After dropping back-to-back games against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Semifinals, the Denver Nuggets are on the brink of elimination with a 3-2 series deficit.

OKC won 112-105 and leads the series 3-2.

The Nuggets narrowly took the first game, 121-119, but then the Thunder answered with a blowout 149-106 victory in which they set the NBA playoff record for most first-half points with 87.