A well executed sequence there. Gildas Alexander able to knock down his first shot of game seven. It’s 8-6. Brown on the handle guarded by Homegr. Navigates back of a Joic pick. Sets up right wing near midcourt to Murray. Jamal yet to shoot. Gets a Yokic pick. Grinding right. Driving and kicking right to Brown. Slashing right to left across the lane. Contained. Three to shoot. Drifting out front for a long 28 three-pointer that’s up and in. Christian Brown has scored seven to begin game seven. It’s 116 Denver. Shay bounce feeds inside to Hartstein right to the rim for the big two-hand throw down. Excellent pace off the made three and Gildas in threads a needle leftanded bounce pass to Isaiah Hartinstein for a second bucket. Iheart played in game seven a year ago in the Eastern semiis for the Knicks and a long home loss to Indiana 130 to 101. Brown up the right side. Holan on him. High post right enters to Joic. Nicole Keith Murray who swirls out front down the lane. Scoops and misses. Honen has the miss out letting right to Shay. Murray behind the play as is Gordon. Shay to the middle. Kicks out right wing to Dor. Three for three. Lets it fly. No good. Had two good looks. Missed them both. Brown has the loose ball. Barreling back on Shay down the lane. Sergey double feed. Joic right at the rim. blows a layup, but he’s fouled doing so by Dort missed two good looks for three and free throws coming for Nicole Joic as Denver looks to pad its lead to five up 118 with 825 left in the opening quarter. They’ve gotten really good looks early against the Thunder defense, hitting five of seven shots. Yic from the line at 77% in the playoffs, nails the first. Nicole has settled down after a rough start to this series. He turned the ball over 21 times the first three games, only five since. Nola coming off with 29 point4 rebound, series high eight assist effort in game six. His second free throw looks good in his and Denver leads 138. Three and a half in Alexander headmans the attack right wing to homerening it. Lost a three that’s in and out no good. Rebound far. Gordon has it. All nuggets on the backboard up the left side to Brown. Thunder old three from three. Brown left right on the perimeter trying to shake Shay finds Joic high post left Joic behind him Jamal chased down by Dor flashes and kicks right wing to Brown gets to the angle right cast another three this one’s long and nobody boxes out Porter he has a long rebound out front to Joish another second crack for the Nuggets Porter giving the ball slot left crossing over on Hortenstein seven to shoot whips it corner right to Brown closed out by SJ three to shoot whips it inside to Jokic catching on Holy strip by Dort short call for throw a reach in foul. That’ll be free throws for Jokic with 6/10 of a second left on the shot clock. 744 left opening quarter and clearly Dort hammered the left arm of Joic on a spin move right to left across the lane and Nicola gets back to the free throw line where he’s two of two. 744 left opening quarter. Not the start the Thunder had hoped for, especially defensively. Denver putting up a boatload of numbers offensively in a 13-8 game. Jokic with the first. It’s 14-8 Nuggets. Very efficient has Denver been thus far in game seven. Kase Wallace in. Chad Holton out. Holen guarding Brown has been a wrinkle the Thunder have tried. Christian Brown has seven points in that matchup in 5 minutes. Now I suspect Kase Wallace will guard Christian Brown. Nuggets by six. expanding an early advantage in game seven. 744 left in the first. Jokic misses the second. It’s in and out. Dub has the miss. Feeding Gildas Alexander speed dribbling. Look at the trailing Dub slashing left. John passing left wing to Wallace. Corner left. Dort plowing his way. Flings it up off the backboard. Knocked down by Gordon. No whistle. Murray. The long rebound. Hits the trailing Gordon. Dancing on the wing against Hartinstein. Aaron dared to shoot. Does a leftwing three-pointer in and out. No good. Gord has the miss. Remember four of nine shooting as Shay is on the handle bucking left wing slicing right lobs to the rim to Hardenstein who misses the layup gets his own miss though kicks left corner Waller Case wants three from the corner it’s short this ball tipped out of bounds by JDub or is it off of Porter it’s off of JDub four of 11 shooting start 0 of three from three and the Nuggets get it back up six 70 left in the first quarter on the handle straight away shadowed by Hartstein feeds in the paint to corner for a fadeaway 13 foot swing. No good. Gordon out wrestles three defenders for the rebound, but Shay takes the ball away from him. Shay up the left side. Oneon four to the wing on Curry backing down. Grinding double kicks to Dort swung right to Wallace down the lane. Spurting across his body floats a three-footer but he babies. It’s woefully short. Gordon has the miss. Thunder passing up good shots on the perimeter. 148 Nuggets. Gordon has a second rebound. Jump passing to Yokic high post left. 630 left in the first. Jokic holding. Whips it. Corner right to Brown. Closed out by Shay. Back down the lane. Yic. Floats a runner. No good. But he’s fouled by Henstein. Iard picks up his first. D has two already. And Joic goes back to the free throw line. Thunder yet to attempt a free throw. The Nuggets will attempt their fifth and sixth here as Joic in motions giving the Thunder problems. 625 left in the first. Thunder playing from behind early in game seven. It’s 14-8 Denver. Nicole Joic 11 double doubles which leads all playoff participants as he nails his first foul shot. He’s got six for the Nuggets who are led by Brown with seven. Jookic also one rebound and one assist. Alex Caruso checking in for the Thunder sitting down Lou Dort. Dort exits 0 of3 from the field. 02 on threes with two fouls. 625 left in the first quarter. Denver nearly doubling the Thunder in scoring. It’s 158. Thunder scoreless last 232. Jookic does make it double Denver. 1680 as he nails the second free throw. He’s four or five at the line. Take out five of six left corner. Wallace against the zone driving kicks right wing to Caruso. Dumps it on the baseline to Hardenstein looking for cutters. Iheart up top to Caruso. Free for three. Lets it fly. Leaves it short. Tip followed by Dub. Won’t go. Fights for his own miss and can’t corral it. Yokic has it. Thunder4 from distance. Nola front court. Scrams baseline. Lips it inside to Brown. Pump taking Caruso for the layup and Denver leads 18-8. 556 left in the quarter. Caruso back quickly challenging Murray. Sails it to the trailing Dove straight away to Shay. Shay has only two. Behind the back dribbling, shuttling grinding down the lane. Spins free of Yok for the layup. That ends a seven nothing Denver run making it 18-10. Thunder look to get Shay going. He has four points in 8 minutes or rather 6 minutes. 535 left in the quarter. Gordon fed the ball in deep. lays it up and in. He’s fouled by Case Wallace. A straight lob feed top of the key to Gordon unguarded along the baseline. Wedged his way inside for the end one. Wallace has his first foul. Denver 20, Oklahoma City 10. 531 left in the opening quarter. Nuggets could not have asked for a better start. Crowd begging to get involved. Okay, the Thunder have got to give them reason to. Thunder are five of 14 shooting and 04 on three-pointers to begin this game. Out attempted at the free throw line. 7 nothing the first 6 and 1/2 minutes. Gordon for the and one. Lobs it, sticks it. Aaron Gordon playing through a great two hamstring strain. Has three points and five rebounds. It’s 2110 Denver in the zone. Homegrren right wing. Drives and kicks in the right corner to Dub. Slashing left away from Porter. Stripped of the ball going up by Yokic. Tried to save it inbound but he throws it to Murray. Jamal to the middle. Left wing Porter. Left corner. Brown. Closed out by Caruso. Swiped out by Caruso. Christian ping in the corner. Swiped out by Caruso again. Did he travel? Yes, he did. Excellent defense by Caruso. Ignites the crowd and hopefully the Thunder. Nuggets 21. Oklahoma City 10. 507 left to play in the opening quarter. That’s Denver second turnover. Right now, the Thunder have no points off of those takeaways. Chad is OKC. The Thunder want to get this inning revved up. They’re down 11 early in game seven. SJ against a two-3 zone to the top of the key. Left wing to Dub crosscourts it wing right Caruso slices down the lane on the dribble spins pump fakes gives to Wallace open right wing three is up in and out no good yet to make a three in five tries clears his third rebound has three assists seven points gives to Gordon slot right on the perimeter he’s shadowed by Holren Aaron to the dribble drifting to the right wing 12 to shoot holds spins calls a timeout for Denver 437 left in the first all Nuggets 21-10 in game seven this is Thunder ball. NBA radio on SiriusXM is available on your connected devices. Listen at home anytime you want with Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, or however you stream in the house. The station. Big wins are blooming across Riverwind Casino. And the jackpots have never been sweeter. Go all in on your favorite table games. Place your bets on the biggest wins and unbeatable entertainment. Use your wild card for the best perks and the top rewards and play for your share of the $100,000 Lucky Mayday’s giveaway. 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Game one is Wednesday. Here’s Matt Pinzo. Thanks to our fans and a generous donation from OG&. The playoffs raffle raised over $65,000 with the Thunder Community Foundation. Jason O won four club level tickets to game two. Thank you OG& for energizing the foundation’s mission to positively impact youth in the communities where they live and play. Learn more at okc thunder.com/ communityfoundation. Well, the Nuggets have been the aggressor from the outset. They have jumped on the Thunder and lead 2110. 437 left in the first. Denver doubling Oklahoma City in rebounds 105. That includes three on the offensive glass and they’ve outscored the Thunder 128 in the paint. Thunder struggling to make shots, five of 15 in game seven, 0 of five on three-pointers as they come out to defend the final 11 on the shot clock for the Nuggets who’ve nailed 58% of their tries and six of seven free throws. OKC yet to go to the foul line in game seven and they’re at the foul limit right now. Denver has only one team foul. Aaron Wiggins checks in with SGA, Alex Caruso, Kase Wallace, and Chad Homer with Thunder going smaller. Russell Westbrook’s on now for Denver. Gets it near midcourt to Murray. Jamal yet to shoot. Back of the pick by Gordon. Slide the baseline. Pulls up. His 20 foot jumper. Blocked by Hol Towns got a loose ball giving Thunder, but the Nuggets are back. Shay angle left. Spins on Brown in the lane. Pump fakes. Sh passes right wing to Caruso. Wide open. Snaps off a three-pointer. That one’s not close. Thunder 06 from three. Westbrook high for the rebound. Russell speed dribbles down the lane on Wiggins. Stripped by Wiggins going up. Ball off of Aaron’s hand. 17 to shoot. That’s what Westbrook brings. That energetic thrust as Peyton Watson will check in. Sitting down Aaron Gordon in. Got to give it to Gordon. Playing through the hamstring strain. He’s got five rebounds in seven minutes with three points in game seven. 17 to shoot. Murray has it left wing. crowded by Wallace. Holding Jokic guarded by Caruso screen to the baseline several feet across the lane to Watson. Pumps faking lays it up. No good, but he’s fouled on route to the rim. Either Sheay or Cet fouled him. Right now, the Nuggets are executing at a just substantially higher level offensively than the Thunder are. And they benefit by their eighth and ninth foul shot attempts eight minutes into game seven. Payton Watson an adventure at the line. Six of 12 in the playoffs. He made his only two on Thursday. Lost the first here and it’s in and out no good. Watson averaging four and a half a game and 14 playoff minutes per a defensive specialist. Outstanding shot blocker averaged 1.4 blocks in limited minutes during the regular season for Denver. 404 left in a very lowcoring first eight minutes for the Thunder who trail 21-10. Watson’s second free throw is up. He missed them both. Honen unravels for his third rebound. going to need to generate some offense here inside the four-minute mark at the first. They’re down 11. Shay against his own between the rings on the dribble. Kicks out right wing to Wiggins. Drives between defenders. Loses the ball off the backboard. Gets it back in the lane. Kicks the right wing to Caruso. Crosscourt left to Wallace driving, lobbing. Homegrren has it and that’ll work. That becomes a boomerang diner. Boom of the game. Wallace from high handoff on the alley. It’s 2112 as Holgren has his second bucket. Murray’s up top. Double left that corner of Brown closed out by SJ looking low to Joic. Christian will fire a three instead and miss. Wallace doubles back and has the miss shot. Pacing to the middle to the trailing Wiggins up the left side on Murray. Dancing shoveling nothing there. Feeds Shay between the rings. SGA angling left. Looks inside to Wiggins. Plays it up on Joic and blows the bunny. Jookic has the miss barreling back kicking right wing to Westbrook who motions cutters dribbling with the left hand. played off on by Wiggins. Russell had it struck by Wiggins. Homeman on the loose ball. One-on-one on Brown behind the back dribbles down the lane to the rim. Lays it up. Overshoots the rim. A lot of contact. No whistle. Wow. Westbrook has a loose ball. 250 left in the first. Thunder made six of 20 shots. Westbrook against the zone. High post right to Joic. Played by Caruso. Double Wiggins. Down lane to Assange. Cutting Westbrook. Sails it left wing to Brown. Up top to Yic. Stripped to the wall by Caruso. Got it back. Whips it left wing to Westbrook. Five to shoot. He does. It’s for three. is up and no good. Homer get sets a rebound away from Yuck. Fishing to Wallace long leading Wiggins to the rim back to Wallace down the lane. Two hands tomahawk done. OKC within seven cashing it in transition. It’s 2114 with 220 left in the first quarter. Murray fending off Wallace with the left arm. Dribbling with the right. Murray pushing off again. Back of the Yic pick behind the back dribbling. Hate to shoot. Steps back on Kuso. Can’t shoot. Pointer right to Watson dumping inside to Yokas for a floating five-footer in the paint. No good. He tips the rebound out of bounds. It goes back to the Thunder. OKC a great job getting physical with the Colola inside. He’s one of two shooting now. Crowd full throw. 204 left in the quarter. Seven-point game at 214. Thunder scored the last four. SJ against two-3 zone. Straight away down the lane bursting up floats a five-footer. It’s short. Got hit by Brown. No whistle. Thunder yet to go to the foul line in this game. Watson has the miss. Denver up 1310 in rebounds. Watson top of the key. Left wing Brown dared to shoot. Won’t hold it. 140 left in the quarter. Left corner. Westbrook fires the three-pointer. That’s good. Denver’s now made two threes. Thunder none. It’s 2414 for the visitor with 135 left in the first quarter. Jesus Alexander at the foul line to Wallace. Mason lobbing. Homer has it and Thunder’s down another two-hand dunk. They’re finding some solutions against that zone on that back line as Holgren has six. Four rebounds and a block. Underse stops. Their deficit is eight. 115 left in the first quarter. Jokic top of the key. Crowded by Caruso. Hands behind him to Murray. Jamal jumped at Caruso. Holding on his left hip. Swiped out. Jamal sits to shoot. Barreling left. Leans in. Goes glass. Scoops and scores. Jamal Murray. A burst to the bucket. 2660 Denver. They’ve scored 14 in the paint. Right corner. Wallace up the sideline to Wiggins. Closed out by Russell Westbrook. Beats Caruso open. Snaps off an ages pointer. Got it. in with the money ball. It finally fits. OKC nails it. Seventh attempt from three and makes it 26-19. 45 seconds left first quarter. Peyton wants it out front. Pester by Caruso. Shovels wide right to Brown on the hash mark. Christian Brown guarded by Homer. Jokic wants it. Caruso on it. Brown slashes the kicks left corner. Westbrook. Closed out by Wiggins. Five to shoot. Holding Russell gets in the land. Erin Jokic out of bounds. Excellent job by Caruso tying up the big man inside. couldn’t come to the errant pass by Westbrook. That’s Denver’s fourth turnover. Thunder have no points off of those though. 29-point threw left in the quarter. Virtually last shot time for the Thunder. A difference of five game the shot clock. OKC down seven. Chase straight away. Crowd rises. Dancing left down the lane. Bursten jump stops point right home. Sets his feet squares his shoulders. Misses the three. Wiggins grabs a loose ball. Spins it in on the follow. Aaron Wiggins stick back makes it 26-21. 10 seconds left in the first. Thunder out of bounds. Brown crossing the timeline against SGA. Lobbying to Joic between the ranks. 4 seconds. Jookic to the top of the key. Spinning fading onelegged straightaway burst is no good. 22. Caruso’s defense on Jookic. Stellar could not have been better. And Caruso helps the Thunder back into contention in game seven. They close the quarter strong and are playing through a rough shooting afternoon. 38% shooting from the floor. One of eight on threes. No free throw attempts in that first quarter to nine for the Nuggets, but the Thunder closed the quarter 5- nothing. They’re trail by five going to the second at 26-21. We’ll get there next. This is Thunder Basketball. Taco Bueno is the official taco of the Oklahoma City Thunder. And we’ve got a win for your taste buds. We’re celebrating every Thunder playoff game with a free taco the day after. That’s right, a free taco. Just mention your Thunder Taco and enjoy a crispy beef or soft taco on us. No coupon necessary. It’s our way of saying thanks for cheering loudly. Celebrate the playoffs the Bueno way. Only at Taco Bueno. 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Well, to no one’s surprise, when Alex Caruso entered, things began to turn. He played 6 and 1/2 minutes, scored three, defended Joic impeccably, helped the Thunder to close the quarter 5 nothing. They scored 11 the final four minutes after generating only 10 the first eight. And the Nuggets were held to five points. The final five and a half of that first Thunder with a bit of momentum down five. Tason Wallace, Aaron Wiggins, JDub, SGA, and Isaiah Hartenstein on the floor for the Thunder. Jokic six. It’s Julian Strather. The game six for Denver with 15. Russell Westbrook, Payton Watson, Christian Brown, and Aaron Gork. Dub out front slashing left down the lane. Lays it up and lays it in. A burrowing bucket by JDub. His first of game seven. makes it a three-point game at 26-23. It’s a seven nothing Thunder Burst. Gordon guarded by Dub. Angles from the perimeter. Hands behind him to Straer. Slashing right, pushing off. Lost the ball. Shay pouncing on it down the lane on Watson pulling his way to the bucket. Scoops and scores it. OKC within one. 26-25. Taking it away now five times from the Nuggets. Gildas Alexander has six. Thunder on the doorstep down one as Brown slashes left down the lane. Hooks it right corner to Watson. Dared to shoot does it. The Rainbow three no good as Shay grabs the miss. It’s a nine nothing Thunder Burst. They seek their first lead of game seven. Shay straightaway jukes and drives. Loses it. Gets it back. Lays it high up the window. No good. Hart side back taps to Wiggins. Left winged up to the baseline on Brown on the run. Lays it up. Lays it home and he’s in the act under 27. The Nuggets 26. It’s an 11 nothing burst. The first lead for Oklahoma City in game seven comes with 1058 left in the second quarter. Erasing an 11-point deficit. It’s 2726 Thunder as JDubs lowered that head twice now in succession. Barreling to the bucket this time for an and one on the ground foul. Thunder attempting their first free throw of game seven as Lou Dort will check in. SJ out. Chase sits down with six points, a rebound and an assist. He also has two steals. Doug blows in his hand. Is he ready for the free throw? Dribbles twice. Right foot in front of the left. Crowd quiets. Arcs the free throw. It’s way short. Murray’s got the loose ball. 2726. Thunder. Murray yet to strike. Hounded in the back court by Dor. Get to strike in the quarter. He has two points. Watson screen. Wallace is on Murray. The ball swung left wing to Straer. Eight to shoot. Strower roaming out front. Meandering. Six to shoot. Giving to Westbrook. Throws it away. Those two can’t get their signals crossed and Strowler shows the effects of a game seven on the road as a youngster. That’s six Denver turnovers. Better of only four points off of those leading by one on an 11 nothing run. D straight away Westbrook close to finish. Lasting left to step again down the lane missed the layup and a big time flush over the top by Harden. Oh, Isaiah, don’t be so mean. He took the whole Nugget organization with him down the hatch with a big two-hand rim rocker. A pulverizing punch on the stick back. Nuggets call time. It’s a 13 nothing Thunder first for a 2926 lead. OKC going to town on the offensive glass. Has eight second chance points and a lead of three with 1027 left in the second. This is Thunder Basketball. What if you could make your energy dollars go further this summer? Switch to OG& Smart Hours and pay nearly half price for electricity for 19 hours every weekday and all weekend long. So go ahead, bake an extra batch, stream another episode, and make your evenings cooler. Just switch your energy use to the 19 daily smart hours to help the grid, the environment, and your wallet. Sign up today to receive nearly halfpriced electricity at og.com/smartour. Craving a getaway? 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Find a camp that fits your schedule at okc thunder.com/summer camps. Well, the Thunder have done it all inside. They’ve got 24 in the paint. Now, of the 29 they’ve scored, they’ve missed their only free throw, one of eight on three-pointers, but have five offensive rebounds and have forced six turnovers, fueling them to 10 more shot attempts than Denver and a lead of 329-26. Caruso started this 13- nothing burst, but the only Thunder successful three late in the first quarter. The outscored Denver 8- nothing in the second, taking the ball away twice in the frame, defending up by three as Jookic is back for the Nuggets, joining Westbrook Strower. Jamal Murray held to two points in game seven. And Aaron Gordon, it’s Aaron Wiggins, Isaiah Hartinstein with six points, four rebounds in game seven. Lou Dort, Alex Brusso, and JDub for OKC. Thunder show a passive fullcourt press. Murray speeds up the left sideline against Dortm ball pressure. Lou playing with two fouls. Draw gives it up to Russell Westbrook between the rings to Straer. Right wing Murray cranks a three. That’s an air ball wide left by two feet as Dort was knocked down. Hortenstein has the miss outleting right to Kuso. Straightaway dub left wing Dort pump fakes gives in the corner. Wiggins wide open. Snaps off a three. No good. Thunder a one of nine on threes and he was in a vacant lot. Westbrook’s got the miss to the trailing. Gordon stepping into an unguarded angle right three-pointer for the tie. Hits it. So you see the difference in this game thus far. The Thunder lack of focus on offense and defense. The Nuggets back even at 29. Dub against the two-3 zone. Jump passing right wing to Dort right. Hartinstein bounce feeds inside the door. Bad pass off of him. Rolls to the left baseline to Wiggins. Aaron lobs it right corner to Gordon. Closed out rather to Caruso. Closed out by Murray. Five to shoot. Ball swung left side angle to Wiggins. Pump faking free of Strow. Steps back from the wing. Cranks a three. Looks good. It is a Thunder. Money ball. Aaron Wiggins on the step back tray of beauty at the shot clock. Buzzer. Thunder. 31. 32. The Nuggets 29. Westbrook to the right wing. Yic guarded by Caruso. Yic. fed high post right bullies into the paint. Lifts it right corner. Strower catches a rainbow three from the tie is up an air ball tipped out of bounds by Jookic as Strowler acts like that ball was touched. 9 minutes left in the second defense settling in. It’s 3229 Oklahoma City in game seven dub left wing. Wraps around a feed right wing to Dort against his own baseline right. Hartenstein pushes up a 12oot jumper. Airballs it. Jokic has the miss. Strather referring to Westbrook. Russell across your timeline barreling left as off the ball Joic got reveed on by Hartinstein. Isaiah Hartinstein picks up his second. Chad Holgren checking in. 847 left in the second quarter. Thunder offense is nowhere near what we’ve seen from them at home in the playoffs. 44% shooting, two of 10 on threes. 0 of one from the foul line. 18 to shoot for the Nuggets who trailed 32-29 in game seven. SJ will filter back in for Mark Dol’s team setting down Jay Dub. Dub has four points, a rebound and an assist in game seven. Joic to inbound. He’s got three assists early. Three of Denver six under have nine dimes. Jokic pass fakes left corner deferring to Westbrook. Guarded by Holmes on the wing. Jokic free fires a three. That’s a brick overshot the rim only back. Shay retrieves down Murray swooping kicking right wing. Wigan sets his feet, squares the shoulders, misses it to Ray Short. Short fights for the rebound, saves an inbound up the sideline to Caruso. Excellent hustle. Come get a second crack. Shay up top, kicks left corner to Dort plowing inside on Murray. Jump passing crosscourt right to Williams. Open again. Snaps off a three. That’s short. D has another rebound, but Murray strips him. Lot of contact. No whistle. Are you kidding me? Murray left corner. Porter open. Throws a three for the tie of brick. Holmes has the miss boy. Hammer and taunt. A lot of physicality now. Shay front court under thunder by three. Four minutes into the second. Spurts down the lane. Knocked down by Westbrook. Foul by either Westbrook or Joic. Non-shooting scenario. Denver with his second team foul. Westbrook picks up his first. Russell will check out. Christian Brown back in. Under 32, the Nuggets 29. OKC outscoring Denver. 113 in the quarter. Trailed by five after one after being down by as many as 11 early on. Dorton to trigger 15 to shoot. Thunder two of 12 from three. Denver three of 13. Lou given the ball. Gets it into Shay up the left sideline. Gildas Alexander surveys against the two-3 zone. Gets a Wiggins pick. Nothing materializes. Shay on the handle. Seven to shoot. Draws two. Snaps the ball to Wiggins open again. Fires an angle at three-pointer short. Wiggins from three. Is one of five. Gordon retrieves. Aaron front court. Pestered by door. picks it up and feeds top of Yokic. Swiped out by Paluso. Shot clock at 12. Yic. Banging, grinding, pushing, drop steps, puts defenders, lays it in the style doing so by Holren. Very soft Thunder double team applied by Chad Holgren there. And Joic has bulldozed his way through it for an and one. 3231 Denver within one. That’s a Thunder second team [Music] foul. They get Hungren on the personal his second. Wiggins out. Caruso, check that who is back in now. But Dub is back in for Oklahoma City. Shot making is going to be at a premium from here. It’s under a two of 13 from three-point range as Joic looks to tie the game with his seventh free throw of game seven. He does just that. It’s even at [Applause] 32. Shade picked up in the back court by Murray. Held to six points thus far. Right wing home. Takes drives on Brown. Kicks right corner. Caruso driving on Porter crosscourt left it up corner left the door open. Snaps off a three that’s in there to take a thunder money ball. Excellent thunder ball moving against that zone as Lou splashes his first three of game seven at 30 in his last game seven at midcourse. Gordon is stripped by Dort out in front. Caruso big two hand tomahawk slam dunk. Gordon is down wanted a whistle. There’s none coming under 37. The Nuggets 32 largest lead for OKC in game seven. The crowd loving this. 655 left in the second. Brown front court. Yoka screen. Brown behind it. Dance it. Three to fire. Does it for three straight away. He nails it. Unguarded. It’s 3735. Denver back within two. Brown has a dozen. 640 left in the second. Gildas Alexander angling right back up a Russo pick. Sets up on the wing. Gives it. Slot left to dub. Corner left door. Same spot. Same shot. Different result. He missed it. Long rebound tipped up by Homer. Run down by SGA. Shay. Top of the key down the lane to the rim. Hit going up counts a big no. Can’t convert a three-footer but round has called for a second foul on route. 3735 Thunder and David Adelman dares protest. Are you kidding me? Free throw attempts are 10-1 in favor of the visitor. 625 left in the second. This is massive physicality. A whole lot of bodies grinding and the Thunder doing great work on the offensive backboard getting up a dozen more shots than Denver 40-28. Chance rain down on Shay of MVP as he strokes the first foul shot and misses. Thunder have tried two free throws and missed them both. Well, we can talk about wanting it more, but at some point the execution’s got to be there with delivery and completion on shots. Holen Wallace back in Hardenstein Dub and Shay. Shay’s second free throw is good. He has seven. That leads a balance thunders ledger. Brown has 12. Joic 10 for Denver. Oklahoma City by three. Murray on Yokic pick streaming right. Stutter steps retreats. Wallace on him. Jamal isolated. Barrel’s baseline pulls up and fade. 15oot jumper is not there. Rebound deflected. Gordon has it. Point left to Porter. Per up. No good. Gilbert Alexander grabs his third and rebound. Nuggets four of 14 on threes a shade barrels right pump face gives it up right wing to home he wants three it’s online but short Gordon has the miss that’s another vacant lot of 10th for the thunder on three balls Gordon front court guarded by home back of the yic pick angles right Nola wants it comes out front beyond the three-point line to get it Hardenstein on him 10 to shoot to the right wing kicks to Brown come faking away from Shay down the lane on the run for the runner that goes but Shay fouled him prior to continuation. Christian Brow’s been the best player in this game so far. Side out Denver on the Thunder 13 foul. SGA guilty of his first. 537 left in the quarter. I promise you Mark Dagnel would say I love the shots we’re getting. Just not making them. Three of 16 on threes in game seven for the Thunder. Side out Denver. Murray the trigger. 14 to shoot. Both sides. One team foul to give with 537 left till halftime. Gordon comes to it straight away. Dub on it. Aaron left wing to Joic. Stutter tips bangs into Hogan. Drop steps loses the ball off of out of bounds. Hogan hop or rather Jokic is hopping mad but Hogan held his ground there forcing Denver into its eighth turnover. 528 left in game seven’s second quarter. Gildis Alexander tepidly across the timeline. His right-winged dump. He cranked a long three-pointer online but short. Brown has the miss shot. Three of 17th under three-point shooting. Christian Brown picked up by Homegrren. Dared to shoot. Does an angle left unguarded three-pointer. No good this time. Harden side. Get the rebound. Gordon has it in the right corner. Aaron swiped out by Sheay. Pinned in the corner. Works right to left. Freeing. Loses the ball cuz Shay reached in and fouled him from behind. Seven to shoot. And Gordon goes back to the free throw line. 459 left in the second quarter. Thunder 38. The Nuggets 35. So Oklahoma City’s recovered from the slow start down 21-10, but just really spury play in every facet thus far. Gordon to the line where he is one of one. He has six points, eight rebounds in game seven. Playing through that grade two hamstring strength. Readying for two at the line. Strokes the first. That one’s up and good. Denver’s converting eight of 11 free throws in this game. The Thunder are one of three. Caruso in. Homegrren out. Damon Murray sits down with a quiet two points in 18 game minutes. Lou Dort back for the Thunder. Isaiah Hartenstein takes a rest. Thunder to this point have gone 18 deep in game seven as Gordon awaits the second free throw. His team down by two. 3836. Thunder’s largest lead five. Denver’s largest lead 11. Gordon nails them both. He’s got eight points, eight rebounds in game seven. It’s 3837 Thunder. Shay right wing to Dub driving kicking baseline. Mitch Caruso pinned by Yield doubled by Gordon. Such a bounce pass to Dub leaning in. Lays it in. Beautifully done by Alice Caruso. Excellent bounce feed. His first assist. Thunder of a dozen assist and lead by three. 4037. Dub has six points. Westbrook back working top on the dribble. Wide right to Gordon. Smothered by Dove. Holds to Westbrook. Dumping inside to Yoga. Catching laying it to the bucket. Missed it. stripped inside by Dort. Blue ends a big time takeaway. Jookic trails the play. Shay down the lane barreling by Westbrook. Lays it up on the run. Can’t convert. Loose ball tipped out. Gathered by Gordon. A lot of contact there. No whistle. Gordon up the right side as Joic falls and as a result a whistle and twos have called on Caruso. How is there the contact there is at one end. The Thunder have attempted three free throws. Yogic will attempt his eighth and ninth right now. 4:15 left in the second. Do the Thunder challenge this? There was nowhere near the the sort of contact Joic indicated to fall down on that play. I’m not sure a challenge is not in order here. There’s a perspiration spot being mocked up by Ball Boys right now, but the Thunder opt to not challenge. And with 415 left in the second, Jookic gets his eighth and ninth free throws of the first half. He’s made only two of seven shots. Has 10 points though and can pull Denver back within one. And you hear the angst in the crowd at PCOM center. Yogi’s first is up good. Denver 10 of 13 foul shooting mitigating against the Thunder getting up 11 more shots from the field and the Thunder outscoring Denver 2816 in the paint. But it reflects only in a two-point Oklahoma City lead. Wallace and Dort head front court. Caruso, Shay, and Dub along the lane. Jokic hit both free throws and it’s a one-point game again at 4039. Second quarter scoring. OKC has 19. Denver 13. Thunder. We’re down five after one. Shay. Top of the key. Splits defenders in the paint. Jump passing to Wallace. Keys up an angle right three-pointer. That’s tumbling. No good. And we have a loose ball foul coming on the Nuggets. Porter knocking down Dort. That’s a second foul on Porter. Side out Thunder. Denver had that foul to give. And another wide open three-point look. My goodness. Thunder three of 18 from three-point distance. Alexander bounce feeds at the foul line to Wallace to the trailing dub. Back to Wallace. Open. Won’t shoot. Corner left. Dub squeezing inside of Porter. Lays it up on the run. No good. Tip followed by door to beauty. Blue Gins Dort State after it batting home his second bucket making it 4239 Thunder as they now have 11 second chance points. Westbrook across the timeline shadowed by Wallace. Jokic screams. Russell blasts and shovel feed P. Shot block going up by Shay but Westbrook has it left wing. 10 to shoot. Russell back of the Jokic pick. Westbrook leads to that corner. Brown wide open. Zaps off a three misses. Offside rebound fought for. Payton Latit slams it off the body of Dub out of bounds. So another shot for the Nuggets here with 13 to shoot. 321 left in the quarter. Thunder holding Denver to 34% field goal shooting. 23% on threes, but they’re not nudging up a whole lot offensively themselves at 40% and 16% efficiency from distance. 13 to shoot. 321 left in the quarter. Both sides out of bounds. Westbrook will trigger in front of the Nugget bench down to my right. Aaron Wiggins in Lou Dord out. Dor has five rebounds, five points and two assists. Also two fouls. Yic comes to a right wing against Caruso. Holding double by Wiggins. Kicks to Westbrook. Slashing left in the paint. Pinned left wing. Murray pump face drives, leans in, floats an unguarded 13-oot jumper that he hits. Wallace an undisiplined closeout. Makes it a one-point game at 4241. 3:10 left in the second. The Thunder call a timeout. This is Thunder Basketball. 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They met three times in the regular season this year. New York won two of those. However, the Pacers have been the hotter team lately, losing only five times in the last two months. Game one will be Wednesday. Here’s Matt Pinto. Getting Thunder playoffs with you wherever you go with the official Thunder app powered by U Health. Get access to live scores and play-by-play mobile alerts, plus exclusive content after the buzzer. Download the free Thunder app today. Well, OKC’s been riddled with some areas in which they’ve lacked discipline in game seven. That said, they’re bringing force, physicality, and hustle. They have nine offensive rebounds in this game for 11 second chance points, and they forced eight turnovers thus far, committing only two themselves. Denver though is getting benefit of whistles for 11 of 14 foul shooting. The Thunder are one of three there and despite the Nuggets getting up at this point 11 fewer shots. Denver trails by only one 4241. That’s a bit ominous honestly. 310 left to play between now and halftime. Which of these two teams will fight to get the lead going to the locker room? Shay’s had a quiet first half. Seven points. Brown and Joic have a dozen a piece for the Nuggets. Caruso, JDub, SGA, Chad Holgren, Kase Wallace. The five for the Thunder against Jamal Murray, Christian Brown, Nicole Joic, Russell Westbrook, and Payton Watson. Denver staying in that zone. They leaned into that big time in this series. Shay comes to it between the rings, angles left, Queens right, Ali the rim to Hogan who flips up and in that dish. It’s Shay’s second assist and Homer seven and eight points. That was well done. 4441 Thunder by as many as five. Denver by 11 in the first. Wide left. M C M C M C M C M C M C M C M C M C M Curry on the win. Challenged by Dub. Jokic screens to the top. A double team arrives on Murray’s doorstep. Now he’s guarded by Caruso. Seven to shoot. Jump passing to Brown. Barreling right. Whips the ball to Watson. Bomb. Knocked away by Caruso. Saved in the corner by Westbrook to Caruso. Pump the Brown pump. He fires an angle of white three to short. Loose ball tipped out of bounds by Jokic. OKC gets it back. Brown barely got that one off. had a good look after the pump fake. He’s now two of eight and three. Has 12 points. Never get a stop they wanted with 228 left in the half. Shay gives to Dub up the right side. Back to Gilas that was entered in midcourt. Driving a kicky right wing to Dub. Open sapped off a rainbow three from the wings. It’s taking it under Moneyball. OKC knocks down at 4-3 at the half and leads by six. Its largest lead. Shay with backto-back assist. 4741. Joic pinned out front by Caruso. Gives the ball to Murray near midcourt. Sliding right on the dribble. spins left, whips inside to go. Bad pass thrown by Hogan. Check. Look out from behind. He doesn’t and Brown strips him. Murray’s got the loose ball up the left side to Payton Watson. Challenging Hogan down the lane. Pushing off. Visibly pushing off. Blows a layup. Tub has it on the tip out by Hogan. Down the lane in transition to the rim. Thunderers down. A big two-hand dunk. OKC with a spurt. 7 nothing. The lead is eight. Timeout Nuggets. 4941 Oklahoma City. 144 left till halftime. This is Thunder Basketball. At Bronms, we offer more than just burgers, shakes, and fries. We have an entire fresh market for your everyday grocery needs. From farm fresh milk to meats, freshly baked breads, and produce. We also carry a wide variety of our premium ice cream, frozen yogurt, and sherbet. And with Brahms delivery trucks running 7 days a week, our items are always fresh. Stop by your neighborhood Brahms Fresh Market for an incredibly fast, incredibly convenient grocery shopping experience so you can spend more time on things that matter most. This has been an incredibly resilient Young Thunder team all season. 14-2 their record off of losses and after falling behind 21-10 in game seven, they have rallied big time. A five nothing run closed the first, bridging into a 13- nothing gallop into the second. And the Thunder now on a seven nothing burst to their largest lead of game seven. 4941. 141 left. 144 left rather between now and halftime. Thunder holding the Nuggets to four of 17 shooting in the second quarter. Only 15 points while scoring 28 themselves. And the Thunder now taking the ball away from Denver 10 times in game seven for eight points. committing only three turnovers themselves for no points. Gildness Alexander playing the game in what’s available has three assists, seven points. Dub coming alive has 11. He leads the team. Murray, Gordon, Joic, Brown, and Porter against Wallace, Dub Caruso, SJ, and Homer. Jokic wants it, has it top of the key. Looking, holding, slashing left on the run, floats a runner that he knocks down from 5 ft out. So Nola took it upon himself there to score his third bucket. 4943 Thunder. 120 left till halftime. But want to close this half strong. They’ve worked hard. Shane free fires a three straight away. Looks good. It is to thunder money ball. STA knocks it down from distance. 5243. Thunder by nine. Jokic picks it up and gives to Gordon straight away. Gets it back. Swiped that by Dub. Knocks it away. Has it in the open court to the rim. Thunder got a big two hand dunk. Dayd Dove taking over in the second quarter. Oh baby, what a play. 5443 Thunder with a 12-2 burst. 58 seconds left in the half. Brown navigating left. Y wants on the wing. Knocked away by Caruso. He’s in the open court. Four on two for the trailing save down the lane to dub to the rim. Stoops and throws. OKC lenses the lead to 13 at 5643. What a burst. Thundering in downtown Oklahoma City. Baby, you got to love it. 15 for Dub. 40 seconds left. Right wing Porter. Jookic gets to the foul line. Battling Caruso drop steps, spins, and is fouled on a reach by Alex. It’ll be Caruso second. 33.7 left in the quarter. And that is clean on the ball, but Alice May gotten Joic on the body. What a job Caruso has done. It won’t show up in the box score necessarily, but he has given Yokic fits. Mcola attempting his 10th and 11th free throws before halftime. Freddy’s for the first. It’s on the way short. Is that a sign of fatigue? Possibly. Thunder under 56. The Nuggets 43. The game started with Oklahoma City down 21-10. And despite making only five of 23-point shots as Caruso gets a standing ovation, replaced late in the half by Aaron Williams. 33.7 left as Joic nails the second. Dub has nine points last 237 rising with 15. Oklahoma City leads by a dozen. Shay snakes left side step in the lane fouled on a reachin by either Joic or Aaron Gordon. Soon the underwander weaved his way through traffic in that zone for free throws for the second time in game seven. Elvis Alexander has 10 points, three rebounds, and three assists. Dub leads the way with 15 and attacks to the basket. He does have one made three-pointer. OKC has seven steals in this first half with three block shots. Gilders Alexander wants the first, gets it, knocks down the first free throw. It’s under 57. The Nuggets 44. OKC detonating at the feet of Denver for 36 second quarter points. Brown is back in joining Murray, Westbrook, Gordon, and Joic. Alexander awaits the second. Dribbles one, spends his knees, dips, shoots, and swishes. Thunder up 14. 5844. Last shot time for Denver. Thunder on a 163 burst over the last 310. Murray across the timeline on the handle. Gets the Yokic pick high right grinding right. Bounces down the lane. Floats it up around and in. What a shot by Nola. He’s got 17. 5846. Last shot time for the Thunder. 14 seconds left in the opening half. Crowd on its feet at Paycom center in game seven. Dub on the handle. 40 ft away. 7 seconds. Down the lane on Brown. Elevates. Fires. The fade away. 13 foot jumper goes. 2.8 left in the quarter. Dub with 17. 60 46 Thunder. Gordon gets full throw pressure to Murray in backcourt. Won’t get a shot off as he steps between defenders. Oklahoma City with a massive second quarter in game seven. outscoring the Nuggets 3920 for a 6046 lead at the break. Looking to close it out and move on to the Western Conference Finals. It’s an 185 close to the half. This is Thunder Basketball. At Bronze, we offer more than just burgers, shakes, and fries. We have an entire fresh market for your everyday grocery needs. From farm fresh milk to meats, freshly baked breads and produce. We also carry a wide variety of our premium ice cream, frozen yogurt, and sherbet. And with bronze delivery trucks running seven days a [Music] week. 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Gideon Hamilton and Matt Rabus with you and Oklahoma City up big on the Nuggets here. 60 to 46 is our score, but Matt, as is typically the case with the Thunder, you look back 2 minutes ago and it was a completely different story. So, at the 258 mark, you’ve got less than 3 minutes to go before halftime. You’re Denver, you trail by one. Now, you trail by 14, your largest margin of the entire game. And Oklahoma City did it with turnovers. Yeah, absolutely. They were able to get out and run. And just in that second quarter alone, Oklahoma City had uh more point or paint points than Denver had points. They had 24 uh points in the paint in that quarter. Denver had 20. And so you almost doubled them up in the second. And there was a feeling I had at the beginning of the second quarter that whoever could cash in on in their opportunities uh because both teams had really good looks from beyond the arc was going to get it done. And the Thunder aren’t shooting great from three, but it doesn’t matter when you turn defense and offense like you said. Yeah. Everything is uh is at the rim for Oklahoma City. So there’s two things there as the Thunder on pace for 80 points in the paint. There’s obviously a confluence of factors. One, the Nuggets cannot get back in transition. We talked about that in pregame. That is the most important thing in this series. If you get enough turnovers, you will win games. The other thing is it is so hard in a zone. You cannot have two active wings of the zone. So you can only have one active part. And if that part is on where Shay Gildas Alexander is driving, the other parts of the zone can’t stay attached or else somebody is going to get behind you. And it’s so hard in a game seven to leave guys alone on the perimeter and they’re not doing that. And that’s why guys are getting behind them for layups and dunks. And you could see it start to develop early for Oklahoma City where they began to recognize that. And it’s it’s just you have to pick one thing or the other. And for Denver, they’ve uh they picked wrong. How many dunks alone did Oklahoma City have in that first half just from what you’re talking about getting into the teeth of the defense and then throwing up a lob to uh either Chad at in the dunker spot, but put back dunks as well as transition dunks. And when the guy who’s in the middle of the zone has one good hamstring, then yeah, you’re definitely playing with one uh I was gonna say one arm behind your back, but I guess I could say one leg, even though that doesn’t make as much sense. So yeah, Aaron Gordon has no chance to to guard anybody one-on-one. And so that’s kind of what Denver has to do. And um the Oklahoma City was not cashing in on nearly enough opportunities enough to make them uh three-point wide open opportunities to to make Denver pay. And it it did make Oklahoma City kind of sheepish uh passing up good shots for worse shots I thought early, but definitely have gotten more comfortable as a half went on. Uh Jay Dub, a bounceback game for him. He is eight of 12 shooting one of two from three-point range. Of course, most of his shots are right in the restricted area in tonight’s game. That’s a good thing. That’s a good way to be able to make your shots. Three assists for him as well. He leads all scores in this game with 17 points. Shay Gildas Alexander has 12. He’s the other Thunder player that is in double figures. Oklahoma City with three turnovers, no points off. Denver with 12 turnovers, 12 points off. Oklahoma City rebounded the ball better as the first half went along. And despite the fact that they’ve shot the ball infinitely better than Denver has in the first half, they still have more offensive rebounds than the Nuggets have. And that sounds very much like game two. And that’s just pure hustle. I mean, like Lou Dort running in there and and making it an issue, just putting your nose on it. And I thought too often in that first quarter, the Thunder were letting guys just be not boxed out, which um you know, that’s not an effort thing. There’s no there’s nobody not giving an effort in game seven, but it is a focus thing. And so I think that um you know after an early timeout the Thunder got a little bit better um in in that regard. But you know if Denver is having uh second chance opportunities and easy ones that’s been their their key to success pretty much the entire series. This was a big story coming into the game was Aaron Gordon. And 2 minutes ago we thought this would be you know a really positive story at the break before this one got out of hand. But Gordon knocks down a couple of shots. One of those was a three. Knocked down all three of his free throws. three offensive rebounds. He’s got eight points and eight rebounds in 17 minutes. So, this was not a ceremonial trip out onto the floor. Just kind of a uh an encouraging trip out on the floor like, “Hey, I’m doing this guy for you now. You take it home.” Uh he was a very impactful player in the first half as much as he could be. No, I was really surprised. I mean, if you’re out there saying, “Oh, he’s faking this.” No, he is not faking this. you can tell that it is bothering him and he’s a very explosive player and just doesn’t have that uh explosion but able to figure out a way to make a three. Um had eight rebounds in that first half that was all effort. There were times where he beat guys uh who had no excuses uh to to rebounds and so you have to give it up for Aaron for even going out there and and trying to cuz I had serious doubt with the grade two. I mean that is that is serious now. So he he’s gutting it out and uh wasn’t all wasn’t all great from him like you said. And for the second game in a row, this has kind of been like if you um you know, if you’re a painter or you put together models or something like that, you put together this project that you’ve been working on for a while and then you uh show it to one of your friends and they take a match and light it on fire in front of you. That’s kind of been what it’s like having Russell Westbrook on the floor for the Denver Nuggets in the last couple of games. I’ve never had that happen to me, but that sounds like a like a bummer. Um, yeah, Russell Westbrook in that uh in in that first half was a minus 23 in 13 minutes, one of three. He did cash a a wideopen corner three, but had a couple turnovers, couple of uh bad ones. Energetically, you know, um five rebounds. Uh he’s he’s one of the best guard rebounders we’ve ever seen, but um pretty pretty apt description, I got to say. All right, coming up next, we’ll take a look toward the second half as Oklahoma City looks to cap off a trip to the conference finals with a win in game seven over Denver. Inside Paycom Center, you’re listening to the Thunder Halftime Show. What if you could make your energy dollars go further this summer? Switch to OG& Smart Hours and pay nearly half price for electricity for 19 hours every weekday and all weekend long. So go ahead, bake an extra batch, stream another episode, and make your evenings cooler. Just switch your energy use to the 19 daily smart hours to help the grid, the environment, and your wallet. Sign up today to receive nearly halfpriced electricity at og.com/smartour. With Mazio’s Mix and Maz, it’s easy to get the things you love for the price you like. Choose from medium one topping pizzas, eight piece boneless chicken wings, loaded cheese dippers, fresh chef salad, and the delicious brookie dessert. 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And as long as Oklahoma City is aggressive, Denver can’t make you pay on the back end of that uh have the top two uh tiers of your defense go after basketballs and I think you’ll end up just fine. No, absolutely. I mean, look, this this half more than anything is I think just coming out focused and remembering your game plan and u not letting the other parts of game seven uh you know, the tightness, the the mental doubt that starts to creep in. That that’s what it that that’s what it’s about. So, a lot of execution things from that first half. I mean, there’s only so much that Denver is going to be able to change tactically. And if you’re looking for somebody that is, you know, maybe an impact player late in this game that has yet to materialize, Christian Brown hit a couple of threes early in this game. Nicole Yic has 17 points. He’s got six rebounds, but he’s four of eight. Most of that has come from the free throw line. Murray has done nothing. Of course, Porter has done nothing in this game. So, if there is an X factor to be seen, it will be an unexpected one. For I mean, I honestly for the better part of that first half, you could probably have argued that Christian Brown was the uh was the best player. Did not feel uncomfortable whatsoever, but Denver’s starting to start starting to run out of of answers. I mean, Julian Strawther too big of a moment from him. Uh Pton Watson kind of feels the same thing. He missed two consecutive free throws. And so, one thing about this Denver team is yeah, they don’t die. I mean, they are they’re unbelievably resilient, but at the same time, this is um it’s a bit of a battle of attrition. Yeah, absolutely. Um and Oklahoma City is going to win that 100 times out of 100 against their opposition. All right, coming up next, Matt Pinto will have the call of the second half of this game. 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Both sides have played eight guys, but the bench is serving very differently in what’s happened thus far in this game. Tac Wallace is plus 20 in the raw plus minus. Alex Caruso plus 14. Aaron Wiggins plus 11 for the Thunder. For the Nuggets, Russell Westbrook’s minus 23. Payton Watson minus 21. Julian Strather minus eight. Thunder reserves outscoring their counterparts from Denver. 12 to3 thus far in this game. JDub ignited that final 310 of the second half with 11 of his 17 points. A team high generated there. He’s got one of the Thunder eight steals through two quarters of play. 12 nothing Thunder. Points off of turnovers had taken it away 12 times for 12 points. Giving it up only three times for no points. Dave doubled Denver points in the paint 40 to 20 outs scoring the Nuggets in second chance points 11-7. And on the break 105 they’ve won the hustle areas taking the ball away eight times from Denver in that decisive second quarter after falling behind by 11 early. OKC on a 13- nothing run bridging the first and second quarters closed the half 185 playing through Joic getting frequent trips to the foul line. 11 efforts in fact he’s made nine of those. He has 17 points tying dub for game highs scoring honors. Christian Brown has a dozen for Denver, but Jamal Murray a non-factor through the first half of game seven. Two of seven shooting for four points. SGA’s got a dozen for the Thunder. Dub 17. OKC by 14 at the break. Keep in mind, the last four games in this series, Denver’s dominated the third quarters, outscoring the Thunder by nearly eight a game at 31 to23 on average. And the Thunder defense has yielded 30 plus in three of those four contests. So, this is far from over. Oklahoma City a great job closing the half to lead by 14 going to the third. Caruso will start the third quarter along with SGA, Chad Holgren, Lou Dort, and Jayd Dub Hartinstein coming off the bench in the second half of game seven. It’s Christian Brown, Michael Porter Jr., Aaron Gordon, Jamal Murray, and Nicole Joic for Denver. Winner moves on to the Western Final. The loser is done for the season. This is game seven. Shay navigating front court against Browns on ball pressure. Dub comes to it between the rings. Got the screen from Caruso. angles left on the dribble. Corner left kicks the door. Sets himself for a three that’s online but no good. Homeridge hits a rebound but Joic has it. Nicole across the time lines under a six of 21 on threes. Hurry on the dribble. We’ve lost the ball. It’s free at mid court. Shay gobbles it up. Takes it the other way and he will finessefully flush. So the Nuggets again turnover. Their 13th giveaway gives OKC 14 points and Murray was slow to get up. SGA’s got 14. It’s 6246 Thunder. their largest lead of game seven. Murray pounded by Dort between the rings. Bass feeds left wing to Gordon. Played by Shay. Swiped at by Sheay. Wrestling his way free. Seven to shoot. Shay all over him and elbow to the face. He’s going to give the ball back to the Thunder. And they’ll look at replay. Gordon hits Shay with a left elbow to the face. And they’ll go to replay now. Gordon picking up his first foul in full-on frustration. No movement of man or ball for Denver. Gordon was hung up on the wing and Shay was all over him. They’re going to replay. Shay reached in. Gordon swiped at him. Shay got the ball and then Gordon hit him in the face with a left elbow. 1110 left in the quarter. So replay will determine whether or not this is anything more than a common foul on Aaron Gordon as the Thunder calling the number of Alex Caruso to guard Nicole Joic after his extraordinary work in the opening. Review for a player foul. Denver has challenged a play on the floor hoping for a pox to foul poss for the offensive foul. So Denver opts to challenge. If they lose this challenge, they’re done for the day in terms of challenges available. 6246 Thunder on an extended 20 to5 run over the game’s last four minutes. and OKC playing to its tenacious identity as they led the league in takeaways, led the league in steals, third in blocks and playing brilliantly defensively in this game after falling behind 21-10. So with eight from Sakus New Jerseys NBA replay center, the three officials here, James Williams, Josh Tibbon, and Scott Foster have to decide the outcome of this play. They’re going to replay now. We’ll take time. Thunder by 16, 1110 left in the third. This is Thunder Basketball. Hey, this is Brian Gelzer. Wake up early with me and 2007 NBA coaching of the year Sam Mitchell every Saturday morning from 7 to 10:00 a.m. Eastern as we break down everything NBA on channel 86. Craving a getaway? Let your taste buds take a trip with Braum’s new Aloha Burger Craven Save Combo. 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So, let the professional eye care provider of the OKC Thunder help you see more clearly. For an appointment at one of Dean McGee’s five locations, visit dmei.org. Dean McGee Eye Institute. Vision for life. With Mazio’s Mix and Maz, it’s easy to get the things you love for the price you like. Choose from medium one topping pizzas, eight piece boneless chicken wings, loaded cheese dippers, fresh chef salad, and a delicious Brookie dessert. Pay just $7.99 each when you buy two or more. Pizza, chicken wings, salad, cheese dippers, and dessert. Mix and maz your way to your favorite flavor combo today. Just $7.99 each at participating locations and for a limited time only. Order now at mazios.com. Foul one administered to Aaron Gordon. Couldn’t hear Scott Foster’s explanation. Um wondering if Shay was administered a foul as well. He was for his second. So the Nuggets win the challenge. They’ll have another challenge in this game. But Sheay goes to the foul line for two. And the Thunder get possession off the Aaron Gordon flailing elbow to the face of Sheay. Absolute wind up and follow through on that elbow by Gordon. It is a flagrant foul penalty. One Shay will shoot two. The Thunder get the ball. 11-10 left in the third. Leading by 16 as Gildas Alexander walks to the foul line. Shay picking it up. Not forcing anything in game seven. Five of eight shooting from the field. Has 14 points. Ready for the foul shot. It’s up and good. Shay’s got one more. And then it’s possession for Oklahoma City as they build the lead to 17. Nuggets falling into a substantial hole on the road in game seven. Shay second rolls in Alexander 16. Dove has 17. They account for 36 of Oklahoma City 64 points. OKC has the ball and an 18-point lead on the Gordon flagrant foul penalty one with 11-10 left in the third quarter. Now they’re saying that that challenge was unsuccessful. Although there was approximate foul called on Sheay. The challenge was on the flagrant foul nature of the play. So the Nuggets have no challenges left. SGA, Caruso, Dort, Dub, and Homegrren for the Thunder as Scott Foster will give SGA the ball near sideline front court down to my right. Thunder shoot the basketball to my right this second half. Dub between the rings has it. Gordon on him. Nuggets are manto man right now it looks like as they’ll blast left. Jump stops fade 12 foot jump on the way. Nothing but net by 20. 6646. 1057 left in game seven’s third quarter. Double with 19. He’s made nine of 13 shots. Gordon top of the key. Ke Joic at the foul line. Handing behind the Murray for an angle left three. That’s up. No good. Long rebound. Shay tips it. Gordon gobbles it up between the rings to Joic. Tend to shoot and tangled with Dorton. Luke called for grabbing the arm of Joic, but Joic pulled that typical like hooking the arm and holding it as he always does. Well, they may have gotten the right call there. Thunder on a 245 run to lead 66-46. Dorne administered his third foul. 14 to shoot. Side out Denver. Ball comes corner right Porter. Catches your three up. No good. High for the rebound. Homer his eighth. Thunder in command right now. Up 20 in game seven. A minute 30 in the third. Shay back of a Caruso pick facing the zone. Steps backfires. Angle right three-pointer online. Catching a Thunder money ball. SDA with the tray. The lead is 23. 6946. The run is 27 to 5. Timeout Denver. They’ve yet to score in the third quarter. How about this? 10:22 left in the third. They’re loving every minute of game seven thus far on this Sunday afternoon at Paycom Center. We’ll take time. This is Thunder Basketball. [Music] Don’t miss out on OKC’s hottest entertainment at the Showplace Theater with acts like Boys to Men, April 18th. America, April 26th, Patty Leel, May [Music] 2nd, and Scotty McCreary, May 10th. Riverwind is OKC’s favorite casino experience. Attention teachers. 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But Oklahoma City now in dominant mode, limiting Denver to five makes in its last 30 shots and 35% shooting in the game, taking the ball away twice in the quarter, 14 times overall for 16 points. They’ve made 50% of their shots now after a woolful shooting start and have outscored the Nuggets 44-20 in the paint on a 275 run the last 448. What was a 4241 Thunder lead with 310 to play in the second has become a 6946 OKC advantage. Gear up and get loud for your Thunder with the latest playoffs thread at official Thunderhop or online at okc thunder.com/shop. 23-point [Applause] game becoming a celebration in downtown OKC right now at Paycom Center. The applause welcome the Thunder back on the floor. They’ll guard against Brown, Gordon, Murray, Joic, and Porter. Devon Murray two of eight shooting four points in game seven. Gives in the back court to Gordon. Gordon navigates gingerely across the timeline with that hamstring strain. Dub on him. Teachic at the foul line, holding on Caruso, sweeps in front of him, double, throws in the corner intended for a Porter. Ball deflected out of bounds by SDA. Joic has three turnovers in this game versus three assists. This is more like the games that preceded game five where he sort of stabilized himself. Thunder been all over him in this one. 10 to shoot. Gordon will inbound far sideline in the corner. His team down 23. 2 minutes into the third. Gordon looking and holding lobbing to Joic. Catching doubles, whips it in the land to Porter right at the rim for the layup. That was a poorly defended sequence by the Thunder. Michael Porter Jr. has four points. Jokic now four assists. Dort crossing the timeline against Murray. Denver in a two-3 matchup zone. Dove comes to it at the Thunder Logan. Angles left on the dribble on the swipe down by Brown. 12 to shoot near midc court to Caruso on the dribble. We seven to shoot. Angling right as Brown knocks Peruso down setting a back pick. Christian Brown has his third. And don’t tell me about experience and youth versus veterans. The Nuggets are coming apart at the seams right now. There was no need for that foul by Brown. The Thunder were in a bad way. Five on the shot clock, 32 from the bucket, but he just slammed Caruso setting a back pick down to the floor for his third personal. That’s Denver’s second team foul in the quarter. 946 left. OKC 69 Denver 48. Caruso pass fakes, gets it into Shay on the left flank. Shay scans, steps back on the wing. Eight to shoot. Sizing up Murray. Whips at the foul line to Homer. Bounce passing back door to Caruso for the right hand layup. Oh, and a setup by Chad. His first assist. That was beautifully done as Caruso cuts the baseline in the back door for 6 and seven points. 7148 Thunder Gordon out front lobster top of the key down the lane. Brown to the rim dunks. Another poorly defended sequence in the lane by the Thunder. Two in a row. 7150. Brown with 14. Shay on the right wing draws a double. Hits Carisso up top. Alex drives the paint. Kicks baseline to door. Pump fake Joic. crumpled by Yokic who set a mean intented foul on that play. Nola never even challenged the shot. He just hammered Dort around the top of the body. It’s Yokic’s second. Dort to the free throw line shaking off the effects with his right hand. That’s a tremor when Joic hits you. Lou has five points, four rebounds, two assists in game seven. Had 30 the last time he played in game seven. 2020 in the bubble against Houston. A two-point loss by the Thunder on that occasion. First foul shot tumble short. Jordan also has two steals in this game. Two of the Thunder’s nine total from the line. It’s not been pretty in this one. Five of eight for the Thunder. Denver 12 of 16. 9007 still left in the third. There is a whole lot of time left in game seven. Thunder up 21 right now. Dort bends his knees, eyes the rim, dips, shoots, and swishes. He got one of two. 9:07 left third quarter. OKC wants to stay stout defensively up 22 after being down by 11 earlier. Brown working right wing. Joic wants it. Has it off the right elbow. Caruso on him behind him giving to Murray for a catch and shoot straightaway three. That’s good. Another poorly defended Thunder sequence. Murray has his first three of the game. Has seven points. 7253. Three straight buckets for Denver. Shay dancing and dashing right. Draws two. Sets up Dub for three straight away. It’s online but short. Homer tip the rebound. Gordon has it. Aaron across the timeline up the right sideline. Swiped out by Caruso. Fouled by Caruso who picks up his third as Gordon again swipes at Caruso after a reach in throw him out. That’s unnecessary in this game. 19 to shoot. Thunder with two team fouls. Isaiah Hardenstein will check in. 834 left. Third quarter. It’s a critical juncture of this game. I mentioned Denver’s dominance in the third quarter in the last four in this series and they’ve gotten some traction offensively in their last three possessions. Caruso out. Hardenstein now will guard Joic looking to wear him down. Nicole 17 points, seven rebounds and six assists in game seven. Brown will inbound far sideline. His team down 19. Wallace is on to guard Brown as Gordon handles up the right side. Giving between the ranks of Joic angling left on the dribble gets a Murray pick. swoops right, kicks right corner. Porter to the baseline away from Wallace drives into Shay, sees it, left wing to Murray. Catch and shoot. Rainbow is up. Short leaping rebound. Hartinstein stripped the ball by Brown. A lot of contact, no whistle. And now they call a foul on either Joic or Brown, but collapsing on Hartinstein. 8:17 left in the third. Christian Brown has four fouls. Those have come in 25game minutes. That’s the Nuggets 14th foul. They’re over the foul limit with the next whistle. 8:17 left in the third. Trending in the Thunder’s favor up 19. 7253. Shay rightwing to Dub against the zone. Back up top. Shay swooping into the paint. Kicks to Dub. Sets up an angle right three-pointer that’s wolffully short and air ball. Dork saves the ball near midcourt, but Porter has it. One-on-one on Wallace. Barreling down the lane side steps him and dunks. Wallace never contested the play. 7255 Denver from 23 down to within 17 on a 9-3 burst. Shay angle right kicks the dump. open again. Won’t shoot down the lane. Slips the pass target for the layup that he hits. JD an excellent send off inside to his big man. Has four assists now. Iard eight points. 7455 Thunder. Jokicus left wing doubled. Skips the ball to Murray between the rings. Murray angling left on the dribble. Freeze on the flank. Unguarded. Fires a three to 12 short but Brown has a loose ball. Back to Murray driving on Wallace down the lane. Unguarded. Lays it up with a right hand and scores it. The middle opens wide again for the Nuggets. OKC has not been as intense defensively since building the big lead. It’s 7457. Shay weeds his way down the lane. Lays its up left-handed. No good. Loose ball tipped in the lane. Gordon has it. Aaron bucking back left wing guarded by Wallace. Gordon backing down. Draws a double. Lobs in the lane to get knocked away by Dub. Claimed by Shay. Two on Dub. Frell into the rim. Lays it up. Left-handed lays it in. Climbing Murray in transition. That’s the Thunder 16th takeaway for 18 points. It’s 7657. SJ with 21 points in 27 minutes in game seven. 645 left in the third. Love the ball to begin the fourth. Jokic top of the key. Kicks to Porter for a straightaway three unguarded. That’s in and out. No good. Dub has the miss. His second rebound. Jaylen Long leads Wallace to the rim on Joic. Dumps with a left hand. Tasting Wallace posterizing the big man. Timeout Nuggets. Oh, an exclamation point. Elevation posterization by Kase Wallace fearlessly attacking Nola. He scaled the big mountain from Serbia and has Oklahoma City up 7857. That was spectacular. 631 left. Third quarter, game seven. Wallace bumping the left hand sendown over Joic. Oh my. This is Thunder basketball. Postseason dunks, threes, buzzer beaters. There’s so much NBA happening, I got to keep up. Wo, take it easy there. There’s a better way to NBA all playoffs long. Wait, really? With the NBA app, you get real time stats and scores for every playoff matchup. Witness playoff drama as it unfolds. Seriously? Catch every bucket all in one place, all for free. Where have you been all my life? There’s a better way to NBA. Download the app today. Available on the Google Play, Apple, and Android stores. They’ll stay on the sidelines this postseason. Join Paris Austin and a Gallo on the official Thunder Basketball Universe podcast presented by Summer Moon Coffee for exclusive coverage of your favorite team. Get free access wherever you get your podcast and be sure to subscribe so you never miss a beat. Well, the six man has been more vocal than I remember. It’s always outstanding and in this game just helping the Thunder surge a dominant game seven performance. They made seven of 11 third quarter. Shouts out scoring Denver thanks to 50.6% field goal shooting. 7857 as Murray off the timeout. Angles on the perimeter feeds top Westbrook. Russell off the bench challenging Wiggins crosses an override to left. No matter the back door to Brown plays it up. Blocked by Wiggins, but Aaron Wiggins fouls as Westbrook finds a passing angle to Brown, slipping in the back door. Christian Brown has 14 points, attempting his first two free throws of this game. He’s made 13 of 14 foul shots in this series, 70%. Back to the Clippers. Round one sevengame grind. His first free throw here. Tumble short. No good. The broadcaster Jinx in effect. Thank you very much. 616 left. Third quarter. Thunder by 21. 7857. Strong response at home from this young Thunder team after falling behind 21-10 to begin this game. Brown with a second. Arcs it takes that one. He’s got 15. Joic 17. Nobody else in double figures for Denver. Thunder pace by Sha’s 21. Dub has 19. 20-point game. Midway through the third. Dub left corner to Wallace. Fires a three over Murray. Not a good top, but he banks it in from the corner. How’d he do that? Kase Wallace in the role of Houdini. Awkward angle. A bank shot from the corner. Wow. 6858. Uh 60 8158 as Murray missed the three left wing. Long rebound tumbled to Brown. Right corner. Gordon. He wants three. It’s up and short. Outside of rebound chased down by Wiggins. Thunder made seven threes now as Wallace has five in succession. Dub up top. Works the angle left. Barrels right on Murray down the lane. Lays it up across his body. Rolls off. Jokic has the miss shot. Long leading Brown. One-on-one on Shay to the rim. Lays it up on the run and lays it in. He led the league in fast break points to get its first two in transition in this game. It’s 8160 Thunder. 525 left in the third. SJ guarded by West slashing left. Bounce pass low to Wallace in the lane. Hart pushed out from five. Good. Excellent setup. Thunder’s 21st assist. Case Wallace doing it all since entering seven points and his third assist there. 8360 Thunder. Hurry drives right. kicks in the corner to Westbrook. Fires a three on Doug. It’s in there. Russell Westbrook’s made two threes in game seven. Has six points. Well, Denver is finding some traction offensively. They can’t stop the Thunder right now. OKC outscoring them. 2317 in the third. 450 left. Nuggets will have the ball to begin the fourth. They won the game’s opening. Tiff Shay splits a double. Reached in on a foul by Westbrook. gets to the foul line as the top of that zone was compromised by a Wallace screen on Westbrook and Russell Lun committing his second foul SJ to the free throw line where he’s five of six. Shay has logged in this game 29 minutes. An opportunity to move on to the Western Finals for the first time since 2016. Shay strokes the first. It rolls around good. 8463 Thunder. OKC led by 14 at halftime. They’ve since pushed it out to as much the 23-point lead. Aaron Gordon sits down with 11 rebounds, eight points, and 24 gutty minutes. Playing through a hamstring strain. Julian Strather replaces him for Denver. Chase second is perfect. He’s got 23 a game high. OKC by 22. 8563. 446 shows in the third. Murray on the handle. Bounce feeds to Joic. Straightaway on Hartinstein. Bodied by Isaiah. Joic plowing left. Jump stop. spins to the middle, kicks in the right corner. Westbrook open again for three. Lost it. Leaves it short. Rebound run down by Dub to the middle in transition. Blows by Joic. Kicks to Wiggins. Angle right three by Aaron is up in short. Dub back tapped to Shay running it down left flank. He lost a long hashmark three that tumbles short. That wasn’t a good shot, but Wiggins is on a loose ball. Pissing back to Shay on the flank. 10 to shoot. Shay behind a dub pick. Sizing up Strader. Angles right gives on the baseline to Hartenstein. gets it back. Double three to shoot. Chase spins and fades. A 21 ft jumper on the way. No good. Long rebound. Tumbles out to Brown. Christian wants to run. Threeon two. Sideesteps a defender. Lays it up on Wiggins errantly, but he’s fouled on route. 8563. Thunder ground back to the free throw line with 356 to play. One of the consistencies about this game has been the Nuggets ability to get to the foul line on the Thunder. Numbers 19 and 20 coming up in attempts. OKC is the aggressor has been to the line 11 times. Ground one of two at the stripe. Give him two of three as he makes the first. He has 18 points on the heels of a career playoff high 23 in game six Thursday in Denver. Well, an elimination or advancement game for both here and the Thunder up 21 right now as Homegrren is back in Thunder going to a rotation of eight in game seven thus far. He joins Wallace, Caruso, Dub, and Wiggins as Shay takes a seat. Ground second is on the way. Good. 20-point game. Nuggets show fullcourt pressure. Strower is on Wallace who looks to activate the attack for the Thunder. Mark Day calls the play off the bench. Kase gives it up high post left to Holmes. Jet on the dribble weave to Delta 12 to shoot. Holding beyond the arc. steps. West Pan on it slashing and kick left corner to Wallace catch two threes on the way short outside rebound. Jokic fights for it and gets it. Tipping it to Strower. Thunder from three. Not pretty. Seven of 28. Westport front court. Gives it to Murray on the wing. Dancing on Dove. Retreats. Shot clock at 12 with 320 left in the third. Bell over Murray. Murray gets a Jokic pick. Lobs to Nicole at the foul line. Stripped the ball by Wallace. Kase breaks out with Caruso. Down the lane. Alice to the rim. Lays it up and lays it in. Wallace is stripping setup. 16 Thunder takeaways for 20 points in game seven. 8765 Thunder staying relentless with their attack defense. 305 left in the third. Murray barrels right, pulls up, fades. 18 foot jumper is good. Tough shot. Jamal Murray trying to make his way into game. Seven, has 11 now. Seven of those in the quarter. He’s made five shots in 14 tries. 20-point contest. Wallace reg faking corner right. Wallace sets his feet, squares his shoulders, misses the three. Hogan has the miss, lays it up, can’t convert, but he’s foul going up by Jamal Murray. There is no doubt Oklahoma City’s depth and youth has worn this Nugget team down. Forget about the extra day of rest. I thought that was overexaggerated anyway between games six and seven. This as a early start time with travel I don’t think put set Denver up for much success in this game. Arg with two free throws eyes the rim and knocks down the first. Chat’s got nine with nine boards, a block and an assist. Hardenstein 10 points now with six rebounds. Dub with 19, SGA 23. Thunder at 49% shooting in this game to 41 for the Nuggets. And OKC’s gotten up 18 more shots in Denver. Jet strokes the second. It’s pure and OKC leads it 8967 with 242 left in the third quarter. Payton Watson is in inbounding to Murray. Joic, Westbrook, and Strower out there as well as Murray works up the right sideline against Wallace. Both eyes out of fouls. Jamal settles in top of the ghee. Now retreats against Case Wallace. 10 to shoot. Angling right back of the watch kick. Hooks it to Peyton. He’s open. Left side angle. Three-pointer is going to be Wolf. The short long rebound. Fumbles out. Wallace has it. Ahead to Dub. Kicks ahead to Kuso with a right hand. Sledgehammer. That was nice. OKC 91 Denver 67. The Thunder lead balloons to an afternoon high 24 points. 210 left in the third. Caruso now with 11. The side angle. Strower once he gets done, leaves it short. Rebound stumbles out to Watson, leaning in right baseline, blows a layup. Homeer tips a rebound. Strow on in the lane, floats a runner. A brick from 12. Wiggins clears. Aaron Wiggins lets traffic fly by. Get hits up the right side to Wallace lobbing to Hunger. Bad pass sails out of bounds as Chad and Kase slap fives. Their signals were not straight there for Nicole Yokic. Looks like he’s about ready to take a nap. 150 left. Third quarter. Oklahoma City 91, Denver 67. Thunder have 20 fast break points in this game to nine for the Nuggets. A 13-9 second chance point today is at a 5830. Thumping inside, they’ve converted 20 points off of 16 takeaways and given up only two points off of five turnovers. Westbrook left wing shovels foul line guarded by Caruso. Bangs backing down. Jump passes low to Watson who fumbles. Gets it back. Pinned sails it out front to Straer. Five to shoot. driving on Wallace across the lane floats a runner that’s on the way good from 12. Tough shot. Julian Stout’s first bucket of game seven comes with 126 left in the third and pulls Demo within 22 and 9169. Gildas Alexander on the handle has Mark Dagnel calling the play off the bench but Chan is OKC inside Paycom center. Wallace screens high right gets it kicks in the corner. Wiggins he wants three. It’s online. Give it to him under money ball. OKC 94 Denver 69 pouring it on up 25 a minute left third quarter Westbrook on the handle up top sliding right shelf passing in traffic throws it away shovels to Shay out in front Wiggins to the rim lays it up no good homegrren on the foul had blocked by Westbrook but Russell Westbrook called for foul and it’s all over Josh Tibon they get attacked 51 seconds left third quarter there’s the frustration bleeding over for the Nuggets again it’s Westbrook’s third foul Chad at home a good job staying with that play. Thunder at numbers. Chat now has another double double. 10 points, 10 rebounds. It’s his sixth double double on this playoff run for the Thunder. This is game number 11. Six double doubles in 11 games for Cadet. 9469 Thunder. 51 seconds left to play in the third quarter as they’ve outscored Denver by 11 in the frame after leading by 14 at halftime. Chad’s first free throw is up and good. Home good under 11 and 14 from the line. out assisting Denver 24-15 in game seven. A dominant overall effort. Thunder reserves outscoring Denver subs 26-8. Caruso gets a high five from Mark Dagel and a standing ovation from Miss Capacity. Game seven crowd at Paycom as he checks out. Alex has 11 points in the game and has done yman work on Yic. Chad’s second free throw perfect. OKC on a 9-2 burst to lead 9669. 45 seconds left in game seven. Jokic top of the key behind the back trip dribble. Hartinstein on driving right draws a double. Kicks to Murray for an open angle left three corner up. No good. Long rebound run down by Hartinstein. Giving in the back court to Shay driving by Stra out to stutter step into the paint. Elevates fire. Jumper on the way rolls off. Murray clears with 25 seconds left. Third quarter. A difference of four games to shot clock. Last shot time for the night. They were down 27. Thunderbed by 13 in the third at the clocking him by 19 in the second. Murray drives by Wallace. Pass leads right corner. Strower right wing quarter. 10th away from traffic. Sets up Yic for a three ball straightaway. That’s up and good. Nico Yic makes his first three of game seven. Has 20 points. It’s 9672. 11 seconds left in the third. Wallace crossed the timeline speedily with 7 seconds. Starting by Murray down the lane bursting comes to the rim. Scoop blocked by Murray out of bounds with 1.9 seconds left in the third quarter. Nicole Yokic said something really interesting in his postgame comments after game six Thursday saying, “I hope it’s close in game seven.” I thought that was pretty telling. I think he kind of anticipated the barrage that the Nuggets have been administered by this young Thunder team. 1.9 left in the quarter. A timeout called that will take. Thunder want to get up one more final salvo in the third quarter, leading 9672. We’ll be back. This is Thunder Basketball. Postseason dunks, threes, buzzer beers. There’s so much NBA happening. I got to keep up. Whoa, take it easy there. There’s a better way to NBA all playoffs long. Wait, really? With the NBA app, you get real time stats and scores for every playoff matchup. Witness playoff drama as it unfolds. Seriously? Catch every bucket all in one place, all for free. Where have you been all my life? There’s a better way to NBA. Download the app today. Available on the Google Play, Apple, and Android stores. one of the dominant elements in this series for the Thunder and they came in with this as their number one priority that was to shut Denver’s fast break attack down. Uh the Nuggets led the league in fast break ties at over 20 a game during the regular season. They had been held to 10 a game the first six by the Thunder who were tallying 19 per. In this game it’s Oklahoma City 20 Denver 9. And a lot of that is fueled by defense. Thunder forced 17 turnovers against the Nuggets in game seven and they’ve transitioned those into 22 points. It’s allowed them to get up 16 more shots to the Nuggets and hold a 24-point lead with 1.9 left in the third. Caruso into inbound underneath the Thunderbucket to left has Wiggins, Homegrren, Dub, and Shay on the floor with him. Nuggets out of fouls as as Caruso’s given the ball. Lobs to Homegrren angle right on for you driving left. in and is fouled doing so before double zeros and the red light illuminates around the board. So Homer shows off those guard ball handling skills again barreling between defenders right to left across the paint earns free throws but time still left on the clock. [Music] Scott Foster is going to make certain of that but with the naked eye it absolutely appeared so drove left on Porter who hammered him across the arm with 3/10en of a second left on the clock. So this assuredly will bring free throws for Jet Homegrren. Jets risen in game seven after viewing their foul at point4. They’ll shoot two. Jets got 12 points, 10 rebounds in this game. He’s also blocked the shot and has a steal. Young Thunder responding to their first ever experience of the game seven. Sans Lou and SGA and Isaiah Hardenstein. All of them have experienced a game seven prior. Although for SGA and Dort that was in the bubble in a neutral surrounding against Houston in 2020. Hardenstein had the wrong end of a game seven in New York last year against Indiana with the Knicks. Chat with his first lobs it and rolls out. Was halfway down the cylinder and popped out. Thunder from the liner now 12 of 16 under 80%. Caruso out. Lou Dord in to defend the final 4/10 of a second in the third. Oklahoma City 96 Denver 72. Thunder won game two by 43 and they’ve been up substantially in this game since they took it over late in the second. Chad second looks good and is 9772. Porter to inbound against fullourt pressure does to Watson who can’t get a shot off cuz Aaron Wiggins won’t let it. OKC came from five down after one after trailing by 11 earlier to lead by 14 at the break and they’ve expanded that to a rousing 9772 advantage over the Nuggets bidding for their first Western Conference Finals appearance since 2016 and they are 12 minutes away right now. SJ with 11 of his 23 in that third as OKC dominates a second straight quarter in this game seven 3726 over the Nuggets. This is Thunder Basketball. Postseason dunks, threes, buzzer beaters. There’s so much NBA happening. I got to keep up. Take it easy there. There’s a better way to NBA all playoffs long. Wait, really? With the NBA app, you get real-time stats and scores for every playoff matchup. Witness playoff drama as it unfolds. But seriously, catch every bucket all in one place, all for free. Where have you been all my life? There’s a better way to NBA. Download the app today. Available on the Google Play, Apple App, and Android stores. What if you could make your energy dollars go further this summer? Switch to OG& Smart Hours and pay nearly half price for electricity for 19 hours every weekday and all weekend long. So go ahead, bake an extra batch, stream another episode, and make your evenings cooler. 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Oklahoma City coasting right now up 9772 on the Nuggets. It has been a dominant performance since midway point in the second quarter for OKC. They lead by 25 going to the fourth. Stay up to date with all things playoffs with text alerts straight to your phone. You’ll get game day updates, exclusive giveaways, and everything else you need to know to Thunder up for the postseason. Text playoffs to 405877-5558 to join now. hang on here and win game seven. They’ll open their Western Conference Finals Clash with Minnesota Tuesday night at 7:30. A limited number of tickets go on sale for the Western Conference Finals tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. at okc thunder.com/tick. Thunder defend to begin the fourth. A dominant performance. Made only 10 of their first 26 shots, but since it made 52.8%, dominating Denver inside 5832. going on the break. 20 to9. The lead by 25. It’s Murray. Joic, Brown, Westbrook, and Porter for the Knuckles. Denver ball. Murray gets a Joic pick. Swoops right behind it. Bounces to Yokic. Gives it up left corner to Brown. Open for three. Fires and misses badly. Westbrook tips a rebound and then loses it out of bounds as Dub collapsed on him. It’s Thunderball. SGA, Jay Dub, Chad Holgren, Alex Caruso, and Kase Wallace are the five for the Thunder. I’m not sure the Thunder shouldn’t challenge this as the trail official Josh Tivven overruled the out- of- bounds possession call and Mark Dagnel says, “You know what? I’m challenging that.” That clearly was off of Russell Westbrook’s right hand. 1141 left in the fourth. Yeah, that’s off of Westbrook’s hands. He was swiped at by Dub. I don’t think Dub ever hit the ball. And if he did, Westbrook hit it last. I’m almost certain. Here’s Scott Foster. I know it’s been called John Williams on the fourth. 11:41 to play. We’ll take time. OKC up comfortably 9772 at the moment in game seven, fighting to advance to the Western Finals. This is Thunder Basketball. 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Thunder holding Denver to 39% field goal shooting in this one. 20% on threes as they’ve dominated this game since really the latter stages of the second quarter to where we are right now. It’s 9772 Thunder in a game that’s featured only one lead change, four ties. Thunder’s first lead of this one came early in the second quarter 2726 with 1058 left to play in that frame and they’ve not looked back. Jason Wallace, Alex Caruso, SGA, Jay Dub, and Chad Homegrren out there for the Thunder. Dub with a big bounce back. Seven assists, four rebounds, 19 points, nine of 16 shooting as he struggled to score in Denver on Thursday. Not the case in game seven at home this afternoon. Dub comes to the wall out front, swooping left, finds two defenders on the left wing. Bounce passes low to home. Pinned by Joic. Sails it left corner at 10 for Wallace. Stolen by Murray. Well defended sequence by the Nuggets. Westbrook left baseline. Jump pass inside of Yoga out of his hands out of bounds. That’ll be another Denver turnover. The 18th of the game as Russell Westbrook has struggled in his time in game seven. Minus 27 in the raw plus minus committing his fourth turnover. Gilander walks it across the timeline on the handle. Caruso screens the angles right. Stutter steps into the paint. Navigates. Pallet going up. Banks home a 10-footer and Brown gives him a bang for his bucket. Oh baby. SCA says it’s my house and this is our game. 11:07 left. He’s got 25 to a 27-point lead at 9972. Really impressed with how he allowed the game to come to him. Really didn’t force much of anything in this one. He’s nailed eight of 15 shots. It’s two of three on threes and seven of eight from the foul line as Brown has five fouls. Shay snaps off the free throw and knocks that down. Thunder 100 the Nuggets 72 early fourth quarter in game seven. A resounding response to the game six 12-point loss in Denver by Oklahoma City. Murray gives it left corner to Brown. Pump faking driving right to left. Denied penetration by Caruso. Sends it near midcourt to Murray with seven to shoot. Pounded by Wallops. Spinning top of the key down the lane with five. Kicks it right corner to Westbrook. Catch shoot Rainbow three up. No good. Holiness’s 11th rebound offside. Denver is now seven of 35 on three. Thunder defense stealth in game seven. Shay dances right base on elevates fire. fade away. 60 ft jumper rattles in. SGA says maybe finishing touches or is it too premature for that? 10272 Thunder by 30. Russ down the lane right in reverse and blows a layup on Dub who corrals the missing SGA. Camel Dub to the rim glides inside blows the layup and he’s fouled on route by Michael Porter Jr. and gets to the free throw line with 1019 left. The Nuggets are done folks. They have raised the white flag. They have stopped competing in game seven. That time Dub was undeterred. Joic could have come over and challenged him and chose not to. So Jaylen Williams hunched over, grabbing the bottom of his shorts. Excellent game seven effort with 19 points. Dub rocks into the free throw with 1019 to play. Arts it and buries it. Dub in this playoff run sits 18th among all playoff scorers at 19.5 and has had a big game seven response. He had 32 in game four of this series in Denver. His second stroke is up and it’s pure and the Thunder from the line are now 16 of 20 responding to the challenge administered by the champions of just two years ago incredibly impressively. 10472 in game seven. Murray out front, jumped at by Shay reversing field navigating left. Caruso all over down the lane. Lays it up on the run left-handed. Lays it home. Tough move. Murray limited to 13 points in game seven on five of check out six of 16 shooting. Thunder by 30. Two minutes into the fourth. Del Westport’s fullourt pressure. Swiped out. Draws a double. Kicks right wing to Wallace fighting home open. Left side angle three-pointer short. Jet yet to make a three in this game. 03. Joic has his ninth rebound. Coming front court stripped by Caruso. Alice in the open court. Brown won’t challenge as he wraps up. No one need to save for the n under 106. The Nugget 74. Timeout Denver game seven nearing its conclusion. 936 to play. They rise as one at Paycom Center. OKC is 9 minutes and 36 game seconds away from moving on to the Western Finals. Mighty impressively a 32-point edge at the moment. This is Thunder Basketball. Welcome to the NBA playoffs. The moment we’ve all been waiting for is here. The fans now on the edge of their seats. It’s time to stay locked in to every single moment because you never know when history will be made. When it’s win or go home, every moment matters. So don’t miss a thing. NBA playoffs presented by Google continues on ABC, ESPN, and TNT. With just seconds on the clock, huh? Chomping at the bit here, Frank. I’m telling you, this is a moment in basketball history to really relish in. 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They’ve taken the ball away 19 times for 27 points and lead by 32 with 936 to play. This is as much a coronation of the top seed as anything else in advancing to the Western Conference Finals as the Nuggets have pulled the plug. They brought on Zeke Naji, Julian Strower, Hunter Tyson, Payton Watson, and Jaylen Picket. So Denver season is over borrowing a miraculous comeback by their second teamers and staying with Dub Homegrren SGA Alex Caruso and Case Wallace assuming nothing. Nicole Joic held to 20 points in game seven in 37 minutes only five of nine shooting. That’s the work done by the Thunder defense. Also had nine rebounds and seven assists. Pickicket backing Wallace top of the key. Thought left to Payton Watson on the dribble weave holding tonight. A handoff by Dub to Strower. Seven to shoot. Straddler now between the rings to pick it. Four to shoot. Jumped at by Caruso. Three to shoot. Right wing to Hunter. One to shoot. Spinning into a double team. Won’t get a shot up. And the shot clock violation. That’s the 20th Denver turnover of game seven. It has been an absolute feeding frenzy by the Thunder. Riled up defense after falling behind 21-10 in this game as they’ve methodically dominated game seven. Up 32. 9 minutes left. Dub works top of the key. Now the angle right bucking bas on on Hunter hooks the ball left corner to homeren pump faking drives on Stra finds Shay slot left six to shoot jab stepping Zeke Naji pump fakes barrels and pulls up 13t stroke left in the paint nothing but net Gildness outander’s got 32 and making it look easy in game seven 10874 picket right wing drives into the corner where homegrren awaits him the point guard dashes across the lane no maneuverability on the perimeter Strower to the base on Caruso left to right across the lane. Leans in scoops and scores. Strower a big 15-point effort in game six. Has been limited to four in game seven. He’s two of five shooting. 20876. 820 left. Hunter going to empty their bench here in a moment as Gildas Alexander is given space by Payton Watson in no hurry with 10 to shoot. 40 ft from the bucket. Gets a cruel pick. Drives and kicks left wing to Dub. He wants three. It’s online. Give it to him. Chaching a Thunder money ball. And those are finishing touches, baby. Thunder get 24 from Dub. Shay now has four assists and they lead at 11176 as Shay steals the ball from Pton Watson. His second steal to go with a block. Gildness Alexander stutter steps works top of the key on the dribble. 750 to play. Fires a three straightaway. It’s online tumbling in there to a thunder money ball. SCA’s got 35 and the winner of a game seven win. A476 740 left. Timeout thunders. [Applause] Listen. Absolute pandemonium at PCOM center. The Thunder leaving no doubt in game seven. Jay exit the 35. Del with 24. Homegr with a double double of 13 points, 11 rebounds. Hartinstein with 10 and Dort with six. Entering are AJ Mitchell, Kenriz Williams, Jay Will, Isaiah Joe, and Aaron Wiggins. Rightwing three lofted by Pickicket’s no good in the lane. Hunter Tyson grabs the miss shot and he’s reached in and fouled by either AJ Mitchell or Isaiah Joe. 174 Thunder Burst where they have taken nothing for granted in game seven. And as Mark Dagnol said before the game, you got to go out and you got to take a game seven. OKC has done that in extraordinary resounding fashion. up 11476. 727 to play. Down the lane, Barrows Watson blasts into Isaiah Joe. Joe’s call for a blocking foul as Watson proceeds to the bucket. Did he make the layup or miss it? Apparently, he missed it. It remains 11476. This game becoming a bit like game two here. Won by the Thunder 149 to 106. Thunder becoming the only team in modern history to twice beat an opponent. They were both at home by more than 40 points in this playoff run, knocking off Memphis in game one of the first round by 51, 13180 and then Denver in game two of this best of seven after falling in game one by two by 43. Watson hits both free throws. It’s 11478. 720 left. Aaron Wiggins has played key moments off the bench with eight points, three boards, three assists. High post right entering to Jay Will handing behind to Joe. Isaiah squirrels for the right wing. Sice’s left arm. Dee Naji gives it up left wing to Wiggins. He wants for you. It’s online but short as Joanne Strowler digs out the miss. Seven minutes left. Jayen Picket into the paint. Contain sets up Naji for a right wing three-pointer. That’s up. No good. Jay Will has the offside rebound. Gives in the back court to rookie AJ Mitchell. Mitchell playing his third playoff game. Dashes left. Pulls up. Can’t shoot on Naji. Swings the ball top and to Jay Will. Right wing Kenri Williams angling right. Croach three. That’s online but short. not shot the three well in game seven just 10 of 35 but Denver 7 of 37 both under 30% freeze left baseline for a dash to the bucket that he scores it’s 11480 6 and 12 remaining in game seven and nobody’s left everybody’s here basking in the celebration of a game seven win and advancement by the Thunder to Western Finals Aaron Wiggins on the handle out front 10 seconds on the shot clock jump passing to Joe bad pass but Isaiah runs it down before going over and back right wing to Jay Will 3 kicks to Joe. Palm faking. Free fire does. It’s a three straight away. Got it. Tinga Thunder money ball. Zay’s stroke pure 11780. Thunder. 6 minutes left. Pick it across the timeline. Oklahoma City up 37. Jaylen left wing. Snakes to the baseline. Draws two. Sails it out front to Hunter Tyson. Barreling right on Joe. Eight to shoot. He does a pull up 16 ft jumper that he hits. 11782 with 540 remaining. Mark Dagnel still calling plays off the bench. It’s the Thunderway. Maximize every moment. OKC’s done that in this game seven. What a response after falling behind. 21-10 to start this game. Mitchell top of the key flashing left on the run. Floated up and in from 7 ft away. Went to a strong hand to left. Had a 10-point game earlier this series in game two. Locking home his first bucket of game seven. 119 82. Thunder at 51% shooting. Denver 40%. Trout out front to pick it wedging right back of the Naji. Pick three. Jay Will as he steps back and launches a rainbow three-pointer. No good angle right ball tipped in the air. Claimed by Mitchell under minus three on the backboard, but a dominant overall effort overall. Mitchell right baseline. Draws two spins. Kicks out of a double Joe and on a pass out. Reached in on a foul by either Strower or Naji with 5 minutes left in game seven. 11982 Thunder. And this squad on the brink of accomplishing something not done in Thunder recent history and that is get to a Western Finals. Last time was 2016. Mitchell spinning on Strowler. Can’t free throws it over and back. Isaiah Joe will run it down in the back court. An unforced turnover there becoming the Thunder Seventh of game seven. That’s extraordinary. Facing a Denver team laden with veterans. a champion two seasons back with the momentum of a game six 12-point win at home Thursday. It’s been no factor in game seven. Up top, Zeke Naji angles right on the dribble. Gives behind him to Strather. Julian drives and kicks it inside. A lob knocked away. Stolen by Joe. One-on-one on Hunter Tyson. Driving down the lane is stripped on a reachin foul by Tyson. That’ll bring free throws for Isaiah Joe as the Nuggets incur their 14th foul with 441 to play. This game turned really in the second quarter after Alex Caruso came into the game late in the first. He I think you look at an X-factor in game seven. It was him. He came in began scrapping with Nicola Joic as Joe makes the foul shot with 120th Thunder point against 82 for the Nuggets and that really turned the tide. Alex’s effort, energy in a game in which the Thunder were struggling to generate a whole lot of traction completely turned it in the Thunder’s favor. They went on a 13- nothing. Joe steals the inbound after making both free throws. Left wing to Kendrick Wiggins who gets it back from Jay Will. Fires a left wing three of his own that’s online but short tumbling in the corner. Wiggins sains it out hustling the Nugget reserves. Joe up top. Jab steps. Strower on it. Kitch in the right corner to Mitchell. He wants three. throws it and sticks it to 10 Thunder money ball number 12 of game seven 12482 Thunder the lead 12-42 baseline right Watson spinning on Mitchell s tails it left wing to pickle strokes a three that’s online but long jabbed in the air Mitchell fights for it with Watson and a loose ball foul coming on the Thunder it’s on Jay Will the Thunder went on an extended 13- nothing push late first into the second and never looked back grabbed their first lead of this game with a little more than 10 minutes left in the second quarter at 27-26. Denver never recovered. OKC swarmed, attacked, brought intensity, tenacity, and just went out and grabbed game seven. Up 42 right now with 407 left. Gillan Jones is in getting minutes, sitting down Isaiah Joe. Pickicket top of the key, lobs it left baseline to Stra working on Dylan Jones barreling and lobbing inside to Watson. Bad pass off his hand, but tipped out of bounds by Dylan Jones with 2.6 Six left on the shot clock. Denver limited to 39% shooting in game seven. Their season will end as a 50 win four seed in the West. Pick it right corner to Strower. Catches shoot rainbow frogle 21 ft jumper. No good. Jay Will has it. Dishing to Jones. Strower behind the play right side. Kendrick Williams attacking down the lane. Lays it up. No good. But he’s fouled by Hunter Tyson on route. 346 to play. So the Young Thunder for the most part with the first ever game seven experience and had they ever maximized it. Minnesota awaits in the Western final. The two clubs split did the division rivals the season series 2-2 as Kenri Williams misses the first foul shot. Thunder won by eight at home on New Year’s Eve. Were beaten in Minnesota the game before the All-Star break, a game in which they never led. Lost by 15. knocked the Minnesota Timberwolves off on February 23rd in Minneapolis by seven and saw a 25-point lead go away in their final meeting with the Timberwolves the next night on the 24th of February, losing by three in overtime, led by 22 after three. Julius Randle played one of those four games against the Thunder. So, it’s going to be a different matchup than what we saw in the regular season between the two. Second free throw good by Kendrick Williams. It’s 12582. Right wing Crowder dancing. Can’t shake Dylan Jones sets up Pickicket up top. Pickicket jump pass and left corner to Naji. Catches your three on Jay Will. Way short. Kenri Williams has the rebound with 320 to play. Kitz cross the timeline. Picked up by Naji. Crosses him over twice. Navigates goes behind the back right of the paint. Spinning. Can’t free. Sets up Jay Will. Wide right near midc court to Dylan Jones with 10 to shoot. Behind the back dribbling shuttling left in the paint. Hump face gives it up left baseline to Jay Will. The ball knocked off of Jay Will’s hand by Julian Strower out of bounds. But a lot of maneuvering on dribbles there and the Thunder unable to get a shot up. 306 to play tonight’s OG or this afternoon’s OG power play of the game comes courtesy of Alex Caruso. Caruso got after Nicole Joic defensively and turned the tide in game seven. OG re-energized live. Caruso was spectacular in game seven. Naji out front fumbles the ball, gets it back, gives the pick it between the rings. He’s hounded by Ken Williams. Six to shoot. Angling right leans in launches. The angle right three-pointer is good. Now tonight’s eighth make in 41 tries and makes it 12585. Thunder on three occasions holding an opponent under 100 this playoff run. Dado applause cascades down to pay center. The celebration on 230 left. Mitchell drives and kicks left corner to Jay Will. That’s right across the lane on the dribble. Across his body lays it up. Blocked by Pton Watson. Jaylen Picket has it with 220 to play. Pickicket with the trailing travel down the lane to the rim goes lefty. Scoops can’t score. Dylan Jones clears. Thunder get it back with two minutes left. Leading 12585. A 40point route from game seven. Jones right wing banging on. Pick it into the paint. Spinning dribbles into traffic and coughs it up. Straddler the steel. That’s Thunder’s ninth turnover. Right corner. Hunter Tyson pulls up tops. The three ball won’t drop as Jang is in and grabs the miss inside the final two minutes. 12585 Thunder. Jang down the lane. Swim moves. Can’t breathe. Kicks left corner to Jay Will. Open. He throws the three-pointer to offside rebound. Pick it. Back come the Nuggets. Jaylen probes the middle. Hits ahead to Watson. Slicing down the lane. Pinned by Mitchell. Banks it. No good in traffic. Pike for the rebound and it rolls to the corner where Hunter Tyson has it. Lofting a three. That’s good. It’s 12588 with 131 left in game seven. The drama sucked out of this game by Dominance in the second, third, and early fourth from the Thunder. Serenating OKC to a game seven win is the crowd. 10 to shoot. Hey, goodbye Nuggets. A driving right hand layup by Kendrick Williams is off with 110 to play. Zeke Naji gets it back for Denver. Pickicket left wing pass fakes fires. It’s for three and it’s good making it 12591 with 106 left. Thunder have led by as many as 43. The advantage right now is 34 as Mitchell dribbles front court inside the final minute and loud city is full throat. Mitchell driving right jump stops puts it inside to Jay Will for an open three-footer and he babies and leaves short. 25 45 seconds left up the middle pick it left corner Watson closed out by Dylan Jones slices baseline lays it up and lays it in on the run. It’s 12593 with 37.9 to play. Thunder will hold their fourth opponent in 11 games under 100 on this playoff run and move forward from here. The Chan is OKC at Paycom Center. Everybody on their feet and it’s been a packed house to the gills in this one. Thunder will incur a shot clock violation. It’s down to 3 seconds on the shot clock with 15 seconds to play in game seven. And that horn sounds incurring the 10th turnover for the Thunder with 13.9 to play. 12593 picket across the timeline with 10 apparently will dribble it out. It is seventh heaven in Oklahoma City. The Young Thunder have persevered through the sniff challenge Denver has offered punching their ticket to the Western Conference Finals. Oklahoma City’s historic season continues as it readies for its first conference championship best of seven series against Minnesota upcoming since 2016. The Thunder leave no doubt in game seven. A route of the Nuggets ending Denver season with a resounding 12593 thumping. The Young Thunder, the top seed in the West, move on to the Western Finals, where they’ll ready themselves now for division rival Minnesota with game one of the best of seven series coming up on Tuesday night at 7:30. A reminder that a limited number of tickets for the Western Finals go on sale tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. at okcunder.com/tick. Thunder 125, Denver 93. OKC holds the high octane Nugget offense to 39% field goal shooting, 22% on threes, only 20 assists as OKC forces 23 turnovers for 37 points in game seven. Deon Murray and Shay Gilbert Alexander teammates on the national team in Canada, exchanging pleasant trees as they meet at midcourt as both sides are out congratulating the other onstanding series and season. Denver as a four seed persevered in seven games to advance [Music] through What’s up basketball fans? Thank you so much for hanging out with us this afternoon for your game seven. The Oklahoma City Thunder hosting the Denver Nuggets. They pulled it off in game six to force this one back in Oklahoma. Will the Thunder get it done tonight? We appreciate you hanging out with us as we prepare here at TSI for game seven Maple Leafs and Panthers later tonight. Make sure you stop by. We also have the Toronto Blue Jays on live right now as well. Well, it might not be compared to where we are in this game right now, but uh go Leafs go. Go Blue Jays go. I’m pulling for the Thunder. I want to see Oklahoma City get it done. Sorry, Nuggets fans. But while you’re here, please hit that like button. Hit that subscribe button if you’re new. Share this link out. And let’s have some fun keeping it classy in the chat while we make a difference in the Toronto community with Sick Kids Hospital. Good luck to your team. We’ll see you back in the chat on both ends. Um just stacking possessions um and playing together. It was a lot of fun. You forced 23 turnovers as a team for 37 points. How’d that factor into this route? Uh our energy, you know, that’s something that we was talking about before the game. Uh stuff that we can handle. So that’s what we did. Case and Mark Jagnel said before the game in game seven, you got to go take it. You got to bring your will and make it happen. You guys did that today. How fun was that for you personally? Uh it was a lot of fun. You know, we all went out there with the same mindset. Um go take a win and that’s what we did. You were plus 38 in your time on the floor with seven points, five assists, three rebounds, and two steals. Take me through the dunk on Joic. That was a spectacular moment. Yeah, you know, I had that that uh that same look a few times this year. Um I had a running start to the rim and I don’t think any big in the league is going to beat me there. So, I’m I’m going to go do what I do. That seemed like the exclamation point of this game seven blowout, didn’t it? Did it feel that way to you? Uh yeah. You know, it it was a lot of fun. We played the way that we wanted to play um and got the results that we wanted. Minnesota now in the Western Finals. A very quick turnaround. You’re up with them in game one on Tuesday, which is only a day and a half from now. 7:30 here. Your thoughts on facing the Timberwolves who have advanced impressively beating LA in round one 5-1 and Golden State in round two 5-1 rather. We’re going to get this one out um out of our system, you know, enjoy it all tonight and then just get ready for that next game. You have any specific thoughts on facing Anthony Edwards and that squad and what they have to offer? Uh, it’s a whole new look and we got to we got to be ready for that task. Hey, congrats on this one. Enjoy it, Casey. Thanks so much for the visit. Thank you. 12593 Thunder leaving no doubt in game seven at home. The homecourt advantage has served this team in extraordinarily well. This is their 40th home court win this season. They had a total of 35 of those an NBA high in the regular season and have won now five times during the postseason uh as they are 5-1 at home and again a resounding game seven victory against Denver 12593. I mentioned Minnesota’s numbers on Adam skewed. Uh it was 4-1 over the Lakers in round one, 4-1 over the Golden State Warriors in round two. The question I would have about the Timberwolves right now is what did that semifinal advancement mean as Steph Curry went down in game one of that series? Now, to their credit, they maximize the opportunity. They played terrific basketball the last couple of months of the regular season once they get Julius Randall back and split four with the Thunder in the regular season series. So, they’ve had some success against OKC. It’s going to be a fun best of seven matchup that launches on Tuesday with game one 7:30 central tip. excited about that. 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Watch the games, get hyped, and spread the word to grow our playoff pulse community. Join us now. This game, Kase Wallace off the bench plus 38. While the game was being determined before uh both sides went with a deep uh sub rotation late with the verdict determined, the Thunder bench outscored Nugget subs 3616 in this game. Wallace plus 38, Caruso plus 40, Aaron Wiggins in the rotation, the eight deep that Mark Dagnel called on plus 19 for the Nuggets. Russell Westbrook minus 34, Pton Watson minus 27, Julian Strow minus 10. How about this number in game seven? Nicole Joic made five shots in nine tries, committed five turnovers. He was minus 23 in the raw plus minus a Christian Brown minus 28. Jamal Murray minus 21 with 13 points. Thunder a dominant performance in game seven. Outscored the Nuggets 3920 in the second, 3726 in the third, 28-21 in the fourth as they scored 64 points in the paint, a series high to 42 for Denver. It was 1914 Thunder in second chance points and 2714 Thunder in fast break tallies. They coraled the Nuggets with 16 steals in this game. Three block shots, forcing 23 turnovers for 37 points while turning it over only 10 times themselves for seven. Murray had 13 for the Nuggets in this game. Christian Brown 19. Nicole Yic 20 points, nine rebounds, seven assists, but five turnovers. Aaron Gordon played despite that grade two left hamstring strain logging 25 minutes. He had 11 rebounds, eight points, uh, four turnovers, minus nine. and Michael Porter uh a non-factor in game seven with six points, had an assist, three rebounds. Off the bench, Westbrook was six, two of seven shooting. Also had four turnovers of five rebounds and two assists. Payton Watson four points, four boards. Julian Strather scored six, making three of eight shots. He was minus 10. Late in the game, Hunter Tyson got in for 10 minutes, scored five. Zeke Naji scoreless in 10 minutes. And in the 10 minutes Julian Per Jaylen Picket played rather, he knocked down six. Dunder held the Nuggets under 40% shooting in game seven. 39.3 33 of 84. 10 of 45 from three-point range for Denver. 22% there. 17 of 22 from the line. 77%. Denver won the rebounding battle 474. Denver more than held their own there. Both had 15 offensive boards. 20 assists for the Nuggets in this game. Six steals, two block shots, 23 turnovers. Hemorrhaged into 37 Thunder points off those takeaways. SJA was impeccable in game seven plus 32 in his 36 minutes. didn’t force anything. Made 12 of 19 shots, three of four threes, and eight of nine free throws for a game high 35. Had three rebounds, four assists, three steals, and a block. And soon to be coronated, the MVP of the 24-25 NBA season. JDub, a strong bounceback after a tough shooting uh game in Denver 3 days ago. Had seven assists, five rebounds to go with 24 points, 10 of 17 shooting, two of five from three, two of three at the line. Log 33 minutes was plus 35. Chad home room with the sixth double double of this playoff run. 13 points, 11 rebounds a team high. Had one steal, one block, one assist. Made four of nine shots, five of six free throws, logged 28 minutes, plus 34. Isaiah Hardenstein had 10 point, seven rebound, one assist effort in his second game, seven. He was plus seven in this one, five of seven shooting in 17 minutes. L Dort made two shots, one of those a three for six points. Had a total of five rebounds, four of those on the offensive glass with two assists, two steals, plus three enormously instrumental in keeping J uh Jamal Murray under wraps in game seven. Kase Wallace with that big left-handed dunk on Nola Joic in the second half, plus 38 overall with seven points. Had five assists, three rebounds, and two steals. Made three of 10 shots in 29 minutes. Alex Caruso, the man of the hour in 26 minutes, an impeccable overall effort, five of seven from the field, one of three on three, scored 11. He had three assists, three steals, plus 40 in the plus minus, and he tied Nicole Yokic up in knots in a pivotal uh strategic move by Mark Dagel that paid off enormously. Aaron Wiggins in 19 minutes scored a total of eight points, three of 11 shooting, two of eight from three, had four rebounds, three assists, two steals, plus 19. Uh Jay Will off the bench, scoreless, had two rebounds, one assist in the final eight minutes. Isaiah Joe played three and a half minutes in which he scored five points, nailed a three, made two free throws, had one assist, one steal was plus four. AJ Mitchell in eight uh game concluding minutes had five points, one rebound. Kenri Williams one point that came at the foul line. He was 0 of three from the field, had one board in 8 minutes. Final four minutes for Dylan Jones. Saw him go scoreless. Have one rebound. And Usuzman Jang played the final four as well with one board. Thunder at 49% shooting. Getting off 12 more shots than the Nuggets in this game. 47 of 96 total. 12 of 39 from three, 31%. 19 of 24 at the foul line, 79%. They lost the rebounding battle by four. 4744. Had 15 on the offensive glass. That turned into 19 second chance points. 28 Thunder assists in this one with 16 steals, three block shots, turning it over only 10 times for seven points. Thunder dominate game seven and move on now for a match up with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Game one of the best of seven Western Conference Finals coming up Tuesday at 7:30. Julius Randall, uh Dante Danchenzo, Jaden McDaniels, Anthony Edwards, Rudy Goar, Mike Connley, Nquille Alexander Walker, Nas Reed. tough eight the Thunder will need to deal with facing the Timberwolves who surprisingly and I think uh pretty uh impressively dispatched the Lakers 4-1 in round one and the Golden State Warriors 4-1 in round two. We’ll see if the Thunder and Timberwolves have in store in a best of seven series that launches for the Western Conference Championship Tuesday night at 7:30. Again, a limited number of tickets go on sale tomorrow morning beginning at 10:00 a.m. You can get your tickets at okcunder.com/tick for the Western Finals. Want to thank our on-site engineer for game seven, Mike Mostellar, our statistician, Daniel Matthews. Uh, Thunder basketball produced by Josh Lee, assisted by Preston Pool. The Thunder Advance, they move on to the Western Finals for the first time since 2016. Uh, thanks so much for being with us on this Sunday afternoon. Stay safe weatherwise. This is Matt Pinto bidding you a good afternoon from Paycom Center where the Thunder win game seven in a route 125 12593 over the Nuggets. Postgame show gets rolling. We’ll get in and Matt next. This is Thunder Basketball. 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And Matt, uh this kind of what we anticipated, what uh what went into uh this blowout because I know the Thunder didn’t get off to a very good shooting start, turned things around in the second quarter, and from then on uh the the uh route was on. Well, I I will give you credit for anticipating uh the uh the 32-point win because man, there were some nervous moments early in that game, but I thought I mean, one guy that we can talk about right off the top was Alex Caruso. I thought he came in and changed the energy of this game and um did some great job did a great job defending Nicola Joic on a bunch of possessions. Uh but it was it was the classic combination for this team. Gideon, we know the uh the formula all season long. Defense to offense. Turn them over. Uh 23 turnovers for 37 points. That’s Denver’s numbers versus 10 points and se or excuse me, 10 turnovers and seven points conceded off the turnovers for uh for OKC. So on the defensive end, that’s where it was won because the shotmaking element was really not there for for either team at least from uh from distance. Yeah, Denver never got there. Uh Denver started off uh seven of seven of 12 uh and then I know at one point they were five of 30 and I think it got worse from there uh as Oklahoma City uh goes on to win by 32. And right now, let’s hear from Mark Dal. Obviously, they’ve won championships, the the core guys, uh, and they displayed that in the series, I mean, the the way that they the run to this point, uh, and the run they gave us, uh, was impressive. They’re a bunch of zombies. Um, and we have the ultimate respect for their team. Uh, and we’re better, uh, now than we were at the beginning of the series, and it’s because of them. They they pushed us to the limit. Uh, and we just have such respect for uh, all the guys in that locker room and their staff and their organization. I just wanted to hit that off the top. Mark, the swarming, compounding nature of your defense to to be disruptive has been kind of a major storyline all season. Uh, what it seemed like to you to to be able to summon that and have it be such a factor here today? Yeah, I thought our pressure today was a a difference maker in the game and uh we we accessed that at different times in the series, but uh today we did it, you know, most consistently for the 48 minutes. Um and we didn’t even play a perfect game on offense. Uh but you know, it was just such a catalyst for us. the pressure, the deflections, the turnovers, and you know, even when they got shots, I thought the pressure um and the help really disrupted the rhythm of those shots, and the guys just did a great job of, you know, sifting through all the noise of a game seven and just focusing on what we needed to do to win and and we really executed it. Mark, we we talked yesterday just about, you know, being this late in the series, not having many tricks left and and it coming mostly down to to execution, but I don’t I don’t remember, you know, AC defending Jokic one-on-one as much as he did in any of the games or series as he did today. Um, just what sort of led you to to to stick with that, you know, today and and what do you hope to see from it? Well, the volume of it today was a result of how effective it was. Um but looking at it was was a priority going into today and um he did an unbelievable job you know individually and then you know if you’re putting a um 65 guard uh on a player like that you need like relentless help and relentless pressure on the entry passes and you know it all works together. Um, so he had amazing effort individually, but um, that truly when you’re when you expose yourself like that, you know, truly is a team defense to make that effective and the guys, you know, executed the hell out of that. I I couldn’t make out what you were saying. Um, when that group, that last group checked checked out right before AJ and those guys, but you put your your finger in their chest and one by one, they kind of went to the bench deep. Yeah, just acknowledging those guys, you know, I thought they just gave a great effort. Um, you know, they’re so easy to bet on. You know, it’s we’re not perfect, but um they’re just so easy to bet on. They’re great competitors. They do things the right way. They’re professional. They’re inside the team. Guys sacrifice. Everybody sacrifices for the team. Uh, and you want them to get these sorts of things cuz they deserve them. And not everybody always gets what they deserve. But this team deserves these types of opportunities. And I was just really happy for those guys. Eightman rotation for the majority of the night. you guys used quick rest for for guys. Was that the plan? And then how much does that help you guys uh in this situation? It really wasn’t the plan. Um you know, Jay Will and Isaiah Joe were live. Um there were situations I would have gone to them. I think the effectiveness of uh what we were doing uh was the reason why I drifted away from that and cut it to eight. Um you play every other day in the playoffs. We have a lot of good players that we believe in. Um, and so we’re going to need the depth of the team, but obviously in a game seven, um, you know, you you got to empty empty the tank, and that’s what we did. But, um, those guys done a great job of staying ready. We’re going to need everybody as we move forward here against Minnesota. With that, not many no not many rotations, but guys were giving their all. I mean, 15 offensive rebounds tonight, diving on the floor, a lot of deflections. What do you think about the effort despite not having much rest tonight? Yeah, it was our best energy game and activity game. you know, they they drumed it up, you know, for game seven and um I just give them a lot of credit. You know, game sevens are are, you know, there’s not many games you wake up in the morning and you know that you’re going to remember the game for the rest of your life and game seven’s one of them, you know, and to be able to focus through um the distra, it’s really a distraction, you know, it distracts you from the fact that it’s still a basketball game. To be able to focus through that uh and perform the way these guys did today was very impressive. Kase Wallace and and Caruso both kind of came in late in the in the first quarter kind of got you going into the second quarter. Did you did you know that would that they would give you that kind of boost or is this just a normal rotation to getting those guys in? It’s normal, but they’ve made such a habit of that that you know it’s to this point it’s surprising when they don’t, you know, it’s the pressure, the intensity, the competitiveness and their team guys. You know, they go in there uh Denver played a lot of zone in this series. Those guys move the ball. They get into gaps. they they’re looking um to activate their teammates, which is critical against man or zone, but certainly against zone. And so um they’ve done that all season, but they were incredible today. Your points off turnovers the last couple of games have been either even I think the they were even last game and you only won by three and that’s always been a big deal for you. Today it was back to Well, you have 37 to seven back in your favor. Yeah, seven games a long time. You’re not going to play uh optimal basketball over the course of seven games. Um, you know, it’s hard to to hold that level when the opponent is doing everything they can to make you completely uncomfortable. Um, and I just thought, you know, this wasn’t our cleanest series. I didn’t think we played our best. Um, but I do think this series really tested our resolve. You know, we went down 10, we went down 2-1. you know, after those three games, we had led 17 123 minutes to their 17 and we were down 2-1 at that point, you know, and it’s hard mentally to get yourself to zero and go win game four, win game five, and then same thing today. Um, we’re tied 3-3. We had doubled up the amount of minutes that we had led in the series and yet we were tied 3-3. and they just these guys just keep coming, you know, it’s really incredible fortitude and um I I thought it really showed the the character of the team and the character of the guys and um we’re going to need that resolve, you know, as we move forward here. Mark, you talked about the noise of a game seven and obviously you’ve got a couple guys that had experienced a game seven, but with a bunch that largely hadn’t. What did you see? What did you like most about just the way that they handled just the difference that a game seven is? just that we were who we are, you know, that’s the biggest thing. That’s that’s that’s enough with this team. I mean, if if we just bet on who we are individually and collectively, um we’re a really hard team to beat. And um I just thought we were we stayed in character. We got off to a rough start. You know, we didn’t panic. We just played the the 48. Um and we tapped into who we are, you know. Um, and that’s the thing that I’m most, you know, satisfied with is I I would hate to play a game seven like this, an elimination game, and and leave anything on the table. You know, you can live with the result and when you are who you are, and that’s what we did today. Jada really bounced back in the scoring department today. What did you see from him? Uh, great force. you know, especially early, you know, it was definitely a a conscious effort by him to um to use his speed and his power and, you know, he was on the gas from the jump tonight. He was incredible. Um and you know, you talk about bouncing back, it’s like no no player in the playoffs in this competitive series plays great every night. You know, like Joic is as good as anybody. Obviously, he didn’t play great every night in the series. It’s hard, you know, and Dub, I think because he’s in his third year, takes a little bit more flak for that. Um, but like it’s hard to perform in a playoff game in a seven game series this competitive every night. But he rises up every time. He did it last year in the Dallas series. Game six was his best game after some struggles. Uh, and tonight was his best game uh after some struggles as well. Concerning Dub, I think he had 12 points in the last three or four minutes of the second quarter. Yeah, you were playing pretty well at that point, but that really put the came way ahead. How important was that stretch the last three minutes of the half? Yeah, it was a critical stretch. I thought the stretch that won us the game was uh when we went down early, you know, they were making some shots, we were missing some shots, we seemed a little frantic. Um we we seemed like we were just, you know, tiptoeing into the game a little bit from a confidence standpoint. And I thought the maturity of the team to understand the length of the game, it’s just like, let’s settle into this thing. um was a huge thing cuz you know we went down 11 or whatever and if that balloons to 20 you know it becomes a very you know hard game to manage from that point. So I just thought that was the stretch that won it for us but the separation stretch was that that in the second quarter. I if I can ask two questions. One just what did you make of David Adam coaching against him in this series? I know it’s a lot of adjustments on both sides and he’s obviously doing this on an interim basis. Yeah, I I just told him on the court how much respect uh I have for him after having competed against him in this series. Um he’s a pretty seasoned guy, you know, um to be put in a very very challenging situation. It’s a credit to their players, you know, first and foremost, but a credit to their staff um for that type of disruption that late in the season. um you know he was thrust into a very um challenging leadership position and handled it very well and I think what stood out that wasn’t all smooth you know like they lost some games end of the regular season they lost you they get blown out in one of the games in the Clipper series they got blown out here in game two and that team kept competing and stayed together through all the ups and downs of their experiences which is first of all a testament to their you know championship mindset but also a testament to the relationships that he must have built over a long time with those guys. Like they really, you know, had his back and um so I was just very very impressed with him um from a distance. I don’t know him at all, but I have the utmost respect after having competed against them. Just a quick follow, totally different subject, but you were you were with the blue the last time the Thunder were was in the Western Conference Finals. Did you get to be around the team that much during that run? And and if so, what did you learn about what comes next here? Yeah, I was um this guy. I was uh it’s hard to keep a straight face with with that guy. Um I was around the team. This has always been an organization that’s had great synergy with those entry level spots. A lot of the people that work here now went through the blue and all of our blue staff’s here now. So um yeah, but you know to to start over basically um huge shout out to Sam, you know, for his vision for this um to start over and to get back to this type of level uh is incredibly impressive. It’s an organizational accomplishment. You know, there’s a lot of invisible people behind the scenes that are part of that and I just want to make sure I acknowledge them. 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Don’t miss Stevie Nicks live at Paycon Center. This copyrighted broadcast of the National Basketball Association may not be retransmitted, reproduced, rebroadcast, or otherwise distributed or used in any form without the express written consent of the NBA. This is the Thunder Recap on WWLS, the Sports Animal, sponsored by Lively Beerworks Tap Room. Now, here’s Gideon Hamilton and Matt Raves on 98.1 FM. WWLS, the Sports Animal. Welcome in to the Thunder Recap. Let’s take you back over inside PCOM Center and hear from Shay Gilis Alexander. Probably just like hyped up to play and excited. Um, that’s really it. You know, those those nights it’s hard to like kind of like go to sleep. And Shay asked you after game six kind of how you thought Dub would respond tonight. Uh, how do you think he played? Um, terrible. No, he was amazing. He um that was a big reason for our like little stretch of the lead in the second quarter. Um gave us momentum, but I said this out there after the game like his growth as a basketball player has been obviously like you’ve seen it all year, but his growth mentally has been more impressive to me. He um he wouldn’t have played the way he played today last year and I know that 100%. And to see him take that step forward is uh it’s a really proud moment for me. Um, just knowing like what he goes through on a day-to-day basis, knowing where he comes from, like that’s really my brother and to see him get better in those areas is it’s special. It’s fun and it makes this this whole experience um a little bit like more special. Um, but yeah, Dub, other than that, Dub’s like a great basketball player and he brought his a game when we need it the most and that’s what that’s what makes you the top of echelon, upper echelon of this league and uh the sky’s is the limit for Dub as we all know. Hope you guys can comment on just the points off turnovers return. The last couple games you really hadn’t had that big advantage, but tonight it’s kind of like beating friends. Got a lot of easy buckets tonight. Yeah, that’s when we’re at our best. um starts defensively um and then we’re able to play in space with the athletes and the speed that we have. Um yeah, but starts defensively and we once we brought that tonight, we were able to to stretch leader. You want more of that too? Oh yeah, just that’s that’s how we play. I I think I said this earlier this year too, just like on like different things like our defense is not like predicated on us stealing the ball, you know what I mean? But it’s just more about the approach that we have, like how competitive and how right we can be and like how many how many rotations we can make, you know what I mean? Like we’re like trying to be as aggressive as possible and cover up for each other and then if that results in a turnover, great. But you know, we’re just trying to like contest every shot, rebound every time like and you just kind of stack within our defensive like possessions and then that’s what makes us good. This is a question for both you guys. Uh, obviously a lot of excitement, nerves going into this game. What did you draw on anything? Did you reach out to anyone? Did anybody give you advice on how to approach a game like this? No, I turned my phone off, honestly. Um, no cap. I just wanted to like as best as I could block out all the noise. Um, just like enjoy the time. We had two days off for the first time in a little bit. Enjoy the time with my family. Um, like I knew this moment was coming and the nurse nurse sat in my stomach for the two days, but I tried to like just think about it as as as least possible as I could. Um, and I think I did a pretty pretty good job handling that. Came out ready to play today. When you say turn it off, you mean like do not disturb and like maybe your mom gets it over like Yeah. No social media basically. And then if you if you have my number, you can have my number and text me. Jaylen, I don’t know if you can take the 20,000 foot view this close to the end of a game seven, but just what you guys have come through to now get to this point to go to the finals. What are you proudest of just with where you guys are in this moment? I think exactly that, like we are where our feet are, like being present in the moment, not letting like too many outside stuff like control we’re doing in the game. Um, and I think that was most impressive to everybody. Like no matter what was going on, like we stuck together. Um, and we were just kind of like uncommon in that way. Like we even had like team dinner like after a loss. I think that just shows like how connected we’ve been and we’ve been doing that the whole time. So we’re just with each other regardless of what happens. I think that’s what makes us a good team. Shay, as you think about now where you guys are headed, only four teams left in these playoffs. you’re the top seed and really some of those other top seeds have have gone. What does this sort of set up for you in your mind? Nothing at all. Um we play a really good team in the Timberwolves and we got to try to beat them four times before they beat us four times. Um and that’s all I’m worried about, all our team is worried about. Like Dub just said, just trying to be where our feet are in the moment and see what’s in front of us and try to attack it and come out on the right end of it. Um, I think that’s why we gotten this far in the season and we’re going to continue to do so. D, you guys took your first lead 2726. It was your lay that did it and got a whistle and the crowd just goes crazy. It’s one of the bigger pops of the night. Just kind of what was going through your head after the struggles you’ve had with this crowd just going crazy for you. Foul. Yeah, you missed the free throw. Um, honestly, it be so loud in there. It’s really cool. to have those moments. I always try and like relish those in the game and um yeah, it’s just really fun to play in there. So, we have a very good fan base and then Daniel for uh both of you guys. Um coach talked about just the magnitude of this game uh before you guys came in here and talking about how he woke up this morning knowing that he’ll always remember because it’s a game seven. How much of that halftime break played a part in the sense of you guys coming out and putting together that tremendous third quarter? I mean, just to, you know, take that kind of like a deep breath, you know, it’s the only time you really kind of get that brief time to all, you know, be together for that little moment. Did you think that played a part or just things come together just in that third quarter organically? We honestly had like I think besides game two, we haven’t been really good coming out of halftime this this series. Um, and that was on the top of everyone’s mind at halftime. We wanted to to make sure that we got out to a good start. Uh we obviously built a pretty good lead. It was like 14 going into halftime, but the type of team they are, we’ve seen it all series. 14 is it’s never enough. Um and we knew that and we wanted to come out and throw the first punch, we call it, and and I think we did a good job of that tonight. Yeah. Yes, Shay. Mark and Caruso at different points in the series talked about how you guys were looking forward to playing the Nuggets because of how good of a team you got and how much respected how much respect you had for them. What are some of the things that you learned about this team, you guys team, uh, now that see the season, excuse me, now that the series is over? I learned about us. Yeah. [Music] Um, nothing I didn’t already know, but like we we we can win no matter the environment, no matter the type of game. It could be ugly, it could be pretty, could be high scoring, it could be low scoring, could be a lot of free throws, it could be no free throws, like no matter what it is, we can we can find a way to win. And I think that’s that’s very important this time of year. Um, but yeah, like I said, I already knew that about us and we have to keep implying that going forward. Who else we got? We do two more. We go. We got Michael. Then you uh Dub, going back to plus minus, we have Caruso and um K coming off the bench. They have the two highest plus minus off the bench in game seven history. These past three games, what have they meant to you guys and sort of just closing out this series? They’ve been great. They’ve hit big shots. They’ve done a lot of little stuff that people won’t know about just as far as like being in the right coverage, pursuing, playing good defense. Like they’ve just been really really solid. AC switched on to Jokic for a lot of the game too. So it’s like for them to like answer that task and be willing to kind of do whatever speaks to what kind of players they are and um that’s why they’re here. Mark Mark said that this was your guys best game on defense activitywise. What do you guys think led to that? or die. Yeah, since urgency, we knew that if we didn’t, like I said, bring our aging game on the defensive end of the floor. Uh that um our season could be over. Um and nobody in the locker room was ready for that. We uh above all wanted to control the controllables and defense is one of those things, being active, communicating, helping each other. Um, you can’t always control if the ball goes in on the other end of the floor, but defense you can always control and we knew that and that’s why we were as active as we were tonight. Jay, you and Nick said, you and Nil have played against each other a lot now, but just from a personal standpoint, what’s it going to be like matching up with him uh in a conference finals? Yeah, it’ll be very fun. It’s like uh it’s hard to expl even explain like if you know how close we are. He’s literally like my my second brother. He um he’s been through every stage of life with me and picking up a basketball to going to prep school to making the NBA. Like we’ve gone through every situation together. For for both of us to be where we are is is special. Um to compete against each other is even more special. Um but I am trying to take his head off for sure completely. Thanks guys Shay Gildus Alexander and JDub Jaylen Williams after their blowout win in game seven of the Western Conference semifinals. They now head to the conference finals where they will take on the Minnesota Timberwolves. Phone lines are open for you at 405900995745900 WWLS. you want to talk about the game or the series or the series that is ahead and you can also text in on our Johnny’s Kitchen and Bar text nation line. It’s the same number at 4059009957. And we’ve got some people on hold right now and we’re going to start things off with Shane. You’re on the Thunder Recap. Shane, thank you for hanging on. Go ahead. Hey guys, how you doing? What’s up, man? We’re doing good. How are you? We’re do I’m doing I just feel great, man. I mean, the Thunder really flipped the script from game three, let me tell you. I mean, we started off pulled shooting and they didn’t they didn’t panic like they did in game game three and they just took off from there. And uh another huge shout out to Alex Caruso, man. He guarded uh Jokic like the whole game. I mean, you got to pay you got to give you got to tip your hat to Sam Prey. If anyone is still in doubt about the Giddy Caruso trade, we know who’s the clear winner here, right? No, I mean Caruso is a a fantastic playoff player, a guy who you trust to put out there in in any any situation. Low leverage, high leverage, it doesn’t matter. Josh Giddy’s a guy who’s got to make a lot of money in his career and I think is going to have a bright future in Chicago. But for what this team needed on this timeline, it it’s obvious. I mean, Alex Caruso, no no question about it, that was a that was a great trade. You’re right, Shane. All right. Yeah. Thanks for the call, Shane. We We appreciate it. Let’s head back to the phones and our friend Chuck is up next. Chuck, you’re on the Thunder Recap. Go ahead. Thank you, Gideon. Thank you, man. I just I don’t have the words. Although, I just will say one thing. I think uh the the Thunder have crossed the threshold and we really want to we win and I feel much better, but they’re better than last year. And I was just listening to y’all and listening to the TV and they’ve learned they’ve got playoff experience when they really needed it. So, we’re going to uh listen. I’m sorry. I know you got a lot of callers, but before I go, I’m going to say thank you, but Lyn and I are going to thunder up. One, two, thunder up. Love it, Chuck. Thank you. Um I I felt like they were tight early in this game, but but got settled down. So, um there was uh and there was still some nervous energy in the uh in the arena when the Thunder were up double digits in the third quarter, but uh continued to uh to play that defense. Uh never really found the range, Gideon. Although did shoot better than uh Denver’s 39% from the field and 22% from three. Denver uh just had no legs in this game. All right, let’s head back to the phones. We’ve got another Shane on hold. Shane, you’re on the Thunder Recap. Thanks for hanging on. Go ahead. Uh, hey guys. Uh, I want to talk about Cruso. Cruso has just been a great matchup for that game. I think he did an amazing job against Yokage. Yokid is a big guy. Loves flopping. Really big guy. And he just when he’s trying to go up against Cruso, I think Cruso did a really good job, especially when he was going against the one guy in the corner. And we got that ball. Hey, when we get a ball, we’re taking it down. We got to make it all the way. All right. Thanks for the call, Shane. I appreciate it. Um, earlier in the series, thanks Shane. Uh, earlier in the series, um, they switched uh, Jokic’s playmaking point and then they switched it back today to where it wasn’t working. I thought that was kind of funny. Yeah. Uh but but and that’s where um but that’s where Dort and Caruso if you are operating 15 feet away from the basket there you can post them up a and you can shoot over them if you’re outside and it was kind of this perfect middle ground where each of them could guard him. Uh it it just work and those guys are so difficult and so physical to deal with no matter who uh they’re guarding. Um you know that it really worked out well for the Thunder. Yeah, it’s that low center of gravity. You’re able to get a little bit of leverage, but also not afraid to get up in his face and swipe at the ball. And look, if if Joic wants to post up um all now, it’s incredible the way that he can burrow in into the post. And and I got to give Joic a ton of credit. I got to give Jamal Murray a ton of credit. David Adelman, a guy who’s just learning how to be an NBA coach. Aaron Gordon for even going out there today and playing. That was ridiculous. You know, uh risking his his future really, or at least the beginning of of of next season potentially. So, this Denver team uh deserves a lot of credit, but um the way that the Thunder were able to to swing this game and then and then never look back if you’re a Thunder fan, like that’s that’s what you wanted to see. So, all of all the love for Caruso and endor as well uh deserved uh for their defense on on Nicole Joic and a whole lot of other people who deserve credit as well. So, I’m sure our listeners and our our callers want to uh want to do out that credit. And uh we’ll hear from Justin right now. Justin, you’re on the Thunder Recap. Go ahead. there, Justin. Apparently not. All right, just in time. Not so much. Phone lines are open for you. 4059009957 405900 WWLS. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the game or the series or the playoffs still to come for Oklahoma City as this is the first time uh since 2017 that they have been to the conference finals. I believe that ended a stretch where they had gone four times in six four times in six years. Does that sound right to you? Um I I I’ll look that up. 11 12 I I know it started there. Yeah. As far as teams that have gone to a the number of Western Conference finals that the Thunder have in that time span, I know that they they lead that. So or at least up there in that. So any number you throw out there, uh we we’ll we’ll make sure on that. Okay. Uh, and we’re going to take some more of your text messages as well. Uh, 4059009957. And if you don’t know about Lively Beerworks Tap Room, especially during home games, like you can come watch road games here and have something to drink and have a great time and they’ll set up for those too. And um, but for home games, more and more people as the season have gone along, Matt, are coming out here and watching the games. But also, you can come out here and park out. It’s free parking and it’s just a couple of blocks west of the arena and so it’s kind of a you know that’s kind of a hidden secret around here and town is is you can come out here park and then uh you know grab something to drink after the game or whatever there. It’s not like they enforce anything or anything like that. So it was great to see the lot full out here and even expanding past uh past their lot today. 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All right, let’s go ahead and uh who was the differencemaker in today’s game, Matt Rabus? I mean, there’s a lot of people we could mention. I’ll just say Alex Caruso because literally him entering that game changed the entire tone of of the rest of the game. So, could could mention Dub, could mention Shay, could mention Hartinstein, but I’ll go with Caruso. All right, let’s head back to the phones and bring in Doug. You’re on the Thunder Recap, Doug. Go ahead. Hey guys, this is Doug from Dubtown. Couple comments and a question for you guys. Okay. Uh, first is, uh, is the doctor that, uh, graded, uh, Aaron Gordon a a grade two hamstring strain, is that someone that prescribes essential oils? Because I think that’s bogus. Uh, Steph Curry had a grade one and he’s out the whole series. But to me, that’s just not a legitimate diagnosis. Number two, I Hey, real quick, real quick. I I could not disagree with you more, man. He I I thought I we could see that out there. I I thought it was amazing that he went out on the floor, but but to each their own. Uh, what was point number two? Now, point number two was defensively I was just second and third quarter when we needed to get runs, we got them. You know, the second quarter it was like a 90-0 run. Uh third quarter 80 run. Our defense like any shots they got, any baskets they made were so hard. And to me that just is tolling for a team that’s played 14 games in the last two and a half, three weeks or whatever. I think that was awesome. question for you guys is when we’re playing in the Minnesota series and you you have a rim protector like Goar that that Denver didn’t necessarily have, how do you think they’re going to defend us? I’ll take it off the air. Thank you guys. Thank you. Appreciate the uh appreciate the phone call. I I’ll be really interested to see how Rudy Goar matches up in that series, what Mark Dagnel does with his two bigs. Um really kind of actually felt like the small ball lineup was the was the key to this series in some ways, but uh each each series is such an entity unto its own. Um, I do want to go back to Aaron Gordon though. Uh, Gideon, he only played 24 minutes. Did he play much in the second half? He played about halfway through the second or the third quarter, right? And that was it. Yeah. And at some point they pulled the uh pulled the starters, but um I really felt like his hamstring was a was a limiting factor. Yeah. No question about it. Uh let’s head back to the phones. I think Zach is up next. You’re on the Thunder Recap, Zack. Go ahead. Hey guys, how you doing? Good, man. How are you? Good. Hey, got a question for you. So, uh, obviously I’m thrilled with the outcome, but, uh, were you all a little surprised that they waved the white flag at about 9 and 1/2 minutes left in the fourth? It I mean, I know they were down big, but yeah, seems a little bit early to, uh, to call that, especially with the comebacks they’ve had in the series. And then I guess the second part of that question would be, I wonder if there’s any way to look up if you know anyone has ever waved the white flag that early before in a game seven. And I’ll take that off the air. Thanks, guys. What were they down by? That is a uh 40. That is a good question. But uh I mean it was in that range. I mean it it was apparent not only by the scoreboard. Sometimes the scoreboard is not the be all end all. You could just tell. I mean could you am I wrong on that? You could Yeah. I mean the g the game was over uh early. I mean the game was over for me in the second quarter. The game was over in the late in the third quarter. And I then you get into okay mathematically do you have a shot? And that’s kind of what you’re you’re talking about. It was 106 to 74 when did called what I believe was their final timeout in that game. And that is when sports and Zeke Naji came in and Pton Watson and Hunter Tyson and Julian Strower came in. So to me the the game had been o over for quite some time and you want to give guys, you know, an opportunity to play through the tape if if they can. Uh but then there’s like, okay, we already got one guy with a major injury. We Well, we got two starters with major injury. It’s going to compromise their entire year next year because they’re playing when when we’re down by 40 points in the fourth quarter. Yeah. No. And so was I surprised? Um No, it I I wasn’t because I felt like I functionally I didn’t feel like it was over as nearly as early as you did, but at that point it was definitely over even though there was still time left to be played. But um I appreciate that. I I know a bunch. Talk to Alex. You’re on the Thunder Recap. Alex, go ahead. How you doing tonight, guys? Good, Alex. How are you? Well, I’m doing much better than I thought it was going to be cuz I did. I personally didn’t think this game was going to be close, but I thought it was going to be in the other direction. I had already come to the conclusion that the Thunder season was over, but I’m really happy right now. Good. Yeah, it was uh I mean, it was a great environment. it there was still some nervous energy in there as late as like halfway through the third quarter. I think people are still like what about because Denver has been so resilient in the series, but um man uh the that turnaround and the way they were able to play and turn defense into offense, Alex was was amazing. It was absolutely amazing. The energy in the building felt absolutely electric. Um I want to I know everyone’s talking about Karissa. I’ve been so impressed by Karissa so far display off and very apologetic because I’ve been highly critical of him. But I want to give it up to Kase Wallace as well because I feel like Jason Wallace is kind of feeding off of Karissa’s energy and providing a really big spark for Oklahoma City. I know he did not shoot the ball well today or really even scored the ball well. But just some of the electric plays that he’s been able to make and some of the defense he’s been able to give. I feel like he’s brought a lot of energy for Oklahoma City as well. And I wanted to give it up to Alex Caruso. I mean to Kase Wallace. To Case Wallace and Alex Caruso and and you Alex. We appreciate you and want to give it up to you. So appreciate the phone call. Uh Case Wallace was a game second high 38 plus 38. Uh only second to Alex Caruso who was a plus 40. So Kase had another one of those getting in run outs in transition where he runs past everybody and yammed it all over Joker. All right, right now it’s time we find out who delivered quality service in today’s game. who delivered quality service in tonight’s game driven by Randy Bowen Chevy GMC and Chandler where the buying experience is different different by design. Matt, who you got? Well, uh, JDub had seven assists this evening, so he led the Oklahoma City Thunder in assist. Uh, Nicole Joic had seven assists as well. So, they both tied uh for game high honors. Dub only had one turnover. Uh, Jokic had five turnovers. So, uh, that breaks the tie. Jub. All right. Very good. Uh so, uh we’re going to go to our Johnny’s Kitchen and Bar text line. We’re going to get a few in here and uh we’re going to get a few in a little bit later as well. Uh because we know these have been coming in your questions and your comments and you can text in as well at 4059009957 as we’re having a great time here at Lively Beer Works Tap Room. Matt, what do we have on our text line tonight? Definitely more than a few. 4059009957 if you’d like to join the conversation. I’m going to keep going through these. Gideon, you just jump in if you feel like it. Z832 on the way for the seventh different team to win a championship the past seven years. What do you guys think that says about NBA teams? No more dynasties. Um we’re going to have a new winner as far as the first option this year. Shay Brunson, Hallebertton, or Ant-Man going to be holding up that Larry O’Brien trophy. Yeah, I I would say uh there’s probably four factors, um player movement, salary, new salary structure, uh that is going to make it much easier or more prevalent for player movement, um injuries and threes. So, those would be the four things that I would I would look at there. Um, and you also have, you know, some of your your main stays, uh, teams that typically perform well in the postseason.
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