The emerging conventional wisdom has been that Denver’s continuity and playoff scars are trump cards when a game hangs in the balance.

City Thunder suffered a 113-104 overtime loss to the Denver Nuggets in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals.

In a funny twist, Nikola Jokic has enjoyed help from his teammates. Aaron Gordon scored the game-winner in Game 1 to stun the Thunder. In Game 3, Denver had three other players besides the three-time MVP winner who scored 20-plus points.

The Nuggets got 20-plus points from four starters, led by Jamal Murray's 27, plus 22 from Aaron Gordon and 21 from Michael Porter Jr. Big man Nikola Jokic had 20, but it was far from a sterling night for him--Jokic was 8-for-25 from the field and 0-for-10 from the 3-point line,

Oklahoma City fell, 113-104, in overtime Friday night at Ball Arena to fall into a 2-1 hole in the Western Conference semifinals.