Game completed

Denver Nuggets39-26126atOklahoma City Thunder51-15129 winner

Mon, Mar 9, 7:30 PM EDTPaycom Center, Oklahoma City, OKPeacock · NBC Sports Network · ALT/KTVD · FanDuel Sports Network - Oklahoma

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
DEN	40	20	33	33	126
OKC	37	29	30	33	129

Denver Nuggets

126

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cameron JohnsonSF	23	6	3	1	0	0	0	1-5	1-3	3-4	+9
Aaron GordonPF	28	23	10	3	1	0	1	6-14	2-4	9-10	+14
Nikola JokićC	40	32	14	13	0	1	3	12-19	3-6	5-6	+2
Christian BraunSG	38	4	9	2	2	1	1	2-6	0-3	0-2	-2
Jamal MurrayPG	37	21	8	6	0	1	0	9-23	0-4	3-3	+5
Tim Hardaway Jr.	33	28	2	2	0	0	1	10-16	8-12	0-2	-10
Julian Strawther	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-3
Bruce Brown	16	4	3	1	0	0	1	1-5	1-2	1-2	-15
Jonas Valančiūnas	6	2	2	1	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-8
Spencer Jones	16	6	5	0	0	0	0	3-7	0-3	0-0	-7
Team		126	70	29	3	3	7	45-98	15-37	21-29

DNP: Tyus Jones, Zeke Nnaji, Jalen Pickett, David Roddy, DaRon Holmes II (gleague on assignment), Curtis Jones (gleague twoway), KJ Simpson (gleague twoway), Peyton Watson (injury)

Oklahoma City Thunder

129

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cason WallaceSF	17	4	2	1	0	1	0	2-6	0-1	0-0	-27
Luguentz DortPF	30	6	4	0	1	2	1	2-11	2-8	0-2	-15
Jaylin WilliamsC	40	29	12	3	0	2	1	10-17	7-11	2-4	+4
Isaiah JoeSG	32	13	4	2	0	2	0	5-10	3-8	0-0	-3
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPG	39	35	9	15	1	1	0	14-21	3-7	4-4	+2
Jared McCain	22	13	1	1	0	0	0	4-7	3-5	2-2	+19
Ajay Mitchell	29	24	2	3	1	0	0	9-16	1-4	5-5	+11
Kenrich Williams	13	2	1	2	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	2-2	+8
Aaron Wiggins	18	3	2	0	0	1	1	1-3	0-2	1-2	+16
Team		129	43	27	3	9	3	47-93	19-47	16-21

DNP: Brooks Barnhizer, Payton Sandfort, Nikola Topić, Branden Carlson (injury), Alex Caruso (injury), Isaiah Hartenstein (injury), Chet Holmgren (injury), Thomas Sorber (injury), Jalen Williams (injury)

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Lead tracker

Biggest lead · OKC: 12
Biggest lead · DEN: 13
Times tied: 13
Lead changes: 17
Longest run · DEN: 12

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How they entered this matchup

Rest edge: DENTravel tax: DENNational TV

DEN has the rest edge with 69.5h between tipoffs, 23.5h more than OKC.
DEN is carrying the heavier travel load at 506 mi from its previous stop.
National TV puts extra weight on a matchup that already has real schedule context.

Reading the setup…

Rest, travel, and body clock

Schedule spot	DEN	OKC
Record	39-26	51-15
Days rest	2 days edge	1 day
Hours rest	69.5h	46h
Rest swing	+23.5h	-23.5h
Travel in	506 mi	0 mi edge
Zone change	+1h	0h
Body clock	1h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 1 of 1	Homestand · 2 of 4
Miles before tip	0 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	—	—
Fatigue Index	2	1 edge

marks the side with the edge in that row.

DEN carries the heavier fatigue load tonight — 2 vs. OKC's 1.

How each side got here506 mi vs 0 mi

How each side got here

DEN

506 mi

Denver, COOklahoma City, OK

DEN came from Denver, CO with 506 mi of travel and +1h of time-zone change.

Denver, CO to Oklahoma City, OK

OKC

0 mi

Oklahoma City, OKNo travel

OKC stayed in Oklahoma City, OK between games, so travel is not a real factor in this setup.

Stayed in Oklahoma City, OK

Where this game sitsroad 1 of 1 vs homestand 2 of 4

Where this game sits in the run

DEN

Road trip

DEN is on game 1 of 1 on the road, with 0 mi already behind it.

Game in segment1 of 1

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles506 mi

OKC

Homestand

OKC is in game 2 of 4 on this homestand.

Game in segment2 of 4

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

National: streamingPeacockNBC Sports Network
Local TV: DENALT/KTVDOKCFanDuel Sports Network - Oklahomain-market
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Radio: DENAltitude Sports Radio 92.5 FMSiriusXMOKCWWLS/WKY

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