The Oklahoma City Thunder seemed to be well on their way to a rather stress-free Game 1 victory over the Denver Nuggets in Game 1 of a Western Conference semifinals series before a combination of Nikola Jokic, disastrous strategy and a wide-open Aaron Gordon combined to send everyone home shellshocked. After Gordon hit a go-ahead three-pointer to steal the game for Denver, TNT's Stephanie Ready attempted to get to the bottom of what the heck had just happened out there. Gordon, still clearly with a million thoughts in his mind, tried to catch his breath as he explained, citing the Nuggets' pesky belief in themselves.
"Great poise," he said. "Great poise with this team. Between Jamal Murray, Nikola Jokic, you've got Hall of Famer Russell Westbrook, you got [Christian Braun] whose stepping into his own. A lot of guys stepped up but I think our poise and our belief that we were going to win no matter the circumstances."
