No one expected the Denver Nuggets to come away with a win against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinals. Yet, somehow, the Nuggets figured out a way to do it. The same Nuggets team that just played a Game 7 on Saturday.

In a span of less than five minutes Monday night, the "Oklahoma City isn't ready for this" crowd got all the ammunition it needed. The Thunder led most of the night by double-digits, by 13 at one point in the fourth quarter and by 11 with 4:31 left after a Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 3-pointer.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Aaron Gordon will always answer a teammate’s phone call.