Gordon finished with 22 points and 14 rebounds for Denver, while Jamal Murray added 21 points and six assists. For the Thunder, after SGA’s 33, there was 20 off the bench from Alex Caruso, who also had five steals and played a fantastic game. Jalen Williams has to be better, 16 points on 5-of-20 shooting is not good enough.

Two days after they swept the Los Angeles Clippers off the court in a lopsided Game 7, the Nuggets stole the home-court advantage from the No. 1-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder, with Gordon making his second game-winner of the postseason, this time from distance.