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2024-2025 Denver Nuggets Opening Day Roster

Player	Pos	HT	WT	Birth Date	Age	Pre-Draft Team	YOS	Draft Status
Trey Alexander	SG	6-4	185	May 2, 2003	21	Creighton	0	2024 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Christian Braun	SG	6-6	220	Apr 17, 2001	23	Kansas	2	2022 1st Rnd, #21, Denver Nuggets
Vlatko Cancar	PF	6-8	236	Apr 10, 1997	27	KK Mega Bemax (Serbia)	5	2017 2nd Rnd, #49, Denver Nuggets
Aaron Gordon	SF	6-8	235	Sep 16, 1995	29	Arizona	10	2014 1st Rnd, #4, Orlando Magic
P.J. Hall	C	6-10	245	Feb 21, 2002	22	Clemson	0	2024 NBA Draft, Undrafted
DaRon Holmes II	PF	6-10	225	Aug 15, 2002	22	Dayton	0	2024 1st Rnd, #22, Phoenix Suns
Nikola Jokic	C	6-11	284	Feb 19, 1995	29	KK Mega Bemax (Serbia)	9	2014 2nd Rnd, #41, Denver Nuggets
Spencer Jones	SF	6-7	225	Jun 14, 2001	23	Stanford	0	2024 NBA Draft, Undrafted
DeAndre Jordan	C	6-11	265	Jul 21, 1988	36	Texas A&M	16	2008 2nd Rnd, #35, Los Angeles Clippers
Jamal Murray	SG	6-4	215	Feb 23, 1997	27	Kentucky	8	2016 1st Rnd, #7, Denver Nuggets
Zeke Nnaji	F-C	6-9	240	Jan 9, 2001	23	Arizona	4	2020 1st Rnd, #22, Denver Nuggets
Jalen Pickett	PG	6-2	202	Oct 22, 1999	25	Penn State	1	2023 2nd Rnd, #32, Indiana Pacers
Michael Porter, Jr.	PF	6-10	218	Jun 29, 1998	26	Missouri	6	2018 1st Rnd, #14, Denver Nuggets
Dario Saric	F-C	6-10	225	Apr 8, 1994	30	KK Cibona (Croatia)	8	2014 1st Rnd, #12, Orlando Magic
Julian Strawther	SG	6-6	205	Apr 18, 2002	22	Gonzaga	1	2023 1st Rnd, #29, Indiana Pacers
Hunter Tyson	PF	6-8	215	Jun 13, 2000	24	Clemson	1	2023 2nd Rnd, #37, Oklahoma City Thunder
Peyton Watson	SG	6-7	200	Sep 11, 2002	22	UCLA	2	2022 1st Rnd, #30, Oklahoma City Thunder
Russell Westbrook	PG	6-4	200	Nov 12, 1988	35	UCLA	16	2008 1st Rnd, #4, Seattle SuperSonics

Oklahoma City 102, Denver 87

October 24, 2024

Regular Season

Ball Arena (Denver, Colorado)

Attendance: 19,786

Officials: J.T. Orr, Kevin Scott, Danielle Scott

Team Rebounds: Oklahoma City (11) Denver (13)

Technicals: Oklahoma City (0) Denver (1 (Coach))

	1	2	3	4	Final
OKC (1-0)	31	27	27	17	102
DEN (0-1)	24	27	17	19	87

Advanced	Poss	ORtg	DRtg
OKC	100	102.2	87.2
DEN	100	87.2	102.2

Four Factors	eFG%	TO%	OR%	FTR
OKC	.465	0.120	0.265	0.079
DEN	.393	0.150	0.298	0.102

Oklahoma City Thunder

#	Player	Status	Pos	Min	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	FIC	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	PF	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
5	Luguentz Dort	Starter	SF	28:35	2-7	0-2	1-1	3.6	1.0	1	2	0	3	3	1	0	5
2	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Starter	PG	36:12	11-24	2-6	4-5	23.9	2.0	5	7	8	2	2	3	2	28
11	Isaiah Joe	Starter	SG	20:25	3-10	1-6	0-0	2.2	1.0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	7
7	Chet Holmgren	Starter	C	35:47	11-18	0-5	3-5	29.1	4.0	10	14	5	2	2	4	2	25
8	Jalen Williams	Starter	PF	33:43	5-16	2-8	0-1	0.6	1.0	2	3	3	3	0	2	5	12
9	Alex Caruso	Bench	SF	19:06	0-2	0-1	0-0	5.5	2.0	4	6	4	2	0	0	1	0
21	Aaron Wiggins	Bench	PF	19:31	7-9	1-2	0-0	14.2	0.0	6	6	1	1	0	2	1	15
88	Alex Ducas	Bench	SF	01:11	0-0	0-0	0-0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Dillon Jones	Bench	PG	01:11	0-1	0-1	0-0	0.0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Ajay Mitchell	Bench	PG	06:51	0-3	0-1	0-0	-1.5	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
14	Adam Flagler	Bench	SG	01:11	0-0	0-0	0-0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Ousmane Dieng	Bench	PF	13:15	2-4	2-3	0-0	5.8	0.0	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	6
22	Cason Wallace	Bench	SG	23:02	2-7	0-1	0-0	3.8	2.0	2	4	0	1	2	0	0	4
	Team										11
				240	43-101	8-36	8-12	85.2	13	36	60	23	15	9	13	12	102
					42.6%	22.2%	66.7%

Denver Nuggets

#	Player	Status	Pos	Min	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	FIC	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	PF	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
32	Aaron Gordon	Starter	PF	32:33	5-12	0-1	2-2	10.8	5.0	4	9	2	1	1	0	2	12
15	Nikola Jokic	Starter	C	35:12	6-13	1-3	3-4	26.2	4.0	8	12	13	3	2	1	3	16
27	Jamal Murray	Starter	PG	38:27	4-13	2-5	2-2	8.5	2.0	4	6	4	2	2	0	3	12
1	Michael Porter, Jr.	Starter	SF	32:11	5-17	3-10	2-2	8.8	1.0	7	8	2	2	1	0	1	15
0	Christian Braun	Starter	SG	29:07	8-15	0-3	0-0	12.0	2.0	5	7	1	1	2	2	3	16
4	Russell Westbrook	Bench	PG	21:16	2-10	1-6	1-4	7.0	1.0	4	5	5	0	1	2	2	6
9	Dario Saric	Bench	PF	11:02	1-2	0-1	0-0	1.8	0.0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2
31	Vlatko Cancar	Bench	PF	01:38	0-0	0-0	0-0	0.8	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Julian Strawther	Bench	SF	17:16	3-6	0-2	0-0	1.5	0.0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	6
23	Trey Alexander	Bench	SG	01:38	0-0	0-0	0-0	0.8	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Hunter Tyson	Bench	SF	01:38	0-1	0-1	0-0	0.0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Zeke Nnaji	Bench	C	01:38	0-1	0-1	0-0	-0.8	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Peyton Watson	Bench	PF	14:47	1-7	0-4	0-0	4.8	2.0	4	6	1	0	0	2	0	2
24	Jalen Pickett	Bench	PG	01:38	0-1	0-1	0-0	-0.8	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Team										13					1
				240	35-98	7-38	10-14	97.2	17	40	70	29	12	11	7	16	87
					35.7%	18.4%	71.4%

Oklahoma City Thunder Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 28p, 7r, 8a	Isaiah Joe 7p, 2r, 1a	Luguentz Dort 5p, 2r, 0a	Jalen Williams 12p, 3r, 3a	Chet Holmgren 25p, 14r, 5a
Rotation		Cason Wallace 4p, 4r, 0a	Alex Caruso 0p, 6r, 4a	Aaron Wiggins 15p, 6r, 1a
Rotation				Ousmane Dieng 6p, 3r, 0a
Lim PT	Ajay Mitchell 0p, 1r, 1a	Adam Flagler 0p, 0r, 0a	Alex Ducas 0p, 0r, 0a
Lim PT	Dillon Jones 0p, 1r, 0a

Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	Jamal Murray 12p, 6r, 4a	Christian Braun 16p, 7r, 1a	Michael Porter, Jr. 15p, 8r, 2a	Aaron Gordon 12p, 9r, 2a	Nikola Jokic 16p, 12r, 13a
Rotation	Russell Westbrook 6p, 5r, 5a		Julian Strawther 6p, 0r, 1a	Peyton Watson 2p, 6r, 1a
Rotation				Dario Saric 2p, 1r, 0a
Lim PT	Jalen Pickett 0p, 0r, 0a	Trey Alexander 0p, 1r, 0a	Hunter Tyson 0p, 1r, 0a	Vlatko Cancar 0p, 1r, 0a	Zeke Nnaji 0p, 0r, 0a