Is Thunder’s depth catching up with Nuggets late in playoff series?

Jamal Murray (27) of the Denver Nuggets drives as Isaiah Hartenstein (55), Cason Wallace (22) and Aaron Wiggins (21) of the Oklahoma City Thunder defend during the fourth quarter of OKC’s 92-87 win quarter at Ball Arena in Denver on Sunday, May 11, 2025. OKC tied the best-of-seven series 2-2. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)A war of attrition fittingly tilted in favor of the team with more rations.

Maybe it was inevitable, as the Nuggets and Thunder clanked 3-pointers, as fatigue infected their shooting forms, that fresher legs would prevail. Sure enough, 36 hours after an exhausting overtime affair ended, the biggest difference between these teams illuminated itself as another…