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Denver Nuggets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

April 10, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Thunder 127-107 on 2026-04-10 at home. The Nuggets started Jonas Valanciunas, Tim Hardaway Jr., Tyus Jones, Bruce Brown, and Julian Strawther. The Thunder started Luguentz Dort, Aaron Wiggins, Nikola Topić, Jared McCain, and Branden Carlson. Nikola Topić (Thunder) scored 8 points (2/9) in his matchups, with Jalen Pickett as his primary defender. Jonas Valanciunas (Nuggets) scored 22 points (9/24) in his matchups, with Branden Carlson as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

DEN

Denver Nuggets 127

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Julian Strawther GS	33:33	22	4	3	2	1	1	1	8-17	4-7	2-2	+10
Jonas Valančiūnas GS	32:12	23	17	4	0	2	3	1	9-14	1-2	4-4	+16
Tim Hardaway Jr. GS	27:38	13	1	3	1	0	0	1	4-12	3-9	2-3	+5
Bruce Brown GS	25:39	10	8	6	2	0	4	1	4-9	2-3	0-0	+7
Tyus Jones GS	23:19	9	4	3	0	0	2	1	3-6	3-3	0-0	+7
Jalen Pickett	29:36	13	4	4	0	0	2	0	5-11	3-6	0-0	+17
David Roddy	25:40	21	2	0	2	1	2	2	8-12	3-6	2-2	+14
Curtis Jones	19:56	7	1	3	2	0	0	1	3-7	1-5	0-0	+14
Zeke Nnaji	13:40	5	6	2	0	3	2	2	2-4	1-2	0-0	-1
KJ Simpson	6:39	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+6
DaRon Holmes II	2:08	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	2-2	+5
Totals		127	49	28	10	7	16	10	47-93	21-43	12-13

Did not play: Christian Braun (DND - Injury/Illness), Cameron Johnson (DND - Injury/Illness)

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder 107

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Topić GS	38:32	14	2	11	4	0	8	3	6-12	2-3	0-0	-17
Branden Carlson GS	37:23	23	12	5	0	1	0	2	8-18	3-10	4-4	-21
Jared McCain GS	25:25	15	1	2	0	0	1	0	6-11	3-8	0-0	-4
Aaron Wiggins GS	25:04	13	3	3	3	0	0	2	5-11	2-6	1-2	-2
Luguentz Dort GS	20:27	5	3	1	0	0	0	1	2-7	1-4	0-0	-8
Brooks Barnhizer	33:22	14	9	2	2	0	2	3	5-10	1-3	3-4	-15
Kenrich Williams	31:30	15	12	1	2	0	2	2	7-22	1-6	0-0	-22
Payton Sandfort	28:17	8	4	0	0	0	0	2	3-8	1-4	1-2	-11
Totals		107	46	25	11	1	13	15	42-99	14-44	9-12

Did not play: Isaiah Joe (DND - Injury/Illness), Ajay Mitchell (DND - Injury/Illness), Cason Wallace (DND - Injury/Illness), Jaylin Williams (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

Tyus Jones
Bruce Brown
Tim Hardaway Jr.
Julian Strawther
Jonas Valanciunas

The 5 most-used lineups:

Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Tyus Jones · Bruce Brown · Julian Strawther Starter 12.9 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Jalen Pickett · Julian Strawther · David Roddy · Curtis Jones 9.9 min
Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji · Julian Strawther · David Roddy · Curtis Jones 7.0 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Tyus Jones · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett 4.9 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Tyus Jones · Bruce Brown · KJ Simpson 4.5 min

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Luguentz Dort · Aaron Wiggins · Nikola Topić · Jared McCain · Branden Carlson Starter 11.9 min
Kenrich Williams · Nikola Topić · Payton Sandfort · Branden Carlson · Brooks Barnhizer 18.2 min
Kenrich Williams · Luguentz Dort · Aaron Wiggins · Jared McCain · Brooks Barnhizer 5.9 min
Kenrich Williams · Aaron Wiggins · Nikola Topić · Payton Sandfort · Branden Carlson 2.7 min
Kenrich Williams · Nikola Topić · Jared McCain · Payton Sandfort · Brooks Barnhizer 2.1 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Nuggets defense

Nikola Topić 8 pts (2/9) in 78 possessions

Guarded by: Jalen Pickett (20 %, 0 pts) · Julian Strawther (18 %, 0 pts) · Tyus Jones (12 %, 0 pts)
Jared McCain 7 pts (3/9) in 52 possessions

Guarded by: Tim Hardaway Jr. (45 %, 3 pts) · Tyus Jones (17 %, 0 pts) · Bruce Brown (17 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Julian Strawther	Aaron Wiggins: 18 poss., 7 pts (2/6) · Nikola Topić: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jonas Valanciunas	Branden Carlson: 33 poss., 11 pts (5/6) · Kenrich Williams: 10 poss., 4 pts (1/3)
Jalen Pickett	Brooks Barnhizer: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nikola Topić: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Jared McCain: 24 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Luguentz Dort: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
David Roddy	Payton Sandfort: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kenrich Williams: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Bruce Brown	Luguentz Dort: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jared McCain: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Tyus Jones	Nikola Topić: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Luguentz Dort: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Curtis Jones	Payton Sandfort: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kenrich Williams: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Zeke Nnaji	Branden Carlson: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Payton Sandfort: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
KJ Simpson	Brooks Barnhizer: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Payton Sandfort: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
DaRon Holmes II	Branden Carlson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nikola Topić: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Thunder defense

Jonas Valanciunas 22 pts (9/24) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Branden Carlson (49 %, 8 pts) · Brooks Barnhizer (13 %, 2 pts) · Kenrich Williams (9 %, 5 pts)
Julian Strawther 19 pts (7/12) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Payton Sandfort (24 %, 7 pts) · Aaron Wiggins (17 %, 6 pts) · Nikola Topić (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Branden Carlson	Jonas Valanciunas: 32 poss., 8 pts (3/9) · Zeke Nnaji: 13 poss., 6 pts (1/2)
Nikola Topić	Curtis Jones: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jalen Pickett: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Brooks Barnhizer	Jalen Pickett: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Jonas Valanciunas: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Kenrich Williams	Jalen Pickett: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · David Roddy: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/6)
Payton Sandfort	Julian Strawther: 16 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Jalen Pickett: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Wiggins	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Julian Strawther: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Jared McCain	Bruce Brown: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Luguentz Dort	Tyus Jones: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Bruce Brown: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)