Aaron Gordon scored a career-high 50 points for the Denver Nuggets and Bennedict Mathurin had 36 for the Indiana Pacers in their season-opening debuts on Thursday night. Denver lost 137-131 in overtime and Indiana lost 141-135 in double overtime in the double header on ESPN.
Indiana lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder in a rematch of the 2025 NBA finals that the Pacers lost. Mathurin made nine of his 19 field goal attempts, three of his eight three-point attempts and 15 out of 17 from the free throw line with 11 rebounds, one assist and a team high plus nine.