How Thunder’s Unstoppable Strategy Crushed the Nuggets When It Mattered Most
That run wasnât just the key to Game 7; it showed that the way the Thunder built their team could work in the biggest of moments. The Thunder didnât just climb the Nikola Jokic mountain, they did it leaning into their biggest strengths.
Defensive Dominance
The Thunder outperformed the Nuggets all game, generating good looks from the start. The thing that prevented them from pulling away earlier was the thing that prevented them from ever being comfortable in the series: shooting.
Whether it was Game 7 jitters or the continuation of a team-wide slump, the Thunder didn’t connect on several good 3-point looks early in the game. To be fair, some of these open looks were clearly strategic decisions by the Nuggets. With their best defender not healthy in Gordon, the Nuggets decided letting Lu Dort and Aaron Wiggins shoot open 3s early on and hoping theyâd miss was the best strategy they could use. And it paid off for a while.
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