Nuggets 122-117 Thunder (23 Oct, 2022) Play-by-Play

Oklahoma City Thunder

0-2, 0-2 away

117

	1	2	3	4	T
OKC	29	26	30	32	117
DEN	28	27	33	34	122

Denver Nuggets

2-1, 1-0 home

122

Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
Michael Porter Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
Aleksej Pokusevski blocks Aaron Gordon 's 4-foot layup
Aaron Gordon makes dunk
Michael Porter Jr. makes 23-foot three point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
Josh Giddey blocks Michael Porter Jr. 's 8-foot layup
Jamal Murray makes two point shot (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
Michael Porter Jr. misses three point shot
Jamal Murray misses two point shot
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses running pullup jump shot
Jamal Murray misses 27-foot three point shot
Nikola Jokic makes two point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
Darius Bazley blocks Aaron Gordon 's 2-foot driving layup
Bruce Brown misses driving floating jump shot
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Christian Braun misses driving layup
Jeff Green makes 2-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
Bones Hyland misses driving floating jump shot
Zeke Nnaji makes 2-foot dunk (Bones Hyland assists)
Christian Braun misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jeff Green makes 4-foot two point shot (Bruce Brown assists)
Bones Hyland misses 26-foot three point jumper
Zeke Nnaji misses layup
Bruce Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
Darius Bazley blocks Bruce Brown 's 3-foot driving dunk
Bruce Brown makes two point shot
Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
Michael Porter Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jeff Green assists)
Zeke Nnaji makes layup
Darius Bazley blocks Bones Hyland 's 6-foot two point shot
Nikola Jokic makes two point shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
Jeff Green makes 4-foot hook shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
Aaron Gordon misses 27-foot three point jumper
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
Michael Porter Jr. makes 4-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses driving layup
Michael Porter Jr. misses tip shot
Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
Jamal Murray makes 14-foot two point shot
Jamal Murray makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot
Michael Porter Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
Nikola Jokic misses 6-foot two point shot
Michael Porter Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses three point jumper
Michael Porter Jr. makes two point shot
Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Jamal Murray makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
Nikola Jokic makes layup
Bruce Brown misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jamal Murray makes 4-foot two point shot
Aaron Gordon misses 23-foot three point jumper
Bruce Brown misses driving floating jump shot
Jamal Murray misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Nikola Jokic misses dunk
Christian Braun makes three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Aaron Gordon misses driving layup
Christian Braun makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bones Hyland assists)
Bones Hyland misses driving floating jump shot
Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bones Hyland assists)
Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Christian Braun assists)
Jeff Green makes 23-foot step back jumpshot (Christian Braun assists)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 52-foot three point pullup jump shot
Bones Hyland misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Jeff Green makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bruce Brown assists)
Christian Braun makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jeff Green assists)
Bruce Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Bruce Brown misses two point shot
Michael Porter Jr. makes driving layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot three pointer
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 27-foot three point jumper (Bruce Brown assists)
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 15-foot two point shot
Jamal Murray misses 27-foot three point jumper
Nikola Jokic misses 5-foot two point shot
Aaron Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Jamal Murray misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
Aaron Gordon misses layup
Nikola Jokic makes driving layup (Jamal Murray assists)
Luguentz Dort misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses running pullup jump shot
Josh Giddey misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
Josh Giddey makes 5-foot layup (Luguentz Dort assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 26-foot three point jumper (Josh Giddey assists)
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 12-foot two point shot
Luguentz Dort misses 26-foot three point jumper
Josh Giddey misses two point shot
Luguentz Dort misses driving layup
Luguentz Dort misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl makes 2-foot dunk (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Luguentz Dort misses 27-foot three point jumper
Luguentz Dort misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 3-foot layup (Josh Giddey assists)
Aaron Gordon blocks Aaron Wiggins 's 3-foot two point shot
Mike Muscala makes jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Darius Bazley makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tre Mann assists)
Mike Muscala makes 22-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 12-foot two point shot
Bruce Brown blocks Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 's 4-foot two point shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 4-foot two point shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes two point shot
Darius Bazley makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tre Mann assists)
Tre Mann makes 27-foot three pointer
Tre Mann misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Tre Mann misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
Michael Porter Jr. blocks Kenrich Williams 's 2-foot layup
Ousmane Dieng misses driving floating jump shot
Aaron Wiggins makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kenrich Williams assists)
Tre Mann misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Kenrich Williams makes 3-foot two point shot (Darius Bazley assists)
Tre Mann misses driving layup
Ousmane Dieng misses 8-foot pullup jump shot
Tre Mann makes driving floating jump shot (Darius Bazley assists)
Tre Mann misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl misses 23-foot three point shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes driving layup
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses two point shot
Aleksej Pokusevski misses layup
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 8-foot two point shot
Luguentz Dort makes two point shot (Josh Giddey assists)
Josh Giddey makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Josh Giddey misses two point shot
Josh Giddey makes 23-foot three point shot (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Josh Giddey misses driving floating jump shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes two point shot
Mike Muscala misses 26-foot three point jumper
Aaron Wiggins misses three point shot
Josh Giddey misses 29-foot three point jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes finger roll layup
Josh Giddey makes 4-foot layup (Luguentz Dort assists)
Nikola Jokic blocks Luguentz Dort 's 7-foot layup
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 16-foot two point shot
Mike Muscala misses 28-foot three point shot
Mike Muscala makes 27-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Darius Bazley misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 14-foot two point shot
Josh Giddey misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
Josh Giddey misses 9-foot jump bank shot
Mike Muscala makes two point shot (Aaron Wiggins assists)
Darius Bazley misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tre Mann makes 24-foot three point jumper (Darius Bazley assists)
Mike Muscala makes 27-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
Mike Muscala makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tre Mann assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes two point shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 12-foot two point shot
Tre Mann makes 10-foot two point shot
Eugene Omoruyi makes 2-foot dunk (Kenrich Williams assists)
Josh Giddey makes 5-foot two point shot
Luguentz Dort misses two point shot
Tre Mann makes driving layup (Josh Giddey assists)
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kenrich Williams assists)
Josh Giddey misses driving floating jump shot
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl makes 24-foot three point jumper (Josh Giddey assists)
Luguentz Dort misses two point shot
Luguentz Dort makes 27-foot three point jumper (Tre Mann assists)
Josh Giddey misses driving floating jump shot
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl makes 3-foot two point shot (Luguentz Dort assists)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes two point shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 10-foot two point shot
Josh Giddey makes 3-foot two point shot (Mike Muscala assists)
Aaron Gordon blocks Mike Muscala 's 7-foot two point shot
Mike Muscala misses 28-foot three point jumper
Luguentz Dort misses 28-foot three point jumper
Tre Mann misses driving floating jump shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 28-foot step back jumpshot
Josh Giddey makes two point shot (Luguentz Dort assists)
Luguentz Dort makes two point shot (Josh Giddey assists)
Aaron Gordon blocks Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 's 6-foot layup
Josh Giddey makes two point shot
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 28-foot step back jumpshot
Christian Braun blocks Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 's 25-foot step back jumpshot

THUNDER

NUGGETS

TIME		OKC	DEN
12:00	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl vs. Nikola Jokic (Josh Giddey gains possession)	0	0
11:47	Luguentz Dort misses 24-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:45	Jamal Murray defensive rebound	0	0
11:40	Jamal Murray bad pass (Aleksej Pokusevski steals)	0	0
11:34	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses running pullup jump shot	0	0
11:32	Nuggets defensive team rebound	0	0
11:16	Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:13	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl defensive rebound	0	0
10:56	Josh Giddey misses 19-foot pullup jump shot	0	0
10:54	Luguentz Dort offensive rebound	0	0
10:52	Josh Giddey makes 5-foot layup (Luguentz Dort assists)	2	0
10:37	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)	2	3
10:21	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 26-foot three point jumper (Josh Giddey assists)	5	3
10:07	Michael Porter Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper	5	3
10:03	Aaron Gordon offensive rebound	5	3
10:00	Aleksej Pokusevski blocks Aaron Gordon 's 4-foot layup	5	3
10:00	Aaron Gordon offensive rebound	5	3
9:56	Aaron Gordon makes dunk	5	5
9:50	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl misses 26-foot three point jumper	5	5
9:47	Aaron Gordon defensive rebound	5	5
9:42	Michael Porter Jr. makes 23-foot three point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)	5	8
9:17	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 12-foot two point shot	5	8
9:14	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	5	8
9:07	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)	5	11
8:56	Luguentz Dort misses 26-foot three point jumper	5	11
8:53	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope defensive rebound	5	11
8:37	Jamal Murray bad pass (Luguentz Dort steals)	5	11
8:22	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander bad pass (Jamal Murray steals)	5	11
8:10	Josh Giddey blocks Michael Porter Jr. 's 8-foot layup	5	11
8:08	Luguentz Dort defensive rebound	5	11
8:03	Josh Giddey misses two point shot	5	11
8:00	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope defensive rebound	5	11
7:55	Jamal Murray makes two point shot (Michael Porter Jr. assists)	5	13
7:46	Thunder Full timeout	5	13
7:40	Luguentz Dort misses driving layup	5	13
7:39	Luguentz Dort offensive rebound	5	13
7:39	Nikola Jokic shooting foul	5	13
7:39	Luguentz Dort makes free throw 1 of 2	6	13
7:39	Luguentz Dort makes free throw 2 of 2	7	13
7:20	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)	7	16
7:08	Luguentz Dort misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	7	16
7:04	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope defensive rebound	7	16
6:59	Michael Porter Jr. misses three point shot	7	16
6:56	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl defensive rebound	7	16
6:48	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 16-foot pullup jump shot	7	16
6:45	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	7	16
6:40	Luguentz Dort personal foul	7	16
6:33	Jamal Murray misses two point shot	7	16
6:31	Aleksej Pokusevski defensive rebound	7	16
6:28	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl makes 2-foot dunk (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)	9	16
6:23	Nikola Jokic bad pass (Aleksej Pokusevski steals)	9	16
6:15	Luguentz Dort misses 27-foot three point jumper	9	16
6:12	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	9	16
6:07	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses running pullup jump shot	9	16
6:05	Luguentz Dort defensive rebound	9	16
5:56	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander bad pass (Jamal Murray steals)	9	16
5:52	Jamal Murray misses 27-foot three point shot	9	16
5:48	Josh Giddey defensive rebound	9	16
5:41	Luguentz Dort misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot	9	16
5:39	Aaron Gordon defensive rebound	9	16
5:29	Nikola Jokic makes two point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)	9	18
5:17	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 3-foot layup (Josh Giddey assists)	11	18
5:12	Nuggets Full timeout	11	18
5:12	Christian Braun enters the game for Jamal Murray	11	18
5:12	Bruce Brown enters the game for Michael Porter Jr.	11	18
5:12	Mike Muscala enters the game for Luguentz Dort	11	18
5:12	Tre Mann enters the game for Aleksej Pokusevski	11	18
5:12	Darius Bazley enters the game for Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	11	18
5:12	Aaron Wiggins enters the game for Josh Giddey	11	18
5:06	Aaron Gordon bad pass (Darius Bazley steals)	11	18
5:01	Aaron Gordon blocks Aaron Wiggins 's 3-foot two point shot	11	18
4:58	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	11	18
4:53	Darius Bazley blocks Aaron Gordon 's 2-foot driving layup	11	18
4:50	Tre Mann defensive rebound	11	18
4:41	Mike Muscala makes jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)	13	18
4:32	Christian Braun steps out of bounds turnover	13	18
4:32	Jeff Green enters the game for Aaron Gordon	13	18
4:13	Darius Bazley makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tre Mann assists)	16	18
3:54	Bruce Brown misses driving floating jump shot	16	18
3:51	Aaron Wiggins defensive rebound	16	18
3:43	Mike Muscala makes 22-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)	19	18
3:23	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)	19	21
3:23	Darius Bazley shooting foul	19	21
3:23	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 1 of 1	19	22
3:18	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope personal foul	19	22
3:18	Bones Hyland enters the game for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	19	22
3:08	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 12-foot two point shot	19	22
3:04	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	19	22
2:55	Christian Braun misses driving layup	19	22
2:54	Mike Muscala defensive rebound	19	22
2:48	Bruce Brown blocks Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 's 4-foot two point shot	19	22
2:48	Nuggets defensive team rebound	19	22
2:33	Jeff Green makes 2-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)	19	24
2:05	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 4-foot two point shot	21	24
1:45	Bones Hyland misses driving floating jump shot	21	24
1:43	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander defensive rebound	21	24
1:39	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes two point shot	23	24
1:21	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander personal foul	23	24
1:21	Zeke Nnaji enters the game for Nikola Jokic	23	24
1:21	Ousmane Dieng enters the game for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	23	24
1:21	Kenrich Williams enters the game for Mike Muscala	23	24
1:15	Zeke Nnaji makes 2-foot dunk (Bones Hyland assists)	23	26
1:05	Darius Bazley makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tre Mann assists)	26	26
45.9	Christian Braun misses 26-foot three point jumper	26	26
42.8	Aaron Wiggins defensive rebound	26	26
32.6	Tre Mann makes 27-foot three pointer	29	26
9.6	Jeff Green makes 4-foot two point shot (Bruce Brown assists)	29	28
0.3	Tre Mann misses 26-foot step back jumpshot	29	28
0.1	Thunder offensive team rebound	29	28
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	29	28

Regular Season Series

DEN leads 1-0

Thunder
117
Nuggets
122

Game 1

23/10

Nuggets
122
Thunder
110

Game 2

4/11

Nuggets
131
Thunder
126

Game 3

24/11

Thunder
101
Nuggets
99

Game 4

23/1

Ball Arena

2:00 AM, 23 October 2022

Denver, CO

Attendance: 19,983

Referees:
Eric Lewis
Brett Nansel
Matt Myers

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	57	25	.695	-	W5
Denver	57	25	.695	-	W1
Minnesota	56	26	.683	1	L1
Utah	31	51	.378	26	L1
Portland	21	61	.256	36	L5

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