Oklahoma City Thunder 107, Denver Nuggets 127 — Recap

April 10, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Oklahoma City Thunder 107, Denver Nuggets 127. Scoring by quarter: Q1 OKC 27-34 DEN; Q2 OKC 24-25 DEN; Q3 OKC 34-31 DEN; Q4 OKC 22-37 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Jonas Valanciunas (DEN) 23 points, 17 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-14 shooting; Branden Carlson (OKC) 23 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-18 shooting; Julian Strawther (DEN) 22 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Kenrich Williams (OKC) 15 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-22 shooting; Jared McCain (OKC) 15 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Jonas Valanciunas

23 PTS, 17 REB, 4 AST, 1 3PM · 9-14 FG

Scoring · OKC

Branden Carlson

23 PTS, 12 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 8-18 FG

Scoring · DEN

Julian Strawther

22 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 8-17 FG

Season highs

Jonas Valanciunas · Season-high 23 pointsBranden Carlson · Season-high 23 pointsJulian Strawther · Season-high 22 pointsJonas Valanciunas · Season-high 17 reboundsKenrich Williams · Season-high 12 reboundsBranden Carlson · Season-high 12 reboundsNikola Topic · Season-high 11 assists

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

OKC 2 largest lead Q1 10:28 (OKC 4, DEN 2) · 10-0 run, Q3 12:00–Q3 10:48

DEN 21 largest lead Q4 6:08 (OKC 90, DEN 111) · 17-0 run, Q3 0:30–Q4 8:03

Swings 2 lead changes Tied 1 time

Ahead for good: Bruce Brown makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Q1 9:44, OKC 4, DEN 6).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
OKC	27	24	34	22		107
DEN	34	25	31	37		127

🧮 How They Scored

OKCDEN

42Points in the paint30

7Fast-break points14

14Second-chance points17

17Points off turnovers17

29Bench points29

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.0%Effective FG%59.3%

12.0%Turnover %14.0%

28.8%Offensive rebound %27.0%

0.110Free-throw rate0.136

Box Score

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Topic G	39	14	2	11	4	0	8	6-12	2-3	0-0	-17
Branden Carlson C	37	23	12	5	0	1	0	8-18	3-10	4-4	-21
Brooks Barnhizer F	33	14	9	2	2	0	2	5-10	1-3	3-4	-15
Kenrich Williams G-F	32	15	12	1	2	0	2	7-22	1-6	0-0	-22
Jared McCain G	25	15	1	2	0	0	1	6-11	3-8	0-0	-4
Aaron Wiggins G	25	13	3	3	3	0	0	5-11	2-6	1-2	-2
Luguentz Dort G	21	5	3	1	0	0	0	2-7	1-4	0-0	-8

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Julian Strawther G	33	22	4	3	2	1	1	8-17	4-7	2-2	+10
Jonas Valanciunas C	32	23	17	4	0	2	3	9-14	1-2	4-4	+16
Jalen Pickett G	29	13	4	4	0	0	2	5-11	3-6	0-0	+17
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	28	13	1	3	1	0	0	4-12	3-9	2-3	+5
Bruce Brown G	26	10	8	6	2	0	4	4-9	2-3	0-0	+7
Tyus Jones G	23	9	4	3	0	0	2	3-6	3-3	0-0	+7
Curtis Jones G	20	7	1	3	2	0	0	3-7	1-5	0-0	+14
Zeke Nnaji F-C	14	5	6	2	0	3	2	2-4	1-2	0-0	-1
K.J. Simpson G	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+6
DaRon Holmes II F	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	2-2	+5

🔬 Advanced Stats

Oklahoma City ThunderTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Branden Carlson	Starter	37	23	58.2	21.3	-27.6	13.5
Jared McCain	Starter	25	15	68.2	19.7	-7.5	9.8
Nikola Topic	Starter	39	14	58.3	20.6	-23.7	6.5
Aaron Wiggins	Starter	25	13	54.7	18.8	-5.7	9.5
Luguentz Dort	Starter	21	5	35.7	14.3	-18.6	3.1
Kenrich Williams	Bench	32	15	34.1	28.6	-33.1	5.5
Brooks Barnhizer	Bench	33	14	59.5	15.9	-25.1	10.3
Isaiah Joe	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaylin Williams	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cason Wallace	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ajay Mitchell	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jonas Valanciunas	Starter	32	23	73.0	23.5	+20.2	21.1
Julian Strawther	Starter	33	22	61.5	23.8	+17.5	11.5
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Starter	28	13	48.8	18.6	+8.6	5.9
Bruce Brown	Starter	26	10	55.6	20.0	+11.0	12.7
Tyus Jones	Starter	23	9	75.0	13.1	+11.8	8.6
Jalen Pickett	Bench	29	13	59.1	18.8	+29.5	9.1
Curtis Jones	Bench	20	7	50.0	14.3	+28.9	8.3
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	14	5	62.5	18.2	-3.3	10.9
DaRon Holmes II	Bench	02	2	113.6	16.7	+83.3	42.9
K.J. Simpson	Bench	07	2	100.0	5.6	+37.5	21.9
Cameron Johnson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Christian Braun	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0