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Thunder look to take down experienced Nuggets team<\/p>\n
USA TODAY Sports’ Lorenzo Reyes breaks down the second-round matchup between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Denver Nuggets.<\/p>\n
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Nikola Jokic<\/a> and the Denver Nuggets<\/a> took a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference semifinals<\/a> with a 113-104 overtime victory<\/a> Friday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Nuggets managed to overwhelm the Thunder in overtime, outscoring OKC 11-2.<\/p>\n Jokic overcame a slow start to finish with 20 points and 16 rebounds in the victory. He struggled from long range all night, going 0-for-10 from 3 (he was 8-for-25 from the field overall). Jamal Murray (27 points), Aaron Gordon (22) and Michael Porter Jr. (21) all joined Jokic in double figures.<\/p>\n Jalen Williams finished with a game-high 32 points for the Thunder while Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> put together a double-double with 18 points and 13 rebounds. He was 1-of-6 from the 3-point line and 7-for-22 from the field overall.<\/p>\n The series will continue in Denver with Game 4 before shifting back to Oklahoma City for Game 5.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n STATS: Check out full stats from the game here<\/a>.<\/p>\n The game will be decided in overtime with a chance to take the lead in the series.<\/p>\n Jalen Williams led the Thunder with 32 points and five assists in regulation. Jamal Murray recorded 25 points and six assists for the Nuggets in four quarters of play.<\/p>\n Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren have 16 points through the first three quarters of play for the Thunder. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander enters the final quarter of regulation with 15 points and 10 rebounds.<\/p>\n Michael Porter Jr. and Jamal Murray have scored 18 points each for the Nuggets. Nikola Jokic has 14 points and 14 rebounds in 31 minutes of play. He is 0-for-7 from the 3-point line.<\/p>\n Chet Holmgren and the Thunder hold a five-point lead through the first half against the Nuggets.<\/p>\n Holmgren finished with 16 points and seven rebounds while Jalen Williams contributed 11 points in the first half for Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n Shai Gilgeous-Alexander shot just 1-for-8 with five points and nine rebounds for OKC.\u00a0<\/p>\n Michael Porter Jr. helped keep the score close in the first half, after shooting 5-for-6 with 15 points for Denver. Jamal Murray finished with 11 points while Nikola Jokic was limited to eight points on 2-for-9 shooting.<\/p>\n Chet Holmgren was the first player to reach double-digit scoring with 11 points in the first quarter.<\/p>\n Holmgren nearly reached a double-double with six rebounds. Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was limited to just three points.<\/p>\n Nikola Jokic had five points and two early fouls in the quarter for Denver.<\/p>\n What time is Nuggets vs. Thunder?<\/p>\n Game 3 between the Denver Nuggets<\/a> and the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> will tip off at 10 p.m. ET on Friday, May 9 at Ball Arena in Denver.<\/p>\n Watch Nuggets vs. Thunder Game 3 on Fubo<\/a><\/p>\n How to watch Nuggets vs. Thunder playoff game: TV, streamDate: Friday, May 9Time: 10 p.m. ETLocation: Ball Arena in DenverTV: ESPNStream: Fubo<\/a> (free trial to new subscribers)Nuggets vs. Thunder NBA playoff schedule, results<\/p>\n (All times Eastern; *if necessary)<\/p>\n Game 1 \u2013 Monday, May 5: Nuggets 121, Thunder 119<\/a>Game 2 \u2013 Wednesday, May 7: Thunder 149, Nuggets 106<\/a>Game 3: Thunder at Nuggets | Friday, May 9, 10 p.m.<\/a> | ESPNGame 4: Thunder at Nuggets | Sunday, May 11, 3:30 p.m. | ABCGame 5: Nuggets at Thunder | Tuesday, May 13, TBDGame 6: Thunder at Nuggets | TBD*Game 7: Nuggets at Thunder | TBD*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thunder look to take down experienced Nuggets team USA TODAY Sports’ Lorenzo Reyes breaks down the second-round matchup…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3781],"tags":[59,7,311,57,56,80,60,301,187,3943,623,914,106,3580,562,54,79,70,85,6,11,62,67,913,253,53,302,310,179,58,61,81,34,65,1937,622,209,66,83,55,64,312,63,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-24861","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-nuggets","8":"tag-affiliate","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-city","11":"tag-commerce","12":"tag-contains","13":"tag-contains-commerce-or-affiliate-content","14":"tag-content","15":"tag-denver","16":"tag-denver-nuggets","17":"tag-denvernuggets","18":"tag-gilgeous-alexander","19":"tag-jokic","20":"tag-jr","21":"tag-michael","22":"tag-michael-porter-jr","23":"tag-modular","24":"tag-modular-story","25":"tag-national","26":"tag-national-sports","27":"tag-nba","28":"tag-nba-playoffs","29":"tag-neutral","30":"tag-news","31":"tag-nikola","32":"tag-nikola-jokic","33":"tag-now","34":"tag-nuggets","35":"tag-oklahoma","36":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","37":"tag-or","38":"tag-overall","39":"tag-overall-neutral","40":"tag-playoffs","41":"tag-point","42":"tag-porter","43":"tag-shai","44":"tag-shai-gilgeous-alexander","45":"tag-sports","46":"tag-sports-news","47":"tag-story","48":"tag-the","49":"tag-thunder","50":"tag-to","51":"tag-to-the-point"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}