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Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Denver Nuggets

February 27, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Thunder beat the Nuggets 127-121 on 2026-02-27 at home. The Thunder started Isaiah Hartenstein, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Chet Holmgren, and Cason Wallace. The Nuggets started Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, Julian Strawther, and Christian Braun. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 26 points (12/26) in his matchups, with Isaiah Hartenstein as his primary defender. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 7 points (3/9) in his matchups, with Christian Braun as his primary defender.

Box score

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

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder 127

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Chet Holmgren GS	37:42	15	21	3	1	3	1	0	5-8	1-2	4-6	+6
Cason Wallace GS	35:51	10	4	3	1	2	4	3	3-10	0-3	4-4	-10
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS	33:46	36	3	9	2	2	1	0	12-29	0-3	12-13	+16
Luguentz Dort GS	28:02	8	6	1	1	0	1	5	3-7	2-6	0-0	+7
Isaiah Hartenstein GS	24:59	9	8	5	2	2	0	3	4-6	0-0	1-2	-3
Alex Caruso	28:23	12	1	1	2	0	1	1	5-11	2-6	0-0	-9
Jaylin Williams	25:52	12	5	3	0	1	1	2	4-7	2-4	2-2	+17
Isaiah Joe	22:48	9	4	3	2	0	0	0	3-6	3-5	0-0	+14
Jared McCain	19:12	14	2	1	1	0	2	1	6-8	2-3	0-0	+9
Aaron Wiggins	8:26	2	2	0	2	0	1	1	1-7	0-3	0-0	-17
Totals		127	56	29	14	10	12	16	46-99	12-35	23-27

Did not play: Buddy Boeheim (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nikola Topić (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kenrich Williams (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DEN

Denver Nuggets 121

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray GS	47:13	39	8	6	2	1	2	5	12-26	7-13	8-10	+5
Christian Braun GS	45:15	23	8	2	1	2	3	4	8-18	3-10	4-5	+12
Nikola Jokić GS	44:34	23	17	14	1	0	3	3	9-25	2-10	3-5	+15
Cameron Johnson GS	40:04	7	8	1	0	3	3	4	2-7	1-4	2-2	-25
Julian Strawther GS	15:11	0	3	2	1	0	1	1	0-3	0-2	0-0	+4
Tim Hardaway Jr.	33:20	16	2	1	1	0	1	2	6-12	4-7	0-0	-13
Bruce Brown	28:31	7	3	1	3	0	2	1	3-7	1-2	0-0	-1
Jonas Valančiūnas	8:26	6	2	0	1	0	2	1	3-5	0-0	0-0	-21
Spencer Jones	2:27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-6
Totals		121	51	27	10	6	17	22	43-103	18-48	17-22

Did not play: DaRon Holmes II (DNP - Coach's Decision), Zeke Nnaji (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jalen Pickett (DNP - Coach's Decision), KJ Simpson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Isaiah Hartenstein · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Luguentz Dort · Chet Holmgren · Cason Wallace Starter 10.0 min
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Luguentz Dort · Isaiah Joe · Jaylin Williams · Jared McCain 5.4 min
Alex Caruso · Isaiah Joe · Chet Holmgren · Jaylin Williams · Cason Wallace 5.0 min
Alex Caruso · Isaiah Hartenstein · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Chet Holmgren · Cason Wallace 4.9 min
Luguentz Dort · Isaiah Joe · Chet Holmgren · Jaylin Williams · Jared McCain 4.0 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Julian Strawther · Christian Braun Starter 11.1 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun 13.4 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Christian Braun 7.3 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson 4.8 min
Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun 4.5 min

Who guarded whom

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

Thunder defense

Nikola Jokić 26 pts (12/26) in 93 possessions

Guarded by: Isaiah Hartenstein (34 %, 7 pts) · Jaylin Williams (22 %, 4 pts) · Chet Holmgren (11 %, 4 pts)
Jamal Murray 15 pts (4/16) in 95 possessions

Guarded by: Luguentz Dort (26 %, 0 pts) · Cason Wallace (21 %, 2 pts) · Alex Caruso (16 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Chet Holmgren	Cameron Johnson: 23 poss., 7 pts (1/2) · Christian Braun: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Cason Wallace	Jamal Murray: 20 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Julian Strawther: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Christian Braun: 34 poss., 8 pts (2/9) · Bruce Brown: 7 poss., 6 pts (3/5)
Alex Caruso	Jamal Murray: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Christian Braun: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylin Williams	Nikola Jokić: 21 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Luguentz Dort	Jamal Murray: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Cameron Johnson: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Isaiah Joe	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cameron Johnson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Hartenstein	Nikola Jokić: 32 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Christian Braun: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jared McCain	Bruce Brown: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamal Murray: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Aaron Wiggins	Bruce Brown: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cameron Johnson: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Nuggets defense

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 7 pts (3/9) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Christian Braun (33 %, 3 pts) · Cameron Johnson (24 %, 0 pts) · Bruce Brown (14 %, 2 pts)
Chet Holmgren 15 pts (6/14) in 83 possessions

Guarded by: Christian Braun (45 %, 5 pts) · Cameron Johnson (18 %, 3 pts) · Jamal Murray (10 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jamal Murray	Luguentz Dort: 34 poss., 6 pts (1/3) · Cason Wallace: 29 poss., 10 pts (4/8)
Christian Braun	Chet Holmgren: 38 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Nikola Jokić	Isaiah Hartenstein: 40 poss., 12 pts (5/12) · Jaylin Williams: 23 poss., 4 pts (2/7)
Cameron Johnson	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Chet Holmgren: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Isaiah Joe: 23 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Alex Caruso: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Bruce Brown	Jared McCain: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Julian Strawther	Cason Wallace: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas	Jaylin Williams: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Luguentz Dort: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Spencer Jones	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luguentz Dort: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)