Thunder Vs. Nuggets: Oklahoma City Rides Hot Shooting, Big Third Quarter To Double-Digit Win
The Thunder shot 12-25 from downtown and crushed the Nuggets in the third quarter to earn a fairly easy win.
| Final - 3.15.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City Thunder | 29 | 21 | 28 | 25 | 103 |
| Denver Nuggets | 25 | 26 | 14 | 25 | 90 |
Stories
Thunder at Nuggets recap: Denver 14 point third quarter prevents team from dancing
Nuggets lose their first game since trading Nene and their second game to the OKC Thunder. Another tough night for the Nuggets defense and third quarter offense.
Breaking down the Nene-for-JaVale McGee trade and the Wilson Chandler re-signing...
Not one to sit on his hands, Nuggets vice president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri shipped out Nugget stalwart Nene Hilario and re-signed Wilson Chandler just before Thursday's trade deadline. What do these dealings mean for the Nuggets today, tomorrow and into the future?
Stein: Nuggets close in on long-term deal with Wilson Chandler
Mark Stein reports that the Nuggets have reached a long term deal on Wilson Chandler. It can be assumed that the trade of Nene Hilario facilitated this signing today. Details of the contract to come.
NBA Trade Deadline Open Thread: Talk Dwight Howard and more here
Come talk trades all day, right here with Nuggets Nation!
Nuggets host Special Olympics Colorado Basketball Skills Clinic
The Nuggets hosted their annual Special Olympics Colorado Basketball Skills Clinic today at the Pepsi Center. A great event that the players got heavily involved with.
Update: Melo denies rumor of wanting out of New York, Bucks and Warriors make deal
Carmelo Anthony wants out of New York? Plus, the Bucks and Warriors swapped big for little.
GameThreads
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 29 | 21 | 28 | 25 | 103 |
| Denver | 25 | 26 | 14 | 25 | 90 |
| Oklahoma City | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Durant | 35 | 8-15 | 1-5 | 7-8 | 8-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5-0 | 24 |
| Serge Ibaka | 22 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4-0 | 5 |
| Kendrick Perkins | 21 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 6-1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3-0 | 4 |
| Thabo Sefolosha | 12 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Russell Westbrook | 34 | 7-17 | 2-3 | 7-8 | 6-1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4-0 | 23 |
| James Harden | 34 | 6-11 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2-0 | 18 |
| Nick Collison | 25 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 6-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 6 |
| Reggie Jackson | 21 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Nazr Mohammed | 14 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Daequan Cook | 16 | 4-8 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 11 |
| Royal Ivey | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Cole Aldrich | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Lazar Hayward | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Ryan Reid | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Eric Maynor | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 36-79 | 12-25 | 19-24 | 39-8 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 23-1 | 103 | |
| .456 | .480 | .792 | Team Reb: 7 | Total TO: 0 (24 pts) | |||||||
| Denver | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danilo Gallinari | 32 | 6-12 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 15 |
| Kenneth Faried | 19 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 9-4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 8 |
| Timofey Mozgov | 11 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Arron Afflalo | 30 | 4-11 | 0-5 | 2-3 | 2-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 10 |
| Ty Lawson | 35 | 4-9 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 8-2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1-0 | 9 |
| Al Harrington | 25 | 1-8 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 8-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 5 |
| Andre Miller | 24 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 3-0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3-0 | 17 |
| Kosta Koufos | 15 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-0 | 5 |
| Rudy Fernandez | 18 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Corey Brewer | 9 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 6 |
| Chris Andersen | 14 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 5-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1-0 | 5 |
| Julyan Stone | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jordan Hamilton | 0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Ronny Turiaf | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| JaVale McGee | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 34-78 | 5-22 | 17-25 | 43-10 | 21 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 19-2 | 90 | |
| .436 | .227 | .680 | Team Reb: 11 | Total TO: 0 (18 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Ken Mauer, Bennie Adams, Josh Tiven
Duration:2:12
Officials: - Ken Mauer, Bennie Adams, Josh Tiven
Duration:2:12
