OKLAHOMA CITY — Nikola Jokic had 42 points and 22 rebounds, and Aaron Gordon hit a 3-pointer in the closing seconds to give the Denver Nuggets a stunning 121-119 comeback win over the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal series.
Oklahoma City, out of timeouts, missed a desperation heave as time expired.
Denver’s Russell Westbrook, who started his career with the Thunder, assisted on Gordon’s game winner. It was his first playoff game in Oklahoma City as an opposing player.
Gordon finished with 22 points and 14 rebounds. It was his second game winner of these playoffs, the other coming on a buzzer-beating dunk in Game 4 of Denver’s first-round series against the LA…