Watson seals 124-122 win for Nuggets with blocked shot in final second, handing Thunder 1st loss

Russell Westbrook scored 29 points, Peyton Watson blocked a changeable successful nan closing seconds aft missing a brace of free throws astatine nan different extremity and nan injury-riddled Denver Nuggets rallied to hit Oklahoma City 124-122 to manus nan Thunder their first los...

DENVER -- Russell Westbrook scored 29 points, Peyton Watson blocked a changeable successful nan closing seconds aft missing a brace of free throws astatine nan different extremity and nan injury-riddled Denver Nuggets rallied to hit Oklahoma City 124-122 connected Wednesday nighttime to manus nan Thunder their first nonaccomplishment of nan season.

Nikola Jokic vanished pinch 23 points, 20 rebounds and 16 assists arsenic nan Nuggets rebounded from a 16-point shortage successful nan 3rd quarter. Christian Braun added 24.

Michael Porter Jr. came up large aft a slow start, scoring 21 of his 24 points successful nan 2nd half. The short-handed Nuggets were without powerfulness guardant Aaron Gordon (strained calf) and constituent defender Jamal Murray (concussion protocol).

Watson had a chance to seal nan crippled astatine nan statement pinch 16 seconds near but missed some free throws. He made up for it by swatting nan changeable of a driving Shai Gilgeous-Alexander conscionable earlier nan buzzer sounded.

Jalen Williams led nan Thunder pinch 29 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists while Gilgeous-Alexander had 28 points.

Thunder: So defensively sound, nan Thunder allowed 69 points successful nan 2nd half. They entered nan title giving up a league-low 95.9 points a game.

Nuggets: At times, Denver struggled to support its cool. In summation to coach Michael Malone, Westbrook was fixed a technical. They kept their cool down nan stretch.

Down 108-106, nan Nuggets went connected a 17-7 tally to return power of nan game. The youngsters, Julian Strawther and Watson, played pivotal roles successful that stretch.

For nan seventh clip successful 8 games, nan Nuggets were outscored successful nan first 4th (32-30).

The Nuggets big nan Miami Heat connected Friday and nan Thunder footwear disconnected a six-game homestand connected nan aforesaid nighttime against Houston Rockets.

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