Two consecutive years of tiebreaking defeat! The Nuggets scored only 3 players in double digits, Jokic 20+9+7, with a net loss of 32 points

In the tiebreak battle, which determines the winning or losing in one game, the Nuggets lost to the Thunder 93-125 away, and was eliminated 3-4 in a big score and missed the Western Conference Finals. It is worth mentioning that this is the second consecutive year that the Nuggets have been eliminated in the semi-final tiebreak. In the Western Conference semi-finals last season, the Nuggets also suffered a crushing defeat in the tiebreak battle, losing to the Timberwolves 3-4 with a big score and missed the Western Conference Finals.

Since winning the championship in 2023, the Nuggets have been out of the semi-finals for two consecutive years and have not even made the Western Conference Finals. However, they are only one step away from the Western Conference Finals in the last two seasons, but unfortunately they both fell in the tiebreak and suffered a crushing defeat.

Nuggets' offense was in a malfunction today, with only three players in the team scoring in double digits. Jokic was just right, playing for 37 minutes, made 5 of 9 shots, 1 of 2 three-pointers, 9 of 11 free throws, scored 20 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists, and had 5 turnovers, plus or negative value -23. In the first half, Jokic was in good shape. He played for 23 minutes, made 4 of 8 shots, 0 of 1 three-pointers, and 9 of 11 free throws, and scored 17 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, but he only made one shot in the second half.

This is also the seventh tiebreak battle in Jokic's career, with a record of 4 wins and 3 losses. Originally, Jokic performed well in the series, averaging 40.4 minutes per game, and scored 28.4 points, 13.9 rebounds, 5.9 assists, 1.7 breaks and 0.9 blocks. The five data are the highest in the team, but unfortunately he still failed to lead the team to defeat the Thunder. Jokic was not only eliminated by Alexander's team, but also likely to lose to Alexander in the competition for MVP this season.

Braun performed well, playing for 33 minutes, 7 of 14 shots, 2 of 9 three-pointers, 3 free throws, and scored 19 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal, with a plus-minus value of -28. Murray performed poorly and felt cold on the outside. He played for 34 minutes, made 6 of 16 shots, made only 1 of 8 three-pointers, scored 13 points, 2 assists and 3 steals, with a plus-minus value of -21. Gordon played with an injury today under a second-degree hamstring strain. He played for 25 minutes in the game, made 2 of 4 shots, 1 of 3 three-pointers, 3 of 3 free throws, and scored 8 points and 11 rebounds.

Westbrook performed poorly, played for 21 minutes on the bench, made 2 of 7 shots, made 2 of 5 three-pointers, scored 6 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, had 4 turnovers and 3 fouls, with a positive and negative value of -34 the lowest in the game. Porter Jr. played for 23 minutes, made 3 of 8 shots, 0 of 4 three-pointers, and scored only 6 points and 3 rebounds, with a plus-negative value of -8. Watson felt cold. He played for 19 minutes, made only 1 of 8 shots, 0 of 3 three-pointers, 2 of 4 free throws, only scored 4 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, and had 2 mistakes, plus or negative value -27.