No 20-point lead is safe in this year's NBA playoffs. The good news for the Oklahoma City Thunder is a 49-point lead is still pretty safe.
Amid a stretch of three straight days with massive NBA playoff comebacks, the Thunder put the hurt on a Denver Nuggets team that surprised them in Game 1 and definitely paid the price for it on Wednesday in a 149-106 OKC win. With the series now tied 1-1, the two teams will head to Denver for Game 3 on Friday.
The game was effectively over minutes into the third quarter, and was definitely over by the end of the third quarter, when Nikola Jokiu0107 fouled out and the Thunder started pulling starters.