{"id":25618,"date":"2025-05-11T17:10:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T17:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/25618\/"},"modified":"2025-05-11T17:10:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T17:10:16","slug":"watch-the-nuggets-take-on-the-thunder-in-game-4-on-denver7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/25618\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch the Nuggets take on the Thunder in Game 4 on Denver7"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Celtics<\/a> took another big lead and didn’t let it slip away. The Timberwolves<\/a> had to rally in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

And now, Game 4s in the NBA<\/a> conference semifinals await \u2014 with New York, Minnesota, Indiana and Denver holding 2-1 series leads.<\/p>\n

Boston \u2014 which wasted 20-point leads in Games 1 and 2 against the Knicks \u2014 led by as many as 31 points and never trailed in its Game 3 win at New York on Saturday. That was followed by Minnesota holding off Golden State, which was without Stephen Curry because of a hamstring injury and then lost Draymond Green in the fourth quarter after he fouled out.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, a pair of Game 4s are on the slate: East No. 1 seed Cleveland at Indiana, and West No. 1 seed Oklahoma City at Denver.<\/p>\n

Sunday’s national TV schedule<\/p>\n

All times Mountain<\/p>\n

1:30 p.m. \u2014 Oklahoma City at Denver (Denver7)<\/p>\n

6 p.m. \u2014 Cleveland at Indiana (TNT)<\/p>\n

Monday’s national TV schedule<\/p>\n

All times Mountain<\/p>\n

5:30 p.m. \u2014 Boston at New York (ESPN)<\/p>\n

8 p.m. \u2014 Minnesota at Golden State (ESPN)<\/p>\n

Tuesday’s national TV schedule<\/p>\n

All times Mountain<\/p>\n

5 p.m. \u2014 Indiana at Cleveland (TNT\/truTV\/Max)<\/p>\n

7:30 p.m. \u2014 Denver at Oklahoma City (TNT\/truTV\/Max)<\/p>\n

Betting odds<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City (+175) continues to be favored to win the NBA title, according to BetMGM Sportsbook, followed by Boston (+250).<\/p>\n

Cleveland (+500) is next, followed by Minnesota (+900), Denver (+1000), New York (+1700), Indiana (+2500) and Golden State (+5500).<\/p>\n

Award season<\/p>\n

There’s no word yet on when the NBA will announce this season’s MVP. It’ll be Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Denver’s Nikola Jokic or Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo.<\/p>\n

Also coming in the next few weeks: the All-NBA, All-Rookie and All-Defensive teams.<\/p>\n

Other awards so far:<\/p>\n

\u2014 Oklahoma City’s Sam Presti won executive of the year.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Cleveland’s Kenny Atkinson won coach of the year.<\/a> He also won the same award from the National Basketball Coaches Association.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Boston’s Jrue Holiday won the social justice award<\/a> and the sportsmanship award.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Atlanta\u2019s Dyson Daniels won most improved player.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 San Antonio’s Stephon Castle won rookie of the year.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Golden State’s Stephen Curry won the Twyman-Stokes teammate of the year award.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Golden State’s Draymond Green won the hustle award.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Cleveland\u2019s Evan Mobley won defensive player of the year.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 New York’s Jalen Brunson won clutch player of the year.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Boston’s Payton Pritchard won sixth man of the year.<\/a><\/p>\n

Scoring leaders<\/p>\n

The highest-scoring games by players so far in this year’s playoffs:<\/p>\n

48 \u2014 Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland vs. Indiana, May 6<\/p>\n

43 \u2014 Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland vs. Indiana, May 9<\/p>\n

43 \u2014 Jamal Murray, Denver vs. LA Clippers, April 29<\/p>\n

43 \u2014 Anthony Edwards, Minnesota vs. LA Lakers, April 27<\/p>\n

42 \u2014 Nikola Jokic, Denver at Oklahoma City, May 5<\/p>\n

40 \u2014 Jalen Brunson, New York at Detroit, May 1<\/p>\n

39 \u2014 Kawhi Leonard, LA Clippers at Denver, April 21<\/p>\n

Key upcoming events<\/p>\n

Monday \u2014 Draft lottery, Chicago.<\/p>\n

May 18 or 20 \u2014 Game 1, Western Conference finals.<\/p>\n

May 19 or 21 \u2014 Game 1, Eastern Conference finals.<\/p>\n

June 2 \u2014 Last possible date for Game 7 of Eastern Conference finals.<\/p>\n

June 3 \u2014 Last possible date for Game 7 of the Western Conference finals.<\/p>\n

June 5 \u2014 Game 1, NBA Finals. (Other games: June 8, June 11, June 13, June 16, June 19 and Game 7, if necessary, will be June 22.)<\/p>\n

June 25 \u2014 NBA draft, first round.<\/p>\n

June 26 \u2014 NBA draft, second round.<\/p>\n

Stories of note<\/p>\n

\u2014 Preview of Sunday’s games: Cavaliers-Pacers and Thunder-Nuggets.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mitchell Robinson can’t make a free throw. Knicks fans cheered him anyway.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Timberwolves say fan was ejected for conduct toward Draymond Green.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Pat Riley speaks: On Heat future, on Jimmy Butler, on being 80<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Tyrese Haliburton was willing to pay a fine. The NBA warned him instead.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 These are the playoffs of the big comeback, where no 20-point lead is safe.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Gregg Popovich’s new job: \u2018El Jefe\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Spurs coach Gregg Popovich steps down.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mitch Johnson takes over for Pop in San Antonio.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Appreciation: Gregg Popovich changed the NBA.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Grizzlies promote Iisalo to head coach, remove interim tag.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 A look inside the numbers of this season, headed into the playoffs<\/a><\/p>\n

Comeback season<\/p>\n

There have been five wins by teams that trailed by 20 points or more so far in these playoffs. That’s the most in any postseason during the play-by-play era, which started with the 1997 playoffs.<\/p>\n

The biggest deficits that were successfully overcome:<\/p>\n

29 \u2014 Oklahoma City at Memphis, April 24 (Thunder won 114-108)<\/p>\n

20 \u2014 Indiana vs. Milwaukee, April 29 (Pacers won 119-118)<\/p>\n

20 \u2014 New York at Boston, May 5 (Knicks won 108-105)<\/p>\n

20 \u2014 Indiana at Cleveland, May 6 (Pacers won 120-119)<\/p>\n

20 \u2014 New York at Boston, May 7 (Knicks won 91-90)<\/p>\n

Stats of the day<\/p>\n

\u2014 The Knicks have faced deficits of 20 or more points in six games against Boston this season. Against the rest of the league, the Knicks have trailed by 20 or more six times combined.<\/p>\n

\u2014 There have been 55 playoff games so far this year. Home teams won 28, road teams won 27.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Julius Randle had a triple-double for Minnesota on Saturday. He’s now the second player to have one in the playoffs for the Timberwolves; Kevin Garnett did it three times, most recently in 2004.<\/p>\n

Quote of the day<\/p>\n

\u201cYou’ve got to beat us four times. That\u2019s what it comes down to. Not twice, not once, not three. You’ve got to win four games. So, it’s a lot of basketball to be played.\u201d \u2014 Boston’s Jaylen Brown, after the Celtics closed within 2-1 of the Knicks with their win Saturday.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

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