The Aporia · Thunder overcome SGA's shooting woes to beat Nuggets 96-84 in home opener

Tim Willert

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🔮 The Sooners’ defense, among the best in the country coming in, couldn’t contain Sellers or the Gamecocks, who rolled up 521 yards of total offense.

2026-11-01 · assertive framing · LaNorris Sellers leads South Carolina past Oklahoma 42-25 for a third straight win

🔮 Isaiah Hartenstein added 12 points and 12 rebounds for Oklahoma City, which won its third straight to start the season but lost three players to injury, including All-Star guard Jalen Williams, who went down hard on a drive to the basket with 1:14 left.

2026-10-26 · assertive framing · Thunder stay undefeated with a 108-101 victory over the Clippers

🔮 Mestemaker countered with 264 yards and two touchdowns but Oklahoma State couldn’t finish drives and settled for Keltner field goals of 47, 30 and 41 yards.

2026-10-25 · assertive framing · Oklahoma State scores 34 points in the 2nd half to storm past Colorado 57-24

🔮 Jalen Williams scored 21 points, Chet Holmgren had 12 points and 17 rebounds, and the Oklahoma City Thunder withstood a poor shooting night from Shai-Gilgeous-Alexander in their home opener to beat the Denver Nuggets 96-84 on Thursday. Gilgeous-Alexander, who scored 32 points in a convincing win over San Antonio on Tuesday night, finished with 17 points on 6-of-19 shooting against Denver.

2026-10-23 · assertive framing · Thunder overcome SGA's shooting woes to beat Nuggets 96-84 in home opener

🔮 Following the pick, Minchey took the Wildcats 44 yards in seven plays, finding tight end Willie Hernandez for a 12-yard touchdown.

2026-10-18 · assertive framing · No. 15 Kentucky rallies to beat Oklahoma 21-13 and move into a tie for the SEC lead

🔮 The Oklahoma defensive back shared a locker room with Jackson Arnold, who played his way out of Norman two season ago, and John Mateer, who may have played his way out of the Sooners’ starting lineup with No. 1 Texas coming up this weekend.

2026-10-04 · assertive framing · Oklahoma facing QB questions heading into rivalry week against No. 1 Texas

🔮 “And that will never change.

2026-09-29 · assertive framing · Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder still confident that they'll be a contender, despite roster changes

🔮 Sam Presti knows there is no dancing around the fact the Thunder will have a different makeup this season though that doesn’t make OKC’s longtime general manager nervous.

2026-09-25 · assertive framing · Thunder GM Sam Presti expects OKC to be 'exceptional' team even after major offseason moves

🔮 No. 10 Oklahoma NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — 2025 record: 10-3 Expectations The Sooners could challenge for the national championship if they can duplicate their dominance on defense, run the ball more effectively and survive a brutal stretch of early-season games on the road.

2026-08-20 · assertive framing · No. 10 Oklahoma has another stout defense and its QB back. The run game is a question mark

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Denver OKLAHOMA CITY Thunder the Denver Nuggets the Oklahoma City Thunder

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Thunder ORG · 4× Gilgeous-Alexander PERSON · 3× OKLAHOMA CITY GPE · 3× Denver GPE · 2× Chet Holmgren PERSON · 1× Jalen Williams PERSON · 1× San Antonio GPE · 1× Shai-Gilgeous-Alexander PERSON · 1× the Denver Nuggets ORG · 1× the Oklahoma City Thunder ORG · 1×

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Jalen Williams scored 21 points, Chet Holmgren had 12 points and 17 rebounds, and the Oklahoma City Thunder withstood a poor shooting night from Shai-Gilgeous-Alexander in their home opener to beat the Denver Nuggets 96-84 on Thursday. Gilgeous-Alexander, who scored 32 points in a convincing win over San Antonio on Tuesday night, finished with 17 points on 6-of-19 shooting against Denver.

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2026-10-23 · Toronto Star

Thunder overcome SGA's shooting woes to beat Nuggets 96-84 in home opener · assertive framing

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who → score → Denver

He failed to score 20 points for the first time in 141 games. asserted

He → fail → games

The league’s two-time reigning MVP missed all seven shots he took in the first 24 minutes as the Thunder trailed by as many as nine points. asserted

Thunder → reign → points

A pair of free throws kept him from going scoreless in a half for the first time since his rookie year with the Clippers in 2019. asserted

pair → keep → 2019

It marked just the fourth time in 450 games with the Thunder he’s gone without a field goal in a half in. asserted

he → mark → half

Gilgeous-Alexander scored the first basket of the third quarter to pull Oklahoma City to 48-46. asserted

Alexander → score → 48

Aaron Gordon scored 20 points and Nikola Jokic and DeMar DeRozan added 13 apiece for Denver, which was playing its first game. asserted

which → score → game

A layup by Mitchell gave the Thunder a 64-62 lead — their first since 3-0 — and 3-pointers by Alex Caruso and Alexander extended it to 70-64 after three quarters. asserted

pointers → give → quarters

Oklahoma City extended the advantage to 93-76 on a 3 by Gilgeous-Alexander to give him 17 points with 1:44 left. asserted

City → extend → 1:44

He then asked to be taken out during a timeout and did not return to the game. asserted

He → ask → game

Up next Nuggets: Host New Orleans on Saturday night. Thunder: Host the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday night. asserted

Thunder → host → night

Thunder overcome SGA's shooting woes to beat Nuggets 96-84 in home opener

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