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The Oklahoma City Thunder Have One Shot to Sweep the Denver Nuggets
The Oklahoma City Thunder Have One Shot to Sweep the Denver NuggetsThe Oklahoma City Thunder are one of the best teams in the playoff and they look poised to get a sweep when they play the Denver Nuggets.


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Denver’s 97-94 loss on Saturday night put the Nuggets a game from losing in the first round for the seventh time in eight years. Injuries, player meltdowns and Karl’s battle with throat and neck cancer have been factors in previous early exits. This time, Denver might just be dealing with a bad matchup.

The Thunder’s defense has frustrated the Nuggets late in games, and Denver has struggled to find a go-to player in crunch time.

On Saturday, J.R. Smith nearly brought his team back from 10 points down in the final 50 seconds when he hit two 3-pointers, but he air-balled a 29-footer in the final seconds that could have sent the game into overtime. Now the Nuggets are trying to avoid being swept for the second time in four seasons.

The Thunder have beaten the Nuggets five times in the past 18 days. Three of those games have been close, including Games 1 and 3 of this series. Denver has hurt itself with poor execution down the stretch and missed free throws.

The Nuggets were 30 for 45 from the free throw line on Saturday and they’re shooting 68.7 percent from there in the series.

The Nuggets feel their little mistakes have made this series appear less competitive.

The Thunder are trying to maintain a balance while trying to win their first series since moving to Oklahoma City from Seattle three years ago. They have the youngest roster in the league and only three Oklahoma City players have advanced past the first round—Kendrick Perkins, Nate Robinson and Nazr Mohammed. They don’t feel their inexperience will be an issue Monday.

Denver is trying to do what no other NBA team has done—win a series after going down 3-0. The first step is getting back in the series, and Karl can draw on his experience when he coached the SuperSonics in the 1996 NBA finals. It won’t happen again as the Nuggets just don’t match up well and will be swept in this game.

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