National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Denver 122,
Oklahoma City 112
When: 9:00 PM ET, Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #27 Dick Bavetta, #53 Mark Lindsay, #58 Zach Zarba
Attendance: 16536
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #27 Dick Bavetta, #53 Mark Lindsay, #58 Zach Zarba
Attendance: 16536
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Oklahoma City | 29 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 112 |
| Denver | 27 | 26 | 36 | 33 | 122 |
Oklahoma City Thunder
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Russell Westbrook - G | 32:48 | 6-13 | 0-2 | 2-3 | -7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| Thabo Sefolosha - G | 27:42 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Jeff Green - F | 43:22 | 8-16 | 2-3 | 6-7 | -8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
| Kevin Durant - F | 40:46 | 9-20 | 2-6 | 11-12 | -12 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 |
| Nenad Krstic - C | 31:03 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 3-4 | -8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Kyle Weaver | 17:55 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | -7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Shaun Livingston | 17:35 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Nick Collison | 16:23 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| D.J. White | 12:26 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Chucky Atkins | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Earl Watson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Damien Wilkins | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 41-87 | 5-12 | 25-29 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 25 | 27 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 112 | |
| 47.1% | 41.7% | 86.2% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 16 | ||||||||||
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chauncey Billups - G | 32:55 | 4-10 | 2-4 | 8-8 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18 |
| Dahntay Jones - G | 14:29 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Carmelo Anthony - F | 38:34 | 11-21 | 1-3 | 8-8 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 31 |
| Renaldo Balkman - F | 19:00 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Nene - C | 36:47 | 9-12 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Andersen | 27:44 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Anthony Carter | 25:38 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 1-3 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| J.R. Smith | 25:00 | 5-7 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Linas Kleiza | 19:53 | 6-13 | 2-5 | 3-5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Jason Hart | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Johan Petro | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Sonny Weems | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 43-80 | 6-17 | 30-36 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 122 | |
| 53.8% | 35.3% | 83.3% | Team Rebs: 6 | Total TO: 12 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| OKC | None |
| DEN | None |
Team Statistics
| Oklahoma City | Denver | ||
| Fast Break Points | 11 | Fast Break Points | 23 |
| Points in the Paint | 50 | Points in the Paint | 56 |
| Biggest Lead | 7 | Biggest Lead | 12 |