The Oklahoma City Thunder started their season in dramatic fashion on Wednesday they just narrowly lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves 115-108. Despite trailing by as many as 16 points midway through the third quarter, OKC was actually able to take the lead for a portion of the end of the period and parts of the fourth quarter. In the end, though, Minnesota was the better the team.
Tonight, the Thunder travels to Denver to take on the Nuggets, who struggled in their own season opener. Despite being considered one of the favorites to win the Western Conference, the Nuggets dropped their first game of the season 123-102 to the Utah Jazz, but last night, Denver managed to defeat the defending champion Golden State Warriors 128-123. Needless to say, the Nuggets have a lot of potential to be the league’s best, so the young guns from OKC will have their hands full tonight trying to stop reigning MVP Nikola Jokic and his crew.
Game Details
Tip-Off: 8 PM CT
Location: Ball Arena (Denver, Colorado)
Television: Bally Sports Oklahoma
Radio: WWLS 98.1FM OKC The Sports Animal
Twitter: Follow @ZacharyLowNBA for live tweets and discussion during the game
Game Notes: Oklahoma City Thunder Official Game Notes, Denver Nuggets Official Game Notes
Projected Starters
Thunder
- PG: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
- SG: Josh Giddey
- SF: Luguentz Dort
- PF: Aleksej Pokusevski
- C: Jeremiah Robinson-Earl
Nuggets
- PG: Jamal Murray
- SG: Kentavious Cauldwell-Pope
- SF: Michael Porter Jr.
- PF: Aaron Gordon
- C: Nikola Jokic
Injury Report
Thunder
- Chet Holmgren is OUT (right foot surgery).
- Jalen Williams is OUT (right orbital fracture surgery).
Nuggets
- Collin Gillespie is OUT (right lower leg fracture).
- Nikola Jokic is PROBABLE (sprained right finger).
- Jamal Murray is QUESTIONABLE (left knee injury management).
Head-to-Head
- Since arriving in Oklahoma City in 2008, the Thunder is 24-29 against the Nuggets (16-12 at home, 8-17 on the road).
- Since arriving in Oklahoma City in 2008, the Thunder has won the season series with the Nuggets 6 times, lost it 7 times, and tied it once.
- The Thunder went 2-2 (1-1 at home, 1-1 on the road) against the Nuggets last season.