Thunder this year vs. Spurs? 1-4 Thunder this year vs. Rest of West? 34-5 How did the Spurs handle the Thunder? They owned the paint. OKC this yr overall: +7.9 PPG Diff in Paint OKC this yr vs. SAS: -5.6 PPG Diff in Paint

He scored 19 points in UNDER 7 minutes (6:54) Since at least 2017-2018 (when minute per quarter data started) no player has scored THAT many points in ANY quarter while playing fewer than 7 minutes.

Nuggets lost to the Thunder by 3. They missed 8 free throws. They missed 3 free throws in the 4th. This is the 8th game they've lost missing more FT than points they lost by. You win half those 8 games you're in 3rd in the West, not 6th.

Jokic by quarter: Q1 - 12 min, 7 pts, 4 asst (DEN +3) Q2- 6 min, 2 pts, 1 asst (DEN -9) Q3 - 12 min, 12 pts, 6 asst (DEN +3) Q4 - 10 min, 11 pts, 2 asst (Even) I mean, Jokic had to rest sometime. Right?

Tonight Denver was up by 16 at one point. Lost. That was the 5th loss this year when leading by 16-or-more in a game. That's the most such losses in ANY season during the Jokic era.

Give me Murray's 50 without a single FTA (NBA record most pts without a FTA) over Bam's 83 with 43 FTA. Any. Day. Wilt's 100 point game: 28-for-32 FT Bam's 83 point game: 36-for-43 FT Kobe's 81 pont game: 18-for-20 FT Murray (2.19.21) - 50 pts (21-25 FG, 0 FTA)

When Nikola Jokic wakes up, he's on triple-double watch. But Quadruple-Double watch? Half: 6 pts, 7 reb, 9 asst, 5 stls 4 quadruple-doubles in NBA history: D.Robinson, H.Olajuwon, A.Robertson and N.Thurmond Only Robertson ('86), had the steals. Other 3 had the blocks.

Jokic has 4 straight seasons with 25+ triple-doubles. 1st player ever to do that. Triple-Doubles This Season: Jokic: 25 Other top-9 teams in West combined: 23

Hello, Jonas. Tonight was career game #991 for Big Val. First time in ANY of those 991 games he scored 12+ points in under 12 minutes played.

CB and CJ .... C-ya Houston. Christian and Cam: 2nd time this year they each had 15+ points in same game. 1st time was the home opener against Phoenix.

Denver put the D ... in K-D. 26 minutes, 8 FGA, 11 points Just the 3rd time in Durant's illustrious career he's been held to 12 points or less, while taking 8 shots or fewer...all while playing 26 minutes or more.

Top Assister to Point Scorer Duos 1. Murray-Jokic, DEN 2. Johnson-NAW, ATL 3. Cunningham-Robinson, DET 4. Jokic-Murray, DEN Most Points Created Via Assist between teammates since 1996-1997 1. Curry/Green, GSW 2. Duncan/Parker, SAS 3. Jokic/Murray, DEN Dan Hyatt

MVP Numbers. Talk about Depth. Record without star: OKC without SGA: 8-4 SAS without Wemby: 10-4 DEN without Jokic: 10-6 DET without Cade: 5-2 Games needed to reach 65 (min): SGA needs to play 11/16 Wemby needs to play 14/17 Jokic needs to play 15/16 Cade needs to play 8/18

The Spurs had been 21-0 when having a lead of 20+ in a game this season. Denver Nuggets just changed that to 21-1

Nuggets tonight: 1st half: 53 points 2nd half: 83 points They fell ONE point shy of tying the franchise record for most points in a second half (84 - March 16th, 2008)

The last time the Nuggets beat .600+ teams on back-to-back days at least 50 games into a season... April 9, 2014 (vs. HOU) then April 10, 2014 (@ GST) Before Nikola.

16th time Jokic and Murray each scored 30+ points in a regular season game. 5th time this year. More than any other year they've played together. 1st time they each scored 30 in a reg season game? The 'Magnificent 7' game (Feb 5th, 2020 @ UTA)