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TIME	MEDIA	LOCATION
10:00 PM EDT - Kitchener	NBA Boxscore - Shotchart	Ball Arena
8:00 PM MDT - Denver	ESPN Boxscore - Gamecast	Denver
7:00 PM PDT - Seattle	TV: ESPN	Team Subreddits
4:00 AM CEST - Sombor	Radio: SiriusXM, Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM	r/thunder
12:00 PM AEST - Sydney	Streams: NBAbite	r/denvernuggets

 

Starters

OKC - Expected	DEN - Expected
PG S. Gilgeous-Alexander	PG Jamal Murray
SG Luguentz Dort	SG C. Braun
SF J. Williams	SF M. Porter
PF Chet Holmgren	PF Aaron Gordon
C I. Hartenstein	C Nikola Jokic

 

Injuries

OKC	DEN

 

Betting Odds

Moneyline	Spread	Over/Under
OKC -250	OKC -5.5	232.5

^{last updated May 09, 19:03 MDT}

 

Referees: James Capers, Ben Taylor, Ray Acosta

Key will be taking better care of the basketball but most importantly, REBOUNDING! Zero OREB for 24 minutes, what’s up with that? Rebounding is more hustle than skill, get out there and fight for every missed shot if you want to win!

When: 8:00 PM MT (click for local time)

Where: Ball Arena - Denver

TV: ESPN

Radio: SiriusXM, Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM

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Previews: Game Notes, nba.com

Podcasts:

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Daily Listening: Joy Oladokun - Proof Of Life (2023) | Recommended by u/ion513

 

Starters

OKC - Expected	DEN - Expected
PG S. Gilgeous-Alexander	PG Jamal Murray
SG Luguentz Dort	SG C. Braun
SF J. Williams	SF M. Porter
PF Chet Holmgren	PF Aaron Gordon
C I. Hartenstein	C Nikola Jokic

 

Injuries

OKC	DEN

 

Betting Odds

Moneyline	Spread	Over/Under
OKC -250	OKC -5.5	232.5

^{last updated May 09, 18:02 MDT}

 

Referees: James Capers, Ben Taylor, Ray Acosta

Where are people getting these? I want one so bad (for… my kid!). Don’t see them for sale in the arena. They’re sooooo bright and I love them.

Hey y’all big nuggets fan looking for some other nuggets fan in nyc! Born and raised in denver but I’d love some friends in nyc!

Nuggets fans, when you are at the game, please remember that Grant Hill declared OKC to have the best fans in the NBA. Make sure to make him eat those words. Thank you.

Nobody outside of DEN understands this. DEN is a wildly resilient and even team. They don’t get high or low. They just ball. One game means nothing for the next game on this Nuggets team.

Last series, DEN got embarrassed game 3 but won in 7.

Wolves series last season, DEN got embarrassed in game 2 AND 6 - series went down to the wire in game 7. Let’s never talk about this series again.

Look at this regular season during the back to back OKC-DEN series - lost by 20 on a Sunday and won by 20 on a Monday. It means nothing.

The 2023 Smuggets are gone. The 2025 Nuggets don’t dominate games but they do win games.

Let OKC gloat and be happy with their game 2 beat down.

It’s tied 1-1. That’s a win for DEN.

Hello Nuggs Nation!! I have a single ticket to tonight’s game for sale!

Prime loge Section 148 row 16 seat 9. I’m selling for $500 or best offer.

Message me if you’re interested!

That last game broke the record for most first half points in the playoffs. The previous record was held by Cleveland in game 4 of the 2017 NBA finals against Golden State. Golden State won that series.

Tip your cap and onto the homestand. LFG!

I have one extra ticket I’m trying to sell for the game tomorrow - section 128 in the lower bowl. Paid $318 for it, and looking to sell for ~$200ish. DM me if interested. Go nuggets!

I have a free parking spot at Ball Arena I don't need tonight. First to DM me gets it!

We can’t keep turning the ball over at twice the rate of our opponent. MPJ needs to be more consistent we can do this

Max or Altitude plus? or neither

I already am and have been for the last couple seasons but I want to tell my friends why I'm a Nuggs guy without sounding like a bandwagoner

https://preview.redd.it/rlwizfy9lhze1.png?width=1136&format=png&auto=webp&s=4de28aad3010b890ed942f4da2f1579243c22c1f

Not solely the reason we lost but fuck this clown man, everytime we even had small momentum he kills it.

Fuck the commentators on TNT too, specially Ian Eagle clearly extremely biased.

I was a life-long Nuggets fan from ‘85-‘09. When we lost to Kobe and the Lakers in the WCF, thanks in part to superstar foul calling, I gave up. It seemed we’d never even make a Finals, let alone win one.

About 10-12 years later I started watching the Nuggets and NBA again. There’s way too much 3-point shooting, but I’m an old head. Should be more midrange game, but that’s not the biggest issue.

The NBA officiating is the biggest issue by far.

Last year, the Timberwolves mauled the Nuggets and won the series. In games the refs let them get away with fouls, they won.

Same deal against the Thunder. I’m not against physical play. I love it. But the refs need to call it both ways. OKC fouled Denver a ton in the first half of both games, but in Game 1 the officials started evening up calls and it was close. Game 2 the Thunder started flopping and got away with it. Denver would’ve lost either way but I don’t see how it helps the league if Jokic fouls out in the 3rd quarter. 2 of his foul call were ridiculous.

Anyway, go Nuggets! If the refs are halfway decent tonight it should be a good game.

He's been good in his minutes the past 4 or 5 playoff games after a shaky start. The shot seems fine (can't be worse than MPJ with 1 shoulder) and we can have him hound and frustrate Shai all game.

I get the argument for starting Russ but I think Russ is better off as ''the spark'' and not playing full time. Russ goes full throttle all the time but it's not sustainable for 35 minutes in a playoff game. Watson can sit in the corner, cut occasionally, defend his ass off and just let Jamal and Jokic do their jobs offensively.

Thoughts?

Edit:

To expand: In the last 5 games Pwat is scoring almost twice as many points as MPJ per minute. He's averaging more rebounds per 36. He's averaging more than 5 stocks per 36 minutes whilst MPJ is averaging under 2. He's not turned the ball over once in the 66 minutes he has played. He's averaging about 3 offensive rebounds per 36 and will help Gordon and Jokic massively on the boards.

Obviously these numbers are not fully sustainable but he'll fill our most pressing needs nicely this series. He knows his role, won't turn the ball over, won't take stupid shots, will grab rebounds and will defend his ass off which is why I think he deserves a shot over MPJ (and Russ).

I only heard we got one, didn't hear on who or what for.

anyone know?

I really don’t know how to feel about the first two games. Logically I don’t think we have a chance but the diehard in me thinks we can squeak out this series. I’m conflicted. How are you all feeling?

We didn't execute any facet of the game, and it's our own fault. We had poor defensive execution, couldn't hit open shots, drove in to crowds of four defenders for impossible layups constantly.

All the other threads and comments popping up blaming the refs for our loss are deflecting blame. I'm not even sure it was necessarily poor effort on our part. I think it was just poor, tired, execution. You don't lose by 40+ because of officiating, full stop.

Coming back to Denver 1-1 is all we ever should have expected after a 7 game series. Don't panic, let's get ready for 5280