Refusing to reverse! Alexander 25+6+6, Jokic 27+13+4, Westbrook is embarrassed, playoff trends change

On May 12, 2025, in the G4 match of the Western Conference Semi-finals, the Nuggets faced the Thunder at home. Currently, the Nuggets are leading 2-1 in the series. They are eager to win the match point today. For the Thunder, today is a fight with the backlash. If they lose again, the hope will be slim. Who can win the game today? Nuggets starter: Murray + Braun + Porter + Gordon + Jokic, Thunder starter: Alexander + Dort + Jaylen + Chett + Harten.

In the first quarter, Chet dunk + Alexander's free throw, the Thunder 3-0, Porter made 1 of 2 free throws + Braun dunk, Alexander scored 4 points in a row, the Thunder 7-3, after the timeout, Murray scored 4 points in a row to tie the score difference, Dort, Caruso, Wallace, Alexander 9-0, the Thunder 16-7, Braun made 1 of 2 free throws, and Alexander made 1 of 2 free throws, and the Thunder took the lead 17-8 in the first quarter. The Nuggets made 2 of 22 in the first quarter and the Thunder made 6 of 22 in the first quarter. Both teams felt extremely cold.

The second quarter, Alexander made a layup + Isaiah Giovanni and Caruso made 2 of 4 free throws + Harten dunks, the Thunder led by 15 points, Braun grabbed the difference to 11 points, Harten made a tip-in, Gordon made a mid-range shot + Murray made 1 of 2 free throws, the difference was 10 points, Alexander and Chet shot, Braun made 2 free throws, and Jokic scored 6 points in a row, and the difference was 6 points, Jaylin made a mid-range shot, Westbrook made a three-pointer, and Braun made a layup, and the difference was still 5 points, Caruso made 2 three-pointers in a row, Gordon made a three-pointer, and the difference was 8 points, Alexander 2+1, the Thunder led 11 points, and Jokic scored 5 points in a row, and the Thunder led 42-36 after the first half.

in the third quarter, Alexander made 1 of 2 free throws, the Thunder led 7 points, Porter dunked, Chett dunk responded, the difference was still 7 points, Jokic and Murray scored 4 points in a row, Chet and Jaylen responded, the Thunder led 7 points, Braun and Murray scored 2 three-pointers in a row, the difference reached 1 point, Dort scored 5 points in a row, Jokic and Gordon scored 5 points in a row, the Nuggets could not score after the timeout, Jokic and Murray scored 5 points in a row, the Nuggets led 6 points in a row, and the Nuggets led 6 points in a row, and the Nuggets led 6 points in a row, and Jokic responded with three-pointers in a row, Wallace scored 2 of 2 free throws, the Nuggets scored 5 points in a row, Braun and Westbrook scored 6 points in a row, and the Nuggets led 69-63 after the three quarters.

In the fourth quarter, Watson hooked up, the Nuggets led by 8 points, Harten alley 2+1, Gordon's mid-range shot, the Nuggets led by 7 points, Wallace and Wiggins scored 2 three-pointers in a row, the difference reached 1 point, and the Nuggets could not score after the timeout, Wallace + Alexander and Caruso made 2 free throws, the Thunder took 4 points, Murray's mid-range shot + Jokic made 1 free throw, the difference reached 1 point, Alexander made 2 free throws, 2 free throws, Jokic scored 4 points in mid-range shot, Alexanderian scored 4 points + Harten made 1 of 2 free throws, the Thunder led by 6 points, Murray made a layup + Gordon made 1 of 2 free throws, Jaylen and Alexanderian scored 4 points, the difference was 7 points, Jokic made a layup, Jaylen made 2 of 2 free throws, the difference was still 7 points, and there were 20 seconds left in the game, Gordon scored a free throw + three-pointer, and the difference reached 3 points, but the game only had 2 seconds left, Jaylen made 2 of 2 free throws, Jokic missed a three-pointer in the backcourt, and the game ended, the Thunder defeated the Nuggets 92-87.

Alexander scored 8 of 19 shots and scored 25 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals, Jaylen scored 10 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals, Harten scored 8 points, 14 rebounds and 3 assists, Chett scored 8 points and 13 rebounds, Wiggins scored 11 points, 6 rebounds, Wallace scored 11 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, Caruso scored 10 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Jokic scored 7 of 22 (8 three-pointers and 8 three-pointers) scored 27 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals, Gordon made 5 of 10 (3 three-pointers and 7 shots), 15 points, 16 rebounds and 6 assists, Murray made 5 of 15 shots, 17 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, Braun scored 17 points, 2 assists and 3 steals, Porter performed poorly, 1 of 7 shots, 3 points and 9 rebounds, Westbrook scored 2 of 12 shots, 6 points and 3 rebounds, plus or negative value -20 lowest in the game, Westbrook performed poorly today.

The Thunder were able to defeat the Nuggets today while 8 points behind in the fourth quarter because their substitute beat the Nuggets' substitute. The Thunder scored 35 points in this match, while the Nuggets' substitute was too bad. Westbrook made 2 of 12 shots, Watson made 1 of 3 shots, and the Nuggets' substitute scored a total of 8 points. The Thunder defeated the Nuggets with the huge advantage of the substitute.

After winning the game, the Thunder tied the series score to 2-2 and got back the home advantage. The Thunder's lineup is far deeper than the Nuggets, and the consumption of the main players is much smaller than that of the Nuggets. The trend of this round of series has come to the Thunder.