National Basketball Association

FINAL Thursday, October 22, 2026
Denver Nuggets 84
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Oklahoma City Thunder 96
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Match Report

Thunder overcome SGA's shooting woes to beat Nuggets 96-84 in home opener

— Jalen Williams scored 21 points, Chet Holmgren had 12 points and 17 rebounds, and the Oklahoma City Thunder withstood a poor shooting night from Shai-Gilgeous-Alexander in their home opener to beat the Denver Nuggets 96-84 on Thursday.

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Team Stats

31-82
FG
36-95
38
Field Goal %
38
8-30
3PT
11-43
27
Three Point %
26
14-22
FT
13-14
64
Free Throw %
93
53
Rebounds
46
19
Offensive Rebounds
16
34
Defensive Rebounds
30
17
Assists
22
7
Steals
12
2
Blocks
9
22
Turnovers
12
0
Team Turnovers
0
22
Total Turnovers
12
0
Technical Fouls
0
0
Total Technical Fouls
0
0
Flagrant Fouls
0
21
Points Conceded Off Turnovers
12
2
Fast Break Points
10
36
Points in Paint
46
23
Fouls
22
9
Largest Lead
17
2
Lead Changes
2
62
Percent Led
33

Top Performers

DEN

  • Aaron Gordon MIN 29 · PTS 20 · FG 6-9
  • Nikola Jokic MIN 35 · PTS 13 · FG 5-19
  • Jamal Murray MIN 37 · PTS 6 · FG 2-11
  • Christian Braun MIN 33 · PTS 7 · FG 3-10

OKC

  • Chet Holmgren MIN 28 · PTS 12 · FG 5-9
  • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander MIN 35 · PTS 17 · FG 6-19
  • Jalen Williams MIN 33 · PTS 21 · FG 7-15
  • Alex Caruso MIN 20 · PTS 7 · FG 3-7

Recent Plays

  1. 0.0 · 4th Quarter End of Game
  2. 0.0 · 4th Quarter End of the 4th Quarter
  3. 10.3 · 4th Quarter Ryan Nembhard makes layup
  4. 13.9 · 4th Quarter Ryan Nembhard offensive rebound
  5. 13.9 · 4th Quarter Trevon Brazile misses 24-foot three point jumper
  6. 21.1 · 4th Quarter DaRon Holmes II offensive rebound
  7. 21.1 · 4th Quarter Ryan Nembhard misses driving layup
  8. 28.8 · 4th Quarter Bryce Hopkins offensive rebound

Highlights

00:26 Aday Mara throws down alley-oop slam for Thunder Watch on ESPN 00:23 SGA rises up to deny Nuggets at the rim Watch on ESPN 00:22 Jaylin Williams feeds Chet Holmgren for a sweet finish Watch on ESPN 00:17 SGA's slick pass to Isaiah Hartenstein results in a Thunder slam Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

OKC leads series 1-0

Injuries

Oklahoma City Thunder

  • Cason Wallace Out
  • Chet Holmgren Out
  • Jalen Williams Out
  • Otega Oweh Out

Denver Nuggets

  • Alpha Diallo Out
  • Cameron Johnson Day-To-Day
  • Spencer Jones Out
  • Julian Strawther Out

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