In Game 1 of the Thunder’s series with the Nuggets, interim coach David Adelman peeked down the sideline at the group starting the fourth for Oklahoma City.

David Adelman is fighting uphill against the deepest bench in the league with arguably the shortest one left in the playoffs.

Predictions, picks and odds as the OKC Thunder hosts the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday in a second-round playoff series. Plus injury updates and news.

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The Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City Thunder couldn’t wake up their offense with an early tip for Game 4 on Sunday.

The Oklahoma City Thunder survived long enough to get a 92-87 Game 4 win over the Denver Nuggets. It was an ugly contest that saw both teams resemble early 2000s basketball as buckets were difficult to come by. The Round 2 series is now tied at 2-2.

With impactful performances who held the team together from Alex Caruso, Cason Wallace and Aaron Wiggins, the Thunder was able to ward the Nuggets off down the stretch to even up the series 2-2. A 92-87 win, Oklahoma City's starters struggled immensely ...

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 25 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder finally outplayed Denver in crunch time, beating the Nuggets 92-87 Sunday to knot their second-round series at two games each.