The Oklahoma City Thunder got blown out by the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday, losing 119-101 to Nikola Jokic and company on the first of a five-game road trip.
Jokic scored a game-high 27 points and had 12 rebounds, five of which were on the offensive glass, and added six assists.
Lu Dort led the Thunder with 20 points. He also played very good defense on Jamal Murray, limiting the Nuggets’ guard to five points on 2-for-10 shooting.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished with 14 points on 5-for-11 shooting to go with five rebounds and seven assists.
See game highlights and stats below.
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OKC Thunder (6-7)
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB (Off.) | AST | ST/BL | FGA-FGM | 3PA-3PM | FTA-FTM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah Roby | 26 | 10 | 9 (6) | 3 | 4/0 | 3-9 | 1-3 | 3-3 |
| Darius Bazley | 24 | 12 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0/2 | 5-11 | 2-7 | 0-0 |
| Lu Dort | 25 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1/0 | 8-11 | 3-6 | 1-2 |
| George Hill | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0/0 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | 27 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0/1 | 5-11 | 1-4 | 3-6 |
| Aleksej Pokusevski | 24 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1/1 | 0-7 | 0-5 | 0-0 |
| Darius Miller | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| Justin Jackson | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1/0 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 1-2 |
| Josh Hall | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0/0 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 2-3 |
| Mike Muscala | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| Moses Brown | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0/0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Theo Maledon | 21 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1/0 | 3-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| Kenrich Williams | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Hamidou Diallo | 19 | 16 | 6 (2) | 0 | 0/0 | 2-8 | 1-2 | 3-5 |
Denver Nuggets (7-7)
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB (Off.) | AST | ST/BL | FGA-FGM | 3PA-3PM | FTA-FTM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Millsap | 26 | 13 | 12 (4) | 3 | 2/1 | 5-10 | 2-5 | 1-2 |
| Will Barton | 25 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 1/0 | 5-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| Nikola Jokic | 28 | 27 | 12 (5) | 6 | 1/1 | 12-21 | 0-4 | 3-3 |
| Jamal Murray | 21 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2/0 | 2-10 | 0-3 | 1-1 |
| Gary Harris | 26 | 11 | 3 (2) | 3 | 1/0 | 4-9 | 3-6 | 0-0 |
| JaMychal Green | 17 | 10 | 8 (4) | 1 | 0/1 | 4-12 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| Zeke Nnaji | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Vlatko Cancar | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1/0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Isaiah Hartenstein | 13 | 5 | 7 (1) | 0 | 1/0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| Bol Bol | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Facundo Campazzo | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 1-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| Monte Morris | 21 | 15 | 4 (1) | 5 | 0/0 | 7-11 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| Markus Howard | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| R.J. Hampton | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0/0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| PJ Dozier | 19 | 11 | 2 (1) | 0 | 1/0 | 3-7 | 2-5 | 3-3 |
