The Thunder show poise in crunch time, Lu Dort delivers at both ends and Oklahoma City moves a step closer to the West Finals.

OKC head coach Mark Daigneault described his team's series against Denver as a "slugfest" prior to Game 5 on Tuesday. And as the Thunder looked like it was down for the count, trailing by eight points to start the fourth quarter,

The Oklahoma City Thunder took a 3-2 series lead over the Denver Nuggets with a thrilling 112-105 win in Game 5 of their second-round NBA playoff series on Tuesday night. It's the first lead in the series for the Thunder, the West's No. 1 seed who now will have the chance to win the series in Game 6 in Denver on Thursday night.

As for Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray? They scoff at the notion of fatigue playing a factor in back-to-back blown leads to the Thunder.

OKC Thunder star Jalen Williams wouldn’t admit to any trouble with his wrist after the Game 5 win over Denver.

The Denver Nuggets were never likely to win their second-round series with the Oklahoma City Thunder. That was true before it started, and it's certainly true now. Following OKC's 112-105 win on Tuesday,

OKLAHOMA CITY — Michael Porter Jr. is shouldering the blame for the Nuggets’ 3-2 series deficit, even if he physically can’t.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the youthful Oklahoma Thunder are on the verge of making the franchise's first appearance in the Western Conference finals since 2016.