Oklahoma City hosts Denver following Gilgeous-Alexander’s 40-point showing
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Denver Nuggets (41-23, third in the Western Conference) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (53-11, first in the Western Conference)
Oklahoma City; Monday, 8 p.m. EDT
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Thunder -8.5; over/under is 238.5
BOTTOM LINE: Oklahoma City takes on the Denver Nuggets after Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 40 points in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 127-103 victory against the Denver Nuggets.
The Thunder are 11-3 against Northwest Division opponents. Oklahoma City averages 11.1 turnovers per game and is 44-10 when it wins the turnover battle.
The Nuggets are 24-14 in Western Conference play. Denver is the Western Conference leader with 34.6 defensive rebounds per game led by Nikola Jokic averaging 10.0.
The Thunder score 119.6 points per game, 3.1 more points than the 116.5 the Nuggets allow. The Nuggets score 14.6 more points per game (121.2) than the Thunder give up (106.6).
TOP PERFORMERS: Gilgeous-Alexander is shooting 52.5% and averaging 32.9 points for the Thunder. Jalen Williams is averaging 2.5 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
Jamal Murray is scoring 21.3 points per game and averaging 3.7 rebounds for the Nuggets. Michael Porter Jr. is averaging 1.7 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Thunder: 9-1, averaging 128.9 points, 46.1 rebounds, 30.3 assists, 9.4 steals and 6.9 blocks per game while shooting 49.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 115.6 points per game.
Nuggets: 6-4, averaging 120.3 points, 47.0 rebounds, 30.0 assists, 6.6 steals and 4.4 blocks per game while shooting 49.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 120.3 points.
INJURIES: Thunder: Nikola Topic: out for season (acl), Ajay Mitchell: out (toe).
Nuggets: Aaron Gordon: day to day (calf), DaRon Holmes II: out for season (achilles), Julian Strawther: out (knee).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.