The OKC Thunder lost 105-98 to the Denver Nuggets, and it wasn’t really that close.
While OKC managed to pull within shouting distance of Denver by the end, there were really only a few moments when the game was ever in doubt – and even fewer of them in the second half. The lead was down to five multiple times in the fourth quarter, but that ever-elusive, and ever-needed stop was just never there, as Nikola Jokic shot floater after floater, sinking the OKC Thunder.
Russell Westbrook had a bad game. Thus far in the season, the entire team has bought into Billy Donovan’s plan, Russ included.