Gilgeous-Alexander, Holmgren lead Thunder to 102-87 win over Nuggets in season opener

— Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 28 points, Chet Holmgren added 25 as part of a stellar all-around performance and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Denver Nuggets 102-87 on Thursday night in the season opener for both teams.
Oct 25, 2025, 02:05 pm - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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--OKC
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--DEN

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Shot Chart
  • Nikola Jokic blocks Chet Holmgren 's 6-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses two point shot
  • Luguentz Dort misses running pullup jump shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Isaiah Joe makes 6-foot two point shot (Jalen Williams assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jalen Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chet Holmgren assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Christian Braun makes layup (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Chet Holmgren misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Christian Braun misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Christian Braun blocks Isaiah Joe 's 26-foot three point jumper
  • Aaron Gordon makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes two point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
  • Luguentz Dort makes 2-foot jump bank shot (Chet Holmgren assists)
  • Luguentz Dort makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Chet Holmgren misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Christian Braun makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 10-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes driving layup (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Cason Wallace misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Chet Holmgren blocks Michael Porter Jr. 's 1-foot dunk
  • Nikola Jokic misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Julian Strawther misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Chet Holmgren makes 11-foot pullup jump shot (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes dunk (Russell Westbrook assists)
  • Isaiah Joe makes 16-foot step back jumpshot
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses two point shot
  • Cason Wallace misses tip shot
  • Cason Wallace misses two point shot
  • Chet Holmgren makes two point shot
  • Chet Holmgren makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Russell Westbrook misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Ousmane Dieng misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Ousmane Dieng makes 22-foot three point jumper (Alex Caruso assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 1-foot dunk (Russell Westbrook assists)
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Peyton Watson misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jamal Murray misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jalen Williams misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Julian Strawther misses two point shot
  • Peyton Watson misses tip shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Aaron Wiggins makes 9-foot two point shot
  • Russell Westbrook misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Russell Westbrook makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Ousmane Dieng makes 23-foot three point jumper (Isaiah Joe assists)
  • Peyton Watson blocks Jalen Williams 's 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 53-foot three point shot
  • Russell Westbrook makes 2-foot two point shot (Julian Strawther assists)
  • Russell Westbrook blocks Cason Wallace 's 3-foot driving layup
  • Jalen Williams misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
  • Aaron Wiggins makes driving layup (Alex Caruso assists)
  • Russell Westbrook misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Julian Strawther makes two point shot
  • Jalen Williams makes layup
  • Jalen Williams misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Alex Caruso misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Dario Saric makes layup
  • Cason Wallace misses two point shot
  • Alex Caruso misses two point shot
  • Russell Westbrook misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Ajay Mitchell misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Dario Saric misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Peyton Watson makes 1-foot dunk
  • Aaron Wiggins makes driving layup (Jalen Williams assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses 15-foot two point shot
  • Aaron Wiggins makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Chet Holmgren makes 11-foot two point shot (Ajay Mitchell assists)
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander blocks Russell Westbrook 's 1-foot layup
  • Russell Westbrook blocks Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 's 3-foot two point shot
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Aaron Wiggins blocks Aaron Gordon's layup
  • Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Aaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Aaron Wiggins makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Chet Holmgren assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 9-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 2-foot two point shot (Christian Braun assists)
  • Ajay Mitchell misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 15-foot two point shot
  • Christian Braun misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Aaron Gordon misses tip shot
  • Aaron Gordon makes tip shot
  • Christian Braun blocks Luguentz Dort 's 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Christian Braun makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Chet Holmgren makes 2-foot layup (Jalen Williams assists)
  • Chet Holmgren makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Isaiah Joe makes 27-foot three point jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Chet Holmgren makes driving layup
  • Chet Holmgren misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Jamal Murray makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Luguentz Dort blocks Jamal Murray 's 5-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot
  • Isaiah Joe misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Isaiah Joe misses layup
  • Christian Braun makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Luguentz Dort makes dunk (Chet Holmgren assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 3-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jalen Williams misses two point shot
  • Isaiah Joe misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Christian Braun makes two point shot (Peyton Watson assists)
  • Isaiah Joe misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Christian Braun misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses two point shot
  • Isaiah Joe misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Luguentz Dort misses 13-foot step back jumpshot
  • Christian Braun makes dunk (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
  • Chet Holmgren makes 1-foot dunk (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Chet Holmgren makes two point shot (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 1-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Chet Holmgren misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Aaron Gordon makes 16-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Jalen Williams misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Chet Holmgren makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
  • Christian Braun makes 4-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Chet Holmgren blocks Michael Porter Jr. 's 2-foot dunk
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Jalen Williams makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot (Chet Holmgren assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
  • Christian Braun misses tip shot
  • Christian Braun misses tip shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses tip shot
  • Cason Wallace makes 1-foot two point shot (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
  • Aaron Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
  • Chet Holmgren misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 1-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray misses two point shot
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Aaron Gordon misses two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon misses tip shot
  • Jalen Williams misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Christian Braun misses driving layup
  • Chet Holmgren blocks Nikola Jokic's dunk
  • Chet Holmgren misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Chet Holmgren makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Peyton Watson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes 4-foot two point shot
  • Chet Holmgren blocks Nikola Jokic 's 4-foot hook shot
  • Chet Holmgren makes dunk (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes technical free throw
  • Chet Holmgren misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander blocks Julian Strawther 's 25-foot three point jumper
  • Russell Westbrook misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Russell Westbrook misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes driving layup
  • Peyton Watson misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Peyton Watson blocks Ousmane Dieng 's 2-foot two point shot
  • Cason Wallace makes 1-foot layup (Alex Caruso assists)
  • Julian Strawther makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 12-foot jumper
  • Russell Westbrook misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses 48-foot three point shot
  • Jalen Williams misses two point shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 23-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
  • Aaron Wiggins misses two point shot
  • Julian Strawther makes 10-foot two point shot (Russell Westbrook assists)
  • Jalen Williams misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jalen Williams blocks Russell Westbrook 's 1-foot two point shot
  • Aaron Wiggins makes 1-foot two point shot
  • Jalen Williams blocks Peyton Watson 's 1-foot layup
  • Jalen Williams makes driving dunk (Aaron Wiggins assists)
  • Peyton Watson misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jalen Williams blocks Russell Westbrook 's 2-foot driving layup
  • Nikola Jokic makes 1-foot hook shot (Russell Westbrook assists)
  • Jalen Williams makes 25-foot three point jumper (Alex Caruso assists)
  • Luguentz Dort misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Aaron Wiggins blocks Michael Porter Jr. 's 2-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes two point shot
  • Russell Westbrook makes 23-foot three point jumper (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
  • Aaron Wiggins misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Christian Braun misses driving layup
  • Aaron Wiggins makes two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses 2-foot two point shot
  • Russell Westbrook misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Chet Holmgren misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jalen Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jalen Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Aaron Gordon makes 1-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander makes two point shot
  • Aaron Gordon misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Chet Holmgren makes 11-foot jumper (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander assists)
  • Christian Braun makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Michael Porter Jr. makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Jalen Williams misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Aaron Gordon makes 1-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point shot
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander blocks Aaron Gordon 's 3-foot layup
  • Luguentz Dort misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
  • Chet Holmgren makes two point shot
  • Isaiah Joe misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Zeke Nnaji misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Ajay Mitchell misses two point shot
  • Hunter Tyson misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Dillon Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jalen Pickett misses 25-foot three point jumper
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