Instant reaction from the Nuggets’ 125-93 loss  to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 7 of their second-round NBA Playoffs series.

Alexander's 35 points and a team-wide defensive effort drive Oklahoma City to its first conference finals appearance in nearly a decade.

The NBA announced on Monday that Jalen Williams was fined $25,000 for wearing a shirt with profanity language on it after the Oklahoma City Thunder 's 125-93 Game 7 win over the Denver Nuggets. He wore it in his postgame press conference.

Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon has a strained left hamstring and his availability is in doubt for Game 7 against the Thunder in Oklahoma City on Sunday, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

Denver kept its championship hopes alive with a Game 6 home win over the Thunder, 119-107. Nikola Jokic recorded 29 points, 14 rebounds, and 8 assists in the win, while Jamal Murray added 25 points and Christian Braun 23. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had his first back-to-back 30-plus point games since Games 1 and 2 of the series.

All of which means it might be time for this iteration of the Denver Nuggets to shut it down. Numbers Don’t Joke. Unless they make an inter-sport space-time-continuum-busting bl

In this age of parity and second-apron hell that has all been by design, you couldn’t ask for a better flurry at the finish.