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Denver Nuggets vs Oklahoma City Thunder: 4 Key Takeaways

By Mathew Huff

Oct 18, 2016; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter (11) drives to the basket in front of Denver Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried (35) during the third quarter at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 18, 2016; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter (11) drives to the basket in front of Denver Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried (35) during the third quarter at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 18, 2016; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter (11) drives to the basket in front of Denver Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried (35) during the third quarter at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 18, 2016; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter (11) drives to the basket in front of Denver Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried (35) during the third quarter at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports /

The inconsistency in the front-court is concerning

  1. Interior Defense was Atrocious

Nurkic only had a measly 4 points tonight, but that was not the biggest issue.

Denver made Enes Kanter and Steven Adams look like All-Stars. While it is certainly possible the Thunder will be better than we thought especially with this front-court, Denver is much better in the post than they showed tonight.

That seemed to be all game long…

The Jurkic combo only had a combined 2 offensive boards and no blocks at all.

This is something that Coach Malone will have to analyze whenever Denver goes up against tall and gritty physical rim protectors.

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