NBA playoffs: Nuggets win to force game seven
The Nuggets and the Thunder go to game seven after Denver come back in the second half
NBA giant Nikola Jokic scored 29 points as the Denver Nuggets beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 119-107 to send their Western Conference semi-final series into a decisive seventh game .
Denver were 3-2 down in the series but fought back after half-time to earn a trip to Oklahoma City for Game seven on Sunday, 18 May.
NUGGETS DEFEND HOME COURT AND FORCE GAME 7 ‼️
Jokić:
🃏 29 PTS
🃏 14 REB
🃏 8 ASTMurray:
🏹 25 PTS
🏹 8 REB
🏹 7 AST pic.twitter.com/LtALEvc2t8— NBA (@NBA) May 16, 2025
“To win that [fourth] quarter, after what’s happened the last two games, says a lot of our guys and the fact that they can bounce back from anything – I keep saying that,” said Denver coach David Adelman. “We just keep finding our way.”
Julian Strawther scored a key 15 points in the second half after coming off the bench, despite losing a prosthetic tooth in a challenge.
A ball boy scooped it up for him in a towel and returned it to the bench.
“We got it back”,” he said.
“That’s the moment you dream of when you’re a little kid — come to the game, having all the guys believe in you, find you in your spots and be able to just make an impact on the game.
The Nuggets needed a seventh game to eliminate the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round.
The Minnesota Timberwolves await either Denver or Oklahoma City in the Western Conference final – last year they defeated the Nuggets in game seven of the Western Conference semi-finals.