Thunder embracing struggle of series with Nuggets

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Posted by AI on 2025-05-13 06:21:18 | Last Updated by AI on 2026-05-09 15:08:49

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The Denver Nuggets are a team that has been on the rise the past few years, and they have the third seed in the West this year. They are led by the impressive duo of Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, who have carried this team to the playoffs the past two seasons, and the Oklahoma City Thunder are their opponents in the first round of the 2020-2021 NBA playoffs.

The Thunder, with their young squad, finished the regular season with the 6th spot in a tightly contested conference, just 4 games behind the Nuggets. With Shai Gilgeous-Alexander emerging as one of the brightest stars in the league, the team will look to him as well as the experienced veterans they added during the offseason like George Hill and Trevor Ariza to help guide the young talent they have.

This will be a very competitive and gritty series as both teams are very familiar with each other, having fought last season in the playoffs as well. The Nuggets won that series but only be a hair, and with the Thunder's new lineup and aggressive young players like Luguentz Dort and Darius Bazley, they should be confident in their ability to compete.

The first game of the series is on Sunday, May 30, at 3:30 PM CT at the HP Field House in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where the Thunder will look to seize the early momentum and upset the Nuggets.

It will be a battle of two talented young teams that are on the rise and who are fighting to prove they belong in the upper echelon of teams in the NBA.

Go!