While everybody was busy preparing for their funeral outfit, the Oklahoma City Thunder saw their playoff hopes be saved by their bench. A 92-87 Game 4 win over the Denver Nuggets tied the Round 2 series at 2-2 as Aaron Wiggins was one-third of a reserve hero who helped get an ugly victory.

The Oklahoma City and Denver Nuggets are squaring off in Game 5 of their second-round NBA playoff series on Tuesday night. The series is tied, 2-2, after the Thunder won a low-scoring affair in Denver on Sunday. OKC, the West's top seed, is looking for its first lead in the series.

Michael Porter Jr. is cleared to play for the Denver Nuggets in Game 5 against the Oklahoma City Thunder, a significant boost alongside Aaron Gordon's availability. In Game 4, the Thunder evened the series 2-2 with a 92-87 victory,

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

Denver was last in the league in 3-point attempts per game during the regular season (31.9), but that number has jumped to 38.5 3PA in the four contests against OKC. In their first-round series versus the LA Clippers, the Nuggets fired up an average of just 29.0 3PA across seven games.

Wiggins provided 11 points (4-8 FG, 3-6 3Pt) and six rebounds over 16 minutes during Sunday's 92-87 victory over the Nuggets in Game 4 of the Western Conference Semifinals.

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

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 ...