Denver Beats Oklahoma City, Keeps Pressure on Golden State

The Denver Nuggets, the 2nd place team in the NBA Western Conference, hosted the 3rd place Oklahoma City Thunder on February 26th. In a high scoring affair, the Nuggets beat the Thunder 121-112.

Denver was led by Nikola Jokick, who just missed a triple double with 36 points, 10 assists, and nine rebounds. Russell Westbrook also just missed a triple double for Oklahoma City with 22 points, 14 rebounds, and nine assists. Paul George scored 25 for OKC.

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Denver improved to 42-18, just a game behind the idle Golden State Warriors (43-17). The Nuggets have not shown any signs of fading in a surprising season. Oklahoma City remains in 3rd in the West, at 38-22, five games back. This won’t be a runaway for the Warriors this season; besides the Nuggets and Thunder, Portland is just six games back and Houston is eight behind. Denver will be at Golden State for games March 8th and April 2nd.