Thunder beat the Nuggets and tied the score, listen to the interview with the coaches of both sides after the game

After the game, the coaches of both sides accepted an interview with reporters.

1. Thunder head coach Mark Dignot

talked about the team's lineup adjustment, Mark Dignot said: "Today we deliberately played out our lineup depth, and the fourth quarter was connected to the Caruso Wallace Wiggins lineup. This is not necessarily related to Dolter's shooting, but more about the performance of the players on the court."

In this game, the starting five Thunder was still Alexander Dort Jaylen Williams Chet Haltenstein. But in the critical moment of the last 5 minutes of the fourth quarter, the Thunder replaced Dort with Caruso. It turns out that Degenot made wise decisions. Dort was in poor form in this game, while Caruso was active in fighting and made more stable shots. Therefore, Dorte's playing time is reduced.

In this game, Caruso played for 28 minutes, made 3 of 7 shots, scored 10 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in 2 of 5 three-pointers; Dort played for 19 minutes, made 2 of 10 three-pointers and scored 6 points and 2 rebounds.

Speaking of Alexander's performance, Dagnott said: "I am always amazed at his ability to restore himself to zero after every game. He has made a huge contribution to us at the last moment today."

Today, Alexander played an important role in both offense and organization. He scored continuously through breakthroughs and fouls (scoring 14 points in 7 breakthroughs and 12 free throws), especially in the last quarter, which helped the team consolidate its lead.

Because Alexander has strong lethality, he has created many scoring opportunities for his teammates by attracting double teams, such as Caruso's bottom corner three-pointer, Homegren's empty cut dunk, etc.

2.Alexander

When talking about the Nuggets returning to the Thunder's home court 2-2, Alexander said: "All we can do is control now, we did it tonight." After losing the game, the Thunder fell behind and fell into a passive position. Today's lead of 6 points in the first half, but the Nuggets overtook 6 points at the end of the third quarter, which put the team in crisis. In the last quarter, Alexander relied on his focus on "just compete for the present" and used breakthroughs to kill and activate teammates to score 8 points in a row at critical moments, transforming the strategy of "controlling the present" into a real fruit of victory.

All the game, Alexander played for 38 minutes, made 8 of 19 shots, made 9 of 12 free throws, scored 25 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals.

3.Haltenstein

When talking about how to evaluate the team's strategy, Haltenstein said: "We pursue team basketball, and we will not just let Alexander fight everyone alone. The teammates play very selflessly and create easier offensive opportunities." In this game, the Thunder were all soldiers, and all 10 players on the field scored. The players' actions were relatively balanced, with 8 players taking 7 or more shots and playing team basketball. When Alexander broke through with the ball and attracted multiple players to double-team defense, his teammates actively ran and created a large number of easy offensive opportunities. The Thunder made a total of 20 assists in the game.

Talking about the key to the Thunder's victory, Braun said: "Their substitute lineup may be the key to the game today. It is these players who gave them the advantage."

Compared with the Nuggets, the Thunder's lineup is stronger. In this game, the Thunder boldly used substitutes, with 10 players rotating, and the substitutes scored a total of 35 points. The Nuggets' substitute only scored 8 points.

In this game, Braun played for 44 minutes, scored 17 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

The Thunder and the Nuggets' G5 will be played at the Thunder's home court, and the game time will be 9:30 am on the 14th.