Since returning to action for the Thunder, Holmgren is averaging 13.3 points, 8.2 rebounds, and 3.0 blocks per game in just 26.1 minutes per contest, with the team preferring to keep him fresh in preparation for the deep playoff run they intend to have.

Telling reporters afterward that he's "playing the best basketball of my life," Denver star Nikola Jokic had 35 points, 18 rebounds and eight assists, as his Nuggets defeated the Western Conference-leading Oklahoma City Thunder 140-127 on Monday night.

For live updates and highlights from the Thunder's game against the Nuggets, regularly check back to this post: Final: Nuggets 140, Thunder 127. The Nuggets showed out. 140 points

For the first time in his career, Oklahoma City Thunder forward Chet Holmgren wasn’t assigned to Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic in their divisional matchup on Sunday. Head coach Mark Daigneault’s double-big lineup,

Tonight is the last regular-season meeting between Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, as the two superstars will try to add another bullet point to their MVP resumes. Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder have gotten the better end of the Jokic and the Denver Nuggets in two of three matchups this campaign,