DNVR Denver Nuggets Podcast
SGA's Clutch 3 Sinks Nuggets in Thriller | DNVR Nuggets Postgame Live
10 Mar 2026
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Chapter 1: What were the Nuggets' struggles against the Thunder?
Oh man, another tough one. That was really tough, man. A lot to talk about, though. Actually, a lot of details in this one. What is up, everybody? Welcome to the Losers Lounge. Presented by Bet365. We're here in the Toyota Losers Lounge room by your front-range Toyota stores.
Chapter 2: What were D-Line's key takeaways from the game?
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I know. We're stacking them.
We would have to go to overtime for that, man. There's so many of these games have come down to last-second shots or calls or what have you. This one, a fantastic game, honestly. If you're a neutral observer, this was an A-plus game with an A-plus finish. But back-to-back-to-back clutch threes. Unfortunately, two of those went their way, and the last one went their way. Lots to get to on this one.
Brennan votes here.
What up, gang? That was tough to watch. I bet it'll be easier to talk about for an hour, though.
I am telling you, there's a lot of interesting stuff from this game.
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Chapter 3: How did Aaron Gordon perform in his return?
There's a lot of interesting stuff, so I'm kind of excited to talk about it. Harrison Wins here.
Oh, my God. You're totally right, man. I mean, how many of these games have there been this season?
so how many have there been in the last three weeks since the all-star game overtime to okc overtime to the knicks two points to detroit gut-wrenching it's just like so many it's again why i don't know if i'm gonna survive this season But if we do, over there, D-Line Co.
Listen, guys, there's no moral victories, but I'm claiming one. I don't care. That was encouraging.
Chapter 4: What impact did Nikola Jokic have on the game?
Really?
Yes.
I did not expect that take from you. Shocking.
The Nuggets lost one quarter out of all four.
Chapter 5: How did Jamal Murray contribute despite his injury?
They lost it by a lot to a lineup that they shouldn't put back out. You don't trot that lineup back out.
Chapter 6: What role did Tim Hardaway Jr. play in the game?
You don't lose the quarter by nine.
I mean, it is certainly, I share that perspective. I do think that that there's like you trim away some of the margins from this game that won't be relevant going forward. And you can make that case, but there is another part of this, which is that winning is a skill like shooting, like everything else, being able to just finish, finish the game and Denver couldn't do it again.
And that's kind of been the story, but let's go to a fast breakdown real quick. Cause there's a lot of notes on this one. It's kind of a long one. I apologize in advance.
Chapter 7: What were the final thoughts on the Nuggets' performance?
First note, though, Nuggets started with energy, man. They came ready for this game. If you recall the beginning of this, really, there's a lot of things that show you how badly Denver wanted to win this game. They took it very seriously. They played very close to a playoff level of intensity and effort. Uh, case in was 2000, like three minutes.
So that was a storyline early, but the real storyline was that Aaron Gordon had 13 of the first 17 points for Denver. You've mentioned this was sort of spiritually his first game back since the last one was such a blowout. He played like it 19 points in the seven minutes to open it, just dominant physically. There was of course, no chat, no heart and Stein, no J dub.
So he goes inside and just absolutely bully balled them. It was a shame. He had to come out as soon as he came out seven Oh thunder run. Yeah. Timber was up 12 points when he checked out of the game, and they end up blowing the lead in the first quarter in that same quarter. The Thunder took the lead. Thankfully, Tim Hardaway Jr. came to play.
He had back-to-back threes and another bucket, but A.J. Mitchell matched him. He was absolutely cooking in the first quarter. 40 to 37 nuggets in the first quarter. Both teams, 37-plus points. Insane. Second quarter, though, is really the story that you referenced here. Big Val and Aaron Gordon. A.G. and Jokic killing it all year, killing it in this game, killing it for five straight seasons.
You go to that lineup just trying to see what you got. They have no backup center, so they were playing five perimeter players, and you go with two bigs, and it was just horrible minutes. I mean, absolutely brutal. Denver falls down by 10 points. It was a lot of Murray. Really, A.G. was out there, but he didn't really touch the ball. It was just Val and Murray, and they could not hit shots.
Spencer's first minutes of the game came with six minutes left in the half. He didn't play. It was very weird rotation tonight. And then at the end of the quarter, though, it was CB getting absolutely roasted by SGA. One of those talking points from tonight. Zero impact on SGA. SGA did whatever he wanted tonight. Had a career high. Tim Hardaway Jr. hit some shots to drag the Nuggets back in it.
And at the half, it was 66-60 Thunder. Didn't feel that bad since Denver was down way worse. They kind of cut into it. Third quarter, Cam hurt his finger somehow, like right away. Had to check out of the game. Kind of a blessing in disguise, to be honest.
Back spasms.
It looked like a finger at first.
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Chapter 8: How can the Nuggets improve moving forward?
McCain hit a three in the corner that felt like a dagger to put him up eight. with two minutes to go, but then Tim Hardaway Jr. responded with a three with a minute 40. And what really got Denver back in this game and actually should have won it Lou Dort, once again, a flagrant foul on Nikola Jokic. I feel bad for the guy.
I feel bad because he clearly did not mean to swing his arm in the most unnatural motion ever right at Jokic's face.
Any time a guy from now on swings his arm in an unnatural motion, the precedent has been set. The precedent has been set for Lou Dort. I'm expecting a flagrant every time.
I mean, all sincerity, it's like a footnote in this game, but it is kind of like, what the hell, man? Oh, it's bullshit. What the? Jokic only hits one of two, though, at the line. Then the Nuggets get the ball, and he hits a three-pointer. Absolutely clutch. Then he gets a post-up, and it's a one-point game with 30 seconds. So they're down eight with two minutes to go.
One-point game with 30 seconds left. SGA hit what felt like a dagger three on Christian Brown to go up four. But then Jokic hits a response three while Jade Will... tries to just run through. I mean, it was like he was trying to get a foul. I think he was trying to get a foul something through Jamal. So you get the three and you get a free throw.
Murray hits it and it's a tie game with eight and a half seconds left. They get the ball. Denver takes out Murray and Jokic puts a defensive lineup out there. Spencer Jones. It looks like tries to go for a steal. He gets switched on to to the Shay tries to get a steel, doesn't get it.
Shay's able to walk, like kind of make a move and get to a spot for three and drains his second clutch dagger in the last 30 seconds of this game. So Yoke hits two threes in the last two minutes. Shay hits two threes in the last 30 seconds, but they get the last one, the last laugh and the game's over. Let's go to our Redhawk roofing. Big takeaways.
D-line, start us off.
Listen, man, I alluded to it. I actually am very encouraged by this game. I mean, this is another, like, coming off of last game where it just seemed hopeless that the Nuggets were just going to be outclassed by the NBA. They gave the Thunder absolutely everything they wanted. I mean, you could say that Isaiah Hartenstein is out and Chad is out. That's obviously... J-Dub, Caruso. Caruso.
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