After Michael Malone was fired in the regular season's final week as a last-ditch effort to save Nikola Jokic's season, the move paid off as interim coach David Adelman squeezed every drop of juice from an expired orange.

Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokić praised interim head coach David Adelman after the team suffered a 125-93 defeat against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 7 of their second-round playoff series.

Jamal Murray, Aaron Gordon, and Michael Porter Jr. are all excellent players in their own right, but in a win-or-go-home 119-107 win in Game 6 over the Oklahoma City Thunder, it was the often-overlooked Julian Strawther who saved the Nuggets.

The Denver Nuggets once again came up short in Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals and once more the biggest reason was their short rotation and lack of reinforcements off the bench.

Shai-Gilgeous Alexander scores 35 points to lead the Thunder in eliminating the Nuggets. Oklahoma City will play Minnesota in the conference finals.

David Adelman took over the Denver Nuggets with just a few regular season games remaining, as long-time head coach Michael Malone was sacked, alongside general manager Calvin Boothe. Despite heading into the playoffs as the No. 4 seed in the Western Conference with an interim head coach, the Nuggets made some noise.

The Oklahoma City Thunder and Denver Nuggets are squaring off in a do-or-die Game 7 on Sunday afternoon. The top-seeded Thunder are facing elimination for the first time in these playoffs. The Nuggets are 2-0 in elimination games,

It has been a rollercoaster of a series for Jamal Murray heading into a crucial Game 6 between the Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City Thunder. With the series at