Denver Nuggets @ Oklahoma City Thunder
Monday, March 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
Paycom Center, Oklahoma City, OK | Game ID: 22400936
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
OKC 32 41 26 28 127DEN 34 33 34 39 140
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Jokic has 35 points and 18 rebounds to lead Nuggets past West-leading Thunder 140-127
OKLAHOMA CITY -- — Nikola Jokic had 35 points, 18 rebounds and eight assists, and the Denver Nuggets beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 140-127 on Monday night.
Jamal Murray scored 34 points for the Nuggets, who lost 127-103 in Oklahoma City on Sunday .
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander , the NBA's leading scorer and a top contender for league MVP with Jokic, finished with 25 points for the Thunder. He scored 40 the day before.
Lu Dort had a season-high 26 points and made eight 3-pointers and Isaiah Hartenstein scored 20 points for Oklahoma City. The loss snapped a seven-game win streak for the Thunder, who have the best record in the Western Conference and are vying with Cleveland for the top record in the league.
The season series ends tied at 2-all, with the teams splitting the games at each venue.
The Thunder led 73-67 at halftime behind 16 points from Hartenstein and 15 from Gilgeous-Alexander. But Thunder All-Star Jalen Williams left the game in the second quarter with a right hip strain and did not return. He had 12 points and six assists in 14 minutes.
Denver took advantage and led 101-99 at the end of the third quarter.
The Nuggets dominated the fourth quarter, much the way the Thunder did the previous day. Murray hit a 3-pointer that gave Denver a 109-101 lead with just over 10 minutes remaining, and the Nuggets cruised from there.
Takeaways Nuggets: Denver showed its grit by bouncing back against a younger, deeper team on the second half of a back-to-back.
Thunder: Oklahoma City wasn't nearly as fluid in the second half without Williams. The Thunder will need him to recover quickly if they want a shot at the overall top seed.
Key mo ment Russell Westbrook and Peyton Watson made back-to-back 3-pointers to give the Nuggets a 125-111 lead with just under seven minutes remaining.
Key stat Jokic made 15 of 20 field goals.
Up next Nuggets host Minnesota on Wednesday, and Thunder visit Boston.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
DENCB C. Braun
JM J. Murray
JP J. Pickett
MP M. Porter Jr.
NJ N. Jokić
PW P. Watson
RW R. Westbrook
ZN Z. Nnaji
OKCAC A. Caruso
AW A. Wiggins
CH C. Holmgren
CW C. Wallace
IH I. Hartenstein
IJ I. Joe
JW J. Williams
JW Jal. Williams
LD L. Dort
OD O. Dieng
SG S. Gilgeous-Alexander
DEN/OKC the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur