Thunder Rally in the 4th, knot series with nuggets on 2-2

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 25 points, and visiting Oklahoma City Thunder stood in the fourth quarter of eight to beat the Denver Nuggets 92-87 in Game 4 Sunday to even the Western Conference semi-finals. Oklahoma City regained home court advantage in the best seven series and offers Game 5 on Tuesday night. Denver missed an opportunity to place a stranglehold on the series, despite 27 points and 13 rebounds of Nikola Jokic. Christian Braun and Jamal Murray each had 17 points and Aaron Gordon finished with 15 points and 16 rebounds for the Nuggets. Aaron Wiggins and Cason Wallace scored 11 each, Alex Caruso and Jaylen Williams scored 10 each, Isaiah Hartenstein had 14 rebounds and Chet Holmgren grabbed 13 plates for the thunder. Oklahoma led in fourth place with 71-63 early, but hit a 3-point trio during a 14-3 run that gave them a 77-73 lead. Denver missed eight straight shots before Murray struck a 19-foot-fade jumper with 6:17. Below 84-80, Jokic missed some free throw, and Williams and Gilgeous-Alexander imposed to stretch the benefit to 88-81. Jokic cut it up to five with 1:25 over and the nuggets had the chance to make it a one -owned game, but Michael Porter Jr. Missed an 11-feet. Murray closed a 3-pointer with 23 seconds and the thunder. Sunday’s game cut off about 38 hours after the Game 3 victory victory, and the fatigue appeared early when the teams shot with 18.2 percent in the first quarter. Oklahoma City led 17-8 to fit the lowest joint score in the opening period of a play-off match. Portland (14) and Utah (11) did this on May 20, 1999, and Detroit and Toronto also scored only 25 points on April 21, 2002. Both teams were 3-by-22 of 3-point in the first half. Denver found his offense in the third quarter, and struck seven of his 11 shots of deep and made a six-point shortage of half-time in a 69-63 lead in fourth place. The Nuggets surpassed Oklahoma City 61-40 after falling behind 23-8 early in the second quarter. -Media on the field level