DENVER – The ball hung on the rim and fell awry. Sometimes it clanged off, but either way the Thunder left points on the board on Friday night in Denver. On the road in the NBA against the team with the best record in the West, those missed opportunities are often much too much to overcome, and they were tonight for Oklahoma City.
The first quarter of the Thunder’s 109-98 loss to the Nuggets was a wild west shootout, with Denver hitting its first six three-pointers, including three by Torrey Craig who isn’t billed as a shooter on the scouting report.