00:00The two best players in the world have battled to a 2-2 draw to the first four games of the Western Conference Semifinals.
00:07Of course, we're talking about the reigning MVP Nikola Jokic and Shea Gilgis-Alexander of Oklahoma City.
00:14We start you off, SGA Wonderful Tish, over to Jalen Williams for the three.
00:18Then Jalen Williams gets it inside to Isaiah Hartenstein for the dunk.
00:23Then it's Chet Holmgren with the nice drive and jam here.
00:28And this makes it 14-8.
00:31The Thunder have a lead.
00:33Later, Nikola Jokic.
00:34Watch him split the defenders for the layup plus the foul.
00:39He would make the free throw.
00:40Then Jamal Murray with the handles and nice dish over to Aaron Gordon for the layup.
00:45Then off a Westbrook miss, it's Nikola Jokic there for the tip-in, helping his buddy Russell Westbrook out.
00:52Later, Nikola Jokic drives and stops on a dime but misses and gets the rebound and puts it back up.
00:57and in, Denver now up by seven.
00:59Aaron Gordon to Jamal Murray for the drive and reverse layup.
01:02The lead grows to eight.
01:04Watch it one more time as he just sort of hangs around and flips that one up and in.
01:08Later, SGA gets the steal and goes coast to coast for the layup plus the foul.
01:13At the half, Denver's once larger lead trimmed down to 256-54.
01:18In the third quarter, Aaron Gordon going strong to the rack for the jam.
01:25But he gets denied by Isaiah Hartenstein.
01:28Look at Hartenstein.
01:29Get up and swat that stuff attempt.
01:31We're tied at 59.
01:32Then Jamal Murray drives and avoids Holmgren.
01:34With the reverse layup plus the foul, he'd make the free throw.
01:37There's another look.
01:38Then Jokic handing it to Murray for the three.
01:42then Christian Brown to Aaron Gordon for the three again.
01:49And now Denver is up by 12 on the road.
01:54Nikola Jokic tangle up with Jalen Williams and gets called for an offensive foul here.
02:00Both teams playing a bit physical at this point.
02:04Denver up 80-73.
02:07Nikola Jokic.
02:08then able to get the rebound here and put it back up and in.
02:16Eventually, that one falls.
02:18And the lead's still 11.
02:19Later in the fourth quarter, Jokic makes a short jumper.
02:23The lead is nine.
02:25But here comes Oklahoma City.
02:26SGA to Lou Dort for the corner three.
02:29This cuts the lead down to five.
02:31Jalen Williams out to Lou Dort.
02:32Lou Dort key in this run.
02:34Hits another three.
02:35The lead is down to two.
02:36Jalen Williams drives and dishes to Chet Holmgren for the layup.
02:41And now we're all square at 94 with less than five to go.
02:45Nikola Jokic makes a little putback here.
02:47And again, tied at 98.
02:49Just over three minutes to go.
02:50SGA.
02:51What a play here.
02:52Fading and hitting the shot.
02:54Drawing the foul.
02:55Making the free throw.
02:56OKC by three.
02:57And then Nikola Jokic with the wildest shot of the night.
03:01Fading and hitting an incredible three-pointer to tie it up at 103.
03:06Jalen Williams in the corner.
03:07Knocks down a three in response.
03:09OKC by three.
03:10Then Michael Porter misses the top of the key three-pointer.
03:13Jalen Williams saves the ball for OKC.
03:16On the other end, SGA knocks down a critical three-pointer here.
03:21That moves the margin to six.
03:24And OKC goes on to win it by seven.
03:26Your final score, 112-105.
03:28They take a three-games-to-two lead in this series.
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