As for Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray? They scoff at the notion of fatigue playing a factor in back-to-back blown leads to the Thunder.

The Nuggets were playing some of their worst basketball of the season as they couldn't win any games consistently.

The Nuggets shockingly fired their head coach and general manager with just three games left in the regular season.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander did two things when he sank two free throws with 13.2 seconds remaining in Game 1 between his Oklahoma City Thunder and the Denver Nuggets. First, and most importantly in the moment,

Hall of Famer and TNT analyst Charles Barkley said in the postgame show that the NBA deserves blame for putting Denver in that situation. It was pointed out that the Thunder were in that situation, too, but as the younger and deeper team, they had an automatic advantage.

It looked like the Oklahoma City Thunder were set to come out of Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinals with a win against the Denver Nuggets. The team had a comfortable three-point lead in the final seconds,

Aaron Gordon hit a game-winning 3-pointer in the final seconds after the Thunder opted to quickly foul repeatedly with a lead down the stretch.