Social Media Reacts to Nuggets Forcing Game 7 with OKC Thunder

In a potential close-out Game 6 between the Thunder and Nuggets, Denver bowed up, using a two-way effort in the second half to coast past Oklahoma City and force a winner-take-all Game 7.

Entering Game 4, Oklahoma City found itself down 2-1, desperately needing to find the offense that carried it to a 68-win regular season. It would win the next two with grit, coasting to a 3-2 advantage behind late offense from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Luguentz Dort.

Gilgeous-Alexander had it going with 32 points on 11-for-15 shooting, but no Thunder followed him closely in scoring. Three of the Nuggets starters in MVP candidate Nikola Jokic, and guards Jamal Murray and Christian Braun finished with 22-plus points.

Here's how X, formerly known as Twitter, reacted to the fateful Game 6 in Denver:

First ✋ pic.twitter.com/WIIwL0IcnC
— OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) May 16, 2025

Starting 🖐#MileHighPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/anvM0OHc3Q
— Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) May 16, 2025

Great cut and slam by Lu Dort to respond to Braun's jam and tie the game. Lu has been active tonight already. Missed his first open 3 but sinks his second, stole an entry pass and the slam.
— Rylan Stiles (@Rylan_Stiles) May 16, 2025

INCREDIBLE pass by Joker, incredible block by Chet. Incredible stuff happening. Incredible. Straining the limits of credulity.
— Hardwood Paroxysm (@HPbasketball) May 16, 2025

Bad combo of early OKC turnovers and Jamal Murray scoring.

Thunder down 12-18.
— Brandon Rahbar (@BrandonRahbar) May 16, 2025

Thunder down 10 early in this one,

Multiple players said they'd get Denver's best punch — this is it.
— Derek Parker (@DParkOK) May 16, 2025

Jamal Murray with an incredible start. We’ll see how sustainable it ends up being.
— Nick Crain (@CrainNBA) May 16, 2025

OKC is late to a lot of stuff on defense right now. Trying to recover, and Denver is just using ball fakes to score.
— Joel Lorenzi (@JoelXLorenzi) May 16, 2025

You can hear the Nuggets crowd audibly groan and softly boo each time Westbrook has the ball. Deservingly so, too. Rough first stint for him off the bench
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) May 16, 2025

Denver had 1 turnover in the first 9 and a half minutes of the first quarter.

Russell Westbrook went on to have 2 turnovers in his 2:32 ticks on the court to end the first.

Really helped spark some easy possessions for the Thunder.
— Michael Martin (@MichaelOnSports) May 16, 2025

Sound end to the first for OKC. Was 30-20 when Russ and friends checked in. 8-1 run to close the quarter for the Thunder, making it 31-28.
— Joel Lorenzi (@JoelXLorenzi) May 16, 2025

Russ got a Thunder jersey on as an undershirt? Seems like it
— Zack Tretheway (@Zack_Tretheway) May 16, 2025

WHAT A STEAL DUB AND A SLAM CHET
— 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒆 🌩 (@Three_Cone) May 16, 2025

WHAT A RESPONSE

Little jawing between Alex Caruso and Aaron Gordon.

Caruso deflects the ball out of bounds the next play.

Immediately after that JDub steals the inbounds pass and drops it off for Chet Holmgren for a big dunk.

Timeout Nuggets. OKC still down 3.
— Michael Martin (@MichaelOnSports) May 16, 2025

Thunder winning fast break points 12-5. Gotta continue to push the pace
— The Daniel Bell© (@BasketballGuruD) May 16, 2025

OKC just deciding like hey guys we're gonna steal this inbounds pass and then actually doing it is preposterous.
— Yaya Dubin (@JADubin5) May 16, 2025

Cason Wallace gets a brick from Bricktown. Possibly a restaurant on the canal.
— Eddie Radosevich (@Eddie_Rado) May 16, 2025

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander at the half

14 PTS
4-6 FG
1-2 3PT
16 MIN
4 fouls

That last number is the most worrisome for OKC.
— Brandon Rahbar (@BrandonRahbar) May 16, 2025

Right on time 🚨 pic.twitter.com/xj4FjdULhH
— OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) May 16, 2025

OKC might be without SGA for an extended period in the second half depending on the foul situation.

Thunder will need some offensive help from others. Feels like a moment for Aaron Wiggins.
— Nick Crain (@CrainNBA) May 16, 2025

SGA AND-1
SGA STEP-BACK 3

Comes out firing in the 2nd half looking to punch a spot in the WCF... Game 6 on ESPN pic.twitter.com/yUxDEfok1W
— NBA (@NBA) May 16, 2025

Back-to-back-to-back dunks for Hartenstein.
— Nick Crain (@CrainNBA) May 16, 2025

Hartenstein is active around the rim. Been found a couple times on the backside, now he puts Jokic in the rim on a putback.
— Joel Lorenzi (@JoelXLorenzi) May 16, 2025

The Denver Nuggets are going to their bench pic.twitter.com/TQoYdvBwCG
— Tony Jones (@Tjonesonthenba) May 16, 2025

Thunder has to obliterate these Russ minutes. Just has to. He’s a game-worst -14.
— Joel Lorenzi (@JoelXLorenzi) May 16, 2025

Denver is FEELING it right now, another triple from Strawther and this place is ROCKING. OKC down 8 in a blink.
— Rylan Stiles (@Rylan_Stiles) May 16, 2025

If Julian Strawther is going to beat you, Julian Strawther is going to beat you.
— Nick Crain (@CrainNBA) May 16, 2025

Death by Strawther pic.twitter.com/rIjSoZFkiO
— J.D. Silva (@jdsilva_) May 16, 2025

Did not have Julian Strawther being a difference maker in Game 6 on my bingo card.

Nuggets go on a 10-0 run in the final 1:30 of the 3rd quarter.

Strawther scored 8 of the 10 on 3-3 shooting.

Thunder down 82-90.

12 minutes to go.
— Brandon Rahbar (@BrandonRahbar) May 16, 2025

Nuggets go ultra small here to start the 4th
— Hardwood Paroxysm (@HPbasketball) May 16, 2025

Let's, uh, remember that Watson block and Westbrook putback. Might have just saved the game for Denver.
— Yaya Dubin (@JADubin5) May 16, 2025

Feels now-or-never for OKC to close this series out in 6,

Nuggets up, 97-88 with 6:49 left to play.
— Derek Parker (@DParkOK) May 16, 2025

Man…. A rough one for Dub… missing transition points like that is absolutely killing OKC.

Too many easy looks missed
— Andrew Schlecht (@AndrewKSchlecht) May 16, 2025

Jokic is so good to watch, looks like he plays in slow motion
— Chris Camilleri (@ChrisCamiller1) May 16, 2025

I’m not mentally ready for a Game 7 against this battle-tested champion Denver squad.
— Terry Fox (@xterryfox) May 16, 2025

Even if we win on Sunday, the wolves play a lot better defense than Denver. What are they gonna hold us to shooting? 7%
— Guybrush Threepwood (@OnlyTheEarth) May 16, 2025

this is not good for my mental health pic.twitter.com/l5YNeGJACP
— George Stoia III (@GeorgeStoia) May 16, 2025

Julian Strawther and Luke Kornet are starters on the All-Survival team.
— Wes Goldberg (@wcgoldberg) May 16, 2025

Nikola Jokić is ready for Game 7 pic.twitter.com/Kq35JrGWfo
— Shane Young (@YoungNBA) May 16, 2025

If all the “little things” were on a bingo card for tonight’s game the Nuggets would not only have a bingo but they would probably have blacked out the whole board.

Feels like they have nailed all the margins in Game 6 where the Thunder have come up short.
— Michael Martin (@MichaelOnSports) May 16, 2025

Really impressed with Adelman giving a guy like Strawther the chance to have this kind of game rather than just cutting down the rotation. Kudos obviously to Strawther for coming through but that’s pretty rare from a young coach.
— Anthony F. Irwin (@AnthonyIrwinLA) May 16, 2025

The best two words in sports, Game Seven. Paycom Center will be juiced Sunday, perhaps with nervous energy. Going to be a fun one. My prediction lives on another day.
— Rylan Stiles (@Rylan_Stiles) May 16, 2025

Insane man. Not one open 3 made
— TF (@ThunderFocus) May 16, 2025

All I know

Loud City HAS to show up on Sunday

Biggest game in a decade for the Thunder
— Josh (@JoshConnett) May 16, 2025