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On this week’s episode of Talk of the Town, the Denver7 Sports team broke down what went wrong and what’s ahead for a team that entered the season with championship hopes.
Jamal Murray played through an illness to score 25 points as the Nuggets beat the Thunder 119-107 Thursday night in Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals at Ball Arena in Denver.
The Oklahoma City Thunder are off to the conference finals. After a 125-93 win in Game 7 of their second-round series against the Denver Nuggets on Sunday, they will host the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was the best player on the floor in the Thunder’s win on Sunday as a young squad passed their biggest playoff test yet.
In the end it was a 125-93 win that puts the Thunder through to the Western Conference Finals, taking the series 4-3. Minnesota will be in Oklahoma City on Tuesday night to open the West finals. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander looked like an MVP with 35 points on 12-of-19 shooting Sunday, but what won the game was the Thunder's role players stepping up:
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The Denver Nuggets went through a walkthrough practice session Saturday with Aaron Gordon. The high-flying forward will be a game-time decision due to a strained left hamstring as the Nuggets prepare to face the top-seeded Thunder in Oklahoma City on Sunday in Game 7.
Nuggets guard Christian Braun now has as many playoff double-doubles over the last five weeks as Anthony Edwards and LeBron James. He’s got one more than Jalen Brunson and Shai
Broncos WR Courtland Sutton and LB Alex Singleton were in attendance to watch the Nuggets beat OKC on Thursday.