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Denver Nuggets vs Oklahoma City Thunder Final — October 22, 2026

Denver Nuggets logo
Denver Nuggets
84
Top scorer Nikola Jokic65 games
FINAL
Oklahoma City Thunder logo
Oklahoma City Thunder
96
Top scorer Shai Gilgeous-Alexander68 games
Thursday, October 22 · 9:40 PM ET
DENOffenseFull 2025-26 regular season (last season)OKC
1st120.2
Offensive ratingpoints scored per 100 possessions
117.05th
1st122.0
PPG
119.25th
DENDefenseOKC
21st115.1
Defensive ratingpoints allowed per 100 possessions
105.91st
21st116.8
Opp PPG
107.82nd
DENTeamOKC
6th+5.1
Net ratingoffensive minus defensive rating
+11.11st
DENLast 10 gamesOKC
-12-12-12-12-12+15+15+15+15+15
Game by game
-27-27-27-27-24+12+12+12+12+12
5-5
Last 10
5-5
+15
Net points
-72
Top third of the leagueMiddle thirdBottom thirdBar = league rank (full = 1st)
Injuries & restkey injuries · rest and travel
DENRest & travelOKC
6 days
Days of rest
2 days
506 mi814 km
Travel to the game
Home
+1 hclock change vs home
Time-zone change
Home
DENKey injuriesOKC
None listed
Players out or limited
None listed
About these numbers

Full 2025-26 regular season (last season), captured before kickoff. League rank in small type (30 teams); the gold side ranks higher. Bars show rank, longest = 1st. Source: Gridiron & Wine public Analytics tables.

Margin of each of the last 10 games this season, oldest to newest (gold = won). Hover a bar for the score margin.

Distance is straight-line from each team's home arena; time-zone change is at game time. Rest counts days since each team's previous game.

No key players listed.

Injury report as of October 22, 9:40 a.m. ET: no key players listed for either team.

The pre-game matchup

The Nuggets visited the Thunder on Thursday, October 22 at 9:40 PM ET.

Last season (2025-26), the Nuggets scored 122.0 points per game (1st of 30) and allowed 116.8 (21st). The Thunder scored 119.2 points per game (5th of 30) and allowed 107.8 (2nd).

Offensive rating, the points scored per 100 possessions: Nuggets 120.2 (1st), Thunder 117.0 (5th). Defensive rating, the points allowed per 100 possessions: Nuggets 115.1 (21st), Thunder 105.9 (1st). Net rating, the offensive minus defensive rating: Nuggets +5.1 (6th), Thunder +11.1 (1st). These are last season's full-season numbers because the new season's sample is still small; rosters change over the offseason.

The Thunder closed as 8.5-point favorites at home against the Nuggets. The spread closed where it opened. The total closed at 236.5, up from 235.5 at the open. After removing the vig, the closing moneyline (Nuggets +258, Thunder -322) prices the Nuggets at 27% and the Thunder at 73%.

Written from the numbers available before kickoff.

Result

Final score and result vs the closing line

Denver Nuggets 84, Oklahoma City Thunder 96

Oklahoma City Thunder won by 12.

  • Against the closing spread (Oklahoma City Thunder -8.5): Oklahoma City Thunder covered.
  • Combined score 180 vs the closing total of 236.5: Under.
  • Oklahoma City Thunder closed at -322 on the moneyline (a 73% no-vig market-implied chance).

The official play, graded

The official play on this game, at the price it was sent, graded against the final score.

Jessica's Handicap -1162.00uWIN +2.00u

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Market

Closing line and line movement

Spreadno move
OpenThunder -8.5 (-105)
Nuggets +8.5 (-115)
CloseThunder -8.5 (-105)
Nuggets +8.5 (-116)
Totalup 1
Open235.5 (o -111 / u -109)
Close236.5 (o -110 / u -110)
Moneyline
OpenNuggets +240 28%
Thunder -300 72%
CloseNuggets +258 27%
Thunder -322 73%

Consensus of US sportsbooks. Open = first line after both teams' previous games; Close = consensus at kickoff. Percentages are the moneyline's no-vig market-implied chances.

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Matchup

Players to watch

Denver Nuggets logo
Nuggets
65 games · Nikola Jokic
  • Points per game27.78th
  • Rebounds per game12.91st
  • Assists per game10.71st
  • Minutes per game34.8
75 games · Jamal Murray
  • Points per game25.416th
  • Rebounds per game4.4145th
  • Assists per game7.113th
  • Minutes per game35.4
Oklahoma City Thunder logo
Thunder
68 games · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
  • Points per game31.12nd
  • Rebounds per game4.3150th
  • Assists per game6.617th
  • Minutes per game33.2
69 games · Chet Holmgren
  • Points per game17.167th
  • Rebounds per game8.916th
  • Assists per game1.7226th
  • Minutes per game28.9

Last season's (2025-26) regular-season per-game averages; players listed with their current team, top two scorers per team, from season player stats captured before game time. Ranks among the 391 players with at least 20 games.

Head-to-head

The teams have met 17 times since 2022: the Nuggets won 8 and the Thunder 9.

DateScoreLineTotal
Apr 10, 2026Thunder 107, Nuggets 127
Nuggets won

Apr 10, 2026Thunder 107, Nuggets 127
Nuggets won

Mar 9, 2026Nuggets 126, Thunder 129
Thunder won

Feb 27, 2026Nuggets 121, Thunder 127
Thunder won

Feb 1, 2026Thunder 121, Nuggets 111
Thunder won

Meetings since 2022, most recent first. Line and total are the consensus closing numbers where line history is available.

Teams

Denver Nuggets

Oklahoma City Thunder

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