"I always marvel at his ability to get himself back to zero after every game," the 2024 Coach of the Year said in the postgame presser. "Usually, he's getting himself back to zero after a great game;

No matter how things turn out for the Oklahoma City Thunder, there is no doubt the team is getting a ton of postseason experience. On Sunday, the team bounced back after a disappointing loss against the Denver Nuggets and evened the series with a 92-87 win.

We got guys behind them early—caught them with a lob—and that shifted things. Jokic plays high when he has nothing behind him to worry about, so we adjusted, and the guys executed. Again, nothing we haven’t done before—just stuff we’ve built over time.

Mark Daigneault instructed his OKC Thunder players to foul the Denver Nuggets late in the fourth quarter instead of allowing a 3-point attempt.

OKC Thunder falls behind in series with Game 3 OT loss to Denver Nuggets Shai Gilgeous-Alexander breaks down OKC Thunder offense in Game 3 loss vs Nuggets

Denver was last in the league in 3-point attempts per game during the regular season (31.9), but that number has jumped to 38.5 3PA in the four contests against OKC. In their first-round series versus the LA Clippers, the Nuggets fired up an average of just 29.0 3PA across seven games.

Join us live as Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault and Denver Nuggets interim head coach David Adelman speak to the media ahead of Game 5 of the 2025 NBA Playoffs Western Conference Semifinals.

He’s the last guy I’m worried about,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said after Chet Holmgren's Game 1 performance.