Nuggets vs. Thunder Recap: Nuggets 84, Thunder 96

Final score

Team	Points
Denver Nuggets	84
Oklahoma City Thunder	96

Denver Nuggets at Oklahoma City Thunder, Paycom Center.

Odyn's pick

Settled

Denver Nuggets +9 (-125) · lost -1.00u

Teams before the game

Denver Nuggets

Last season (2025-26: 54-28, 122.1 points per game, 116.9 allowed, No. 3 seed in the West)

Last 5 games played (preseason and playoffs included):

10/16 @ Los Angeles Lakers: W 121-106
10/14 @ LA Clippers: L 122-110
10/11 vs Chicago Bulls: W 133-128
10/6 @ Utah Jazz: W 117-106
10/4 vs Utah Jazz: L 109-97

Injury report: Julian Strawther (G, Out); Spencer Jones (F, Day-To-Day)

Oklahoma City Thunder

Record	1-0
Home	0-0
Road	1-0
Points per game	116.0
Points allowed per game	104.0

Last season (2025-26: 64-18, 119.0 points per game, 107.9 allowed, No. 1 seed in the West)

Team leaders

Points per game: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (32.0)
Rebounds per game: Chet Holmgren (7.0)
Assists per game: Ajay Mitchell (6.0)

Last 5 games played (preseason and playoffs included):

10/20 @ San Antonio Spurs: W 116-104
10/15 @ Houston Rockets: L 116-89
10/13 vs Indiana Pacers: W 114-112 OT
10/12 @ Atlanta Hawks: L 113-110
10/7 vs Milwaukee Bucks: L 128-126

Injury report: Nikola Topic (G, Out); Otega Oweh (G, Out); Thomas Sorber (C, Out)

Pregame analysis

Written before the game.

Nuggets vs Thunder brings Denver, in its season opener, to Oklahoma City, on ESPN.

Denver went 54-28 last season, the No. 3 seed in the West, scoring 122.1 points a game, the most of the two teams, and allowing 116.9. In their last two preseason games the Nuggets beat the Lakers 121-106 and lost 122-110 to the Clippers. Guard Julian Strawther is out and forward Spencer Jones is day-to-day.

Oklahoma City went 64-18 and was the No. 1 seed in the West, scoring 119.0 points a game and allowing 107.9. The Thunder opened this season 1-0 with a 116-104 win at San Antonio. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the Thunder with 32.0 points a game and Chet Holmgren with 7.0 rebounds. Nikola Topic, Otega Oweh and Thomas Sorber are out. Odyn's AI quant model runs this game before tip-off, injury report included.

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Updated Oct 25, 06:25 PM ET.

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