On a night when the lights were their brightest and the stakes their highest, Lu Dort helped save the Thunder season.

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In a game where Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder trailed the Denver Nuggets by a dozen points in the second half, Lu Dort drained nine points in a two-minute span that drastically changed his team’s fate in Game 5.

The Nuggets are on the brink of elimination after a 12-point lead in the second half disappeared in Oklahoma City.

In Dort's absence, Cason Wallace and Alex Caruso received extended minutes in the fourth quarter and helped spark a comeback. The Thunder outscored the Nuggets 29-18 in the final frame to seal a 92-87 victory, tying the series at 2-2.