Oklahoma City Thunder – Denver Nuggets · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 1 February 2018

OKC124–127DEN

Is it worth watching?

Skippable

It was more exciting than 48% of NBA games since 2017

It measures how much the win probability moved during the game —without looking at who won or at the score— and compares it with the 10,950 NBA games with a curve since 2017. “Highly recommended” is the most intense 20%, “recommended” runs from 50% to 80%, and “skippable” is the rest. Source: ESPN.

↑ DEN winsOKC wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when DEN leads and falls when OKC does.

This is how the game was decided.

Jamal Murray decided it, the Denver Nuggets player with the most points (33, with 3 rebounds and 5 assists; +3 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Will Barton's (+9). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Denver Nuggets 127-124 Oklahoma City Thunder (February 1, 2018) was hit by Gary Harris: a three-pointer with 0.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Denver Nuggets up 127-124. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Denver Nuggets 127-124 Oklahoma City Thunder (February 1, 2018) was a 8-0 run by the Denver Nuggets in the first quarter (from 7:32 to 5:53), from 15-12 to 23-12. The Oklahoma City Thunder' best was a 7-0 run in the first quarter (from 5:36 to 4:18), from 12-23 to 19-23.

With 43 points, this is Paul George's highest-scoring game of the 2017‑18 regular season.

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Play: Gary Harris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists).

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

It is compared by points with all his official NBA box scores in that scope; it is the same criterion the Analyst uses.

Gary Harris decided this game: his points put his team ahead at the buzzer of the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is the only game he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Harris decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

1 February 2018 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:400975511:657; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2017-18 regular season, not this game.

Oklahoma City Thunder

Russell Westbrook recovered 2.1 loose balls per game over his 80 games.
He ranks 1 of 362 in the league.
Paul George deflected 3.9 passes per game over his 79 games.
He ranks 2 of 362 in the league.
Steven Adams contested 13.4 shots per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 5 of 362 in the league.

Denver Nuggets

Nikola Jokić contested 12.6 shots per game over his 75 games.
He ranks 10 of 362 in the league.
Gary Harris deflected 3.0 passes per game over his 67 games.
He ranks 12 of 362 in the league.
Kenneth Faried drew 0.16 charges per game over his 32 games.
He ranks 32 of 362 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Denver Nuggets have won 40 of their 81 games against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

40-41record of the Denver Nuggets · NBA 2008-09 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 2008-09 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

18.407

94.3% of capacity

Ball Arena · Denver

Scoring

251

combined points

38.3 above the season average (212.7)