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Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Denver Nuggets

October 22, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Thunder beat the Nuggets 96-84 on 2026-10-22 at home. The Thunder started Isaiah Hartenstein, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Chet Holmgren, Jalen Williams, and Cason Wallace. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, and Christian Braun. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 14 points (5/16) in his matchups, with Isaiah Hartenstein as his primary defender. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 12 points (5/10) 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 96

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS	34:37	17	2	3	0	1	0	0	6-19	3-11	2-2	+21
Jalen Williams GS	33:13	21	5	3	0	0	1	3	7-15	2-6	5-6	0
Chet Holmgren GS	27:51	12	17	2	1	4	3	4	5-9	0-1	2-2	+12
Cason Wallace GS	23:59	9	1	1	4	0	0	4	3-8	3-6	0-0	+8
Isaiah Hartenstein GS	22:46	6	6	2	0	1	2	2	3-10	0-0	0-0	+8
Ajay Mitchell	23:01	12	0	0	5	1	3	2	5-11	0-4	2-2	+10
Alex Caruso	19:37	7	4	5	1	1	0	2	3-7	1-5	0-0	+17
Jared McCain	18:05	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	1-6	0-3	2-2	-2
Jaylin Williams	15:07	3	7	3	0	0	0	2	1-4	1-4	0-0	+13
Aday Mara	12:41	2	3	0	1	1	1	1	1-3	0-0	0-0	-8
Kenrich Williams	5:37	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	-9
Bennett Stirtz	1:43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-5
Brooks Barnhizer	1:43	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
Totals		96	46	22	12	9	12	22	36-95	11-43	13-14

Did not play: Josh Dix (Inactive - G League - Two-Way), Otega Oweh (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Thomas Sorber (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Nikola Topić (Inactive - Injury/Illness)

DEN

Denver Nuggets 84

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray GS	36:45	6	10	3	1	0	6	2	2-11	0-1	2-4	-15
Nikola Jokić GS	35:19	13	7	5	1	1	2	3	5-19	1-7	2-4	-20
Christian Braun GS	32:35	7	6	1	1	0	2	3	3-10	1-6	0-0	-20
Aaron Gordon GS	29:28	20	6	1	2	1	2	3	6-9	3-4	5-6	-11
Cameron Johnson GS	11:20	5	2	1	0	0	0	2	2-3	1-1	0-0	0
DeMar DeRozan	28:12	13	2	0	0	0	5	3	5-9	0-1	3-6	-10
Alpha Diallo	22:15	4	2	3	1	0	2	2	2-4	0-2	0-0	+1
Trevon Brazile	18:27	4	12	0	0	0	1	2	1-6	0-4	2-2	-1
Marvin Bagley III	10:58	2	3	1	0	0	2	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	+3
Tyus Jones	9:32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	-2
DaRon Holmes II	1:43	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	+5
Ryan Nembhard	1:43	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	2-3	1-1	0-0	+5
Bryce Hopkins	1:43	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+5
Totals		84	53	17	7	2	22	23	31-82	8-30	14-22

Did not play: Spencer Jones (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Zeke Nnaji (DNP - Coach's Decision), Julian Strawther (Inactive - Injury/Illness), Cam Whitmore (Inactive - G League - Two-Way)

Lineups

OKC

Oklahoma City Thunder

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Isaiah Hartenstein · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Chet Holmgren · Jalen Williams · Cason Wallace Starter 15.3 min
Alex Caruso · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Jaylin Williams · Jared McCain · Ajay Mitchell 5.0 min
Alex Caruso · Jalen Williams · Jared McCain · Ajay Mitchell · Aday Mara 4.4 min
Kenrich Williams · Jalen Williams · Jared McCain · Ajay Mitchell · Aday Mara 3.9 min
Isaiah Hartenstein · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander · Chet Holmgren · Cason Wallace · Ajay Mitchell 3.2 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun Starter 7.3 min
DeMar DeRozan · Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Christian Braun 7.4 min
Aaron Gordon · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Christian Braun · Alpha Diallo 4.9 min
Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Christian Braun · Trevon Brazile · Alpha Diallo 4.6 min
DeMar DeRozan · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Christian Braun · Trevon Brazile 4.6 min

Who guarded whom

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

Thunder defense

Nikola Jokić 14 pts (5/16) in 86 possessions

Guarded by: Isaiah Hartenstein (33 %, 4 pts) · Jaylin Williams (19 %, 3 pts) · Chet Holmgren (11 %, 2 pts)
Jamal Murray 19 pts (6/14) in 83 possessions

Guarded by: Cason Wallace (45 %, 9 pts) · Jalen Williams (17 %, 2 pts) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (7 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Christian Braun: 45 poss., 9 pts (3/12) · Alpha Diallo: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jalen Williams	Alpha Diallo: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Jamal Murray: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Chet Holmgren	Aaron Gordon: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Trevon Brazile: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Cason Wallace	Jamal Murray: 38 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Christian Braun: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Isaiah Hartenstein	Nikola Jokić: 29 poss., 4 pts (2/6) · Aaron Gordon: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ajay Mitchell	DeMar DeRozan: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Alpha Diallo: 12 poss., 6 pts (3/5)
Alex Caruso	DeMar DeRozan: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Nikola Jokić: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylin Williams	Nikola Jokić: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Trevon Brazile: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jared McCain	Tyus Jones: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Alpha Diallo: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Aday Mara	Marvin Bagley III: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · DaRon Holmes II: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kenrich Williams	DeMar DeRozan: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Aaron Gordon: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bennett Stirtz	Bryce Hopkins: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ryan Nembhard: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brooks Barnhizer	Bryce Hopkins: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Trevon Brazile: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nuggets defense

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 12 pts (5/10) in 79 possessions

Guarded by: Christian Braun (33 %, 2 pts) · Alpha Diallo (20 %, 0 pts) · Cameron Johnson (12 %, 3 pts)
Ajay Mitchell 8 pts (2/5) in 46 possessions

Guarded by: Alpha Diallo (21 %, 0 pts) · Jamal Murray (19 %, 0 pts) · Christian Braun (16 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Jokić	Isaiah Hartenstein: 40 poss., 9 pts (4/8) · Jaylin Williams: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/8)
Jamal Murray	Cason Wallace: 33 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jalen Williams: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Christian Braun	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 26 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Jalen Williams: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Alpha Diallo	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ajay Mitchell: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Aaron Gordon	Chet Holmgren: 22 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Jalen Williams: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
DeMar DeRozan	Jalen Williams: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Alex Caruso: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Trevon Brazile	Chet Holmgren: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Cameron Johnson	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jalen Williams: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Marvin Bagley III	Aday Mara: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jalen Williams: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyus Jones	Jared McCain: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Alex Caruso: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ryan Nembhard	Bennett Stirtz: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kenrich Williams: 1 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Bryce Hopkins	Brooks Barnhizer: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bennett Stirtz: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
DaRon Holmes II	Aday Mara: 1 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jared McCain: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)