With the Nuggets being eliminated 93-125! Three milestones and two personal records were born after the game

In the early morning of May 19, the last game of the NBA semi-finals began on time. The Thunder played against the Denver Nuggets at home. After fierce battles in four quarters, the Thunder finally defeated the Nuggets 125-93 and successfully won the last Western Conference Finals place.

The following is a review of this game:

The first quarter, the Nuggets took the lead in the lead at the start of the game, and the Thunder kept chasing. In the middle of this quarter, they asked the teacher to kill continuously and went to the free throw line, and joined forces with Braun to score a 7-0 wave to widen the gap to 10 points. Then the two sides attacked and the gap remained in double digits. In the last minute, the Thunder scored a 5-0 wave to chase the score to 21-26.

In the second quarter, the Thunder completed an 8-0 lead, Gordon made a three-pointer to equalize the score, and then the two sides entered a tug-of-war, with the scores alternately leading. In the last three minutes, the Thunder suddenly broke out and kept using their opponent's mistakes and defense to counterattack without steady progress. Especially Jaylenway, who scored 0 points in the first quarter, scored 11 points alone during this period, leading the team to a 18-5 offensive climax. After halftime, the Nuggets fell behind by as many as 14 points. In the second half of the game, the Thunder opened the score difference 9-0 at the beginning to 23 points, and then kept firmly controlling the rhythm on the field. The Nuggets were unable to make an effective counterattack. Instead, the Thunder continued to counterattack through defense, and the score was expanded step by step. With more than 9 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Nuggets replaced the third lineup and surrendered in advance. In the end, the Thunder once again reached the division final after nine years.

This game also gave birth to three historical milestones and two personal records!

Three milestones:

1. The average age of the Thunder is only 25.2 years old, becoming the youngest team to reach the Western Conference Finals in NBA history.

2. In this game, Caruso scored 11 points, 3 assists and 3 steals with 5 of 7 shots, with a plus-minus value of +40; Carson Wallace scored 7 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals with 3 of 10 shots, with a plus-minus value of +38. The two had a positive and negative value of the two hit a record high for substitutes in the tiebreak battle of this century, with Ginobili (+32).

3. With the Nuggets being eliminated from the tiebreak (2023 championship), a new NBA will be born, with 7 different champions born in the past 7 years (the same team has not won two championships in the past 7 years), setting a record for the league.

Two personal records:

1. In this game, Alexander made 12 of 19 shots, 8 of 9 free throws, scoring 35 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 0 turnovers. He became the second player in the history of the Thunder to score 35+ in the playoff tiebreak, comparable to Durant.

2. In this game, Jokic made 5 of 9 shots, scored 9 of 11 free throws, scored 20 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists. In the 64th time in his career, he scored at least 20 points + 5 rebounds + 5 assists in a single game, continuing to rank sixth in history, second only to James (205), Bird (83), Jordan (80), Magic (71), and Kobe (66).