Nuggets vs Thunder 8/3/20 - NBA Picks & Predictions

The Denver Nuggets play the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday in an NBA seeding game. Denver lost its first game of the NBA restart on Saturday after falling to the Miami Heat 125-105. The Nuggets remain in third place in the Western Conference one game ahead of fourth place Utah and 1 ½  games ahead of fifth place Oklahoma City. Nikola Jovic and Jerami Grant led Denver in the loss with 19 points apiece.

Nikola Jovic is leading Denver in scoring, rebounding and assists with averages of 20.2 points, 10.2 assists and 6.8 rebounds per game.  Jamal Murray, who did not play on Saturday, is the second leading scorer for Denver with an average of 18.8 points per game. Denver has six players averaging double-figures in scoring

Oklahoma City was victorious in its opening game of the seeding round following a 110-94 victory over the Utah Jazz on Saturday. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was the high scorer for the Thunder with 19 points, while Steven Adams scored 16 points and pulled down 11 rebounds. Danilo Gallinari chipped in with 15 points. Oklahoma City hit 53% of its shots.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexanderis the leading scorer for Oklahoma City with an average of 19.3 points per game. Danilo Gallinari is close behind with an average of 19.1 points per game. Steven Adams is the leading rebounder for the Thunder with an average of 9.4 her game and Chris Paul is the leader in assists with an average of 6.8 per game.