After beating the Denver Nuggets 92-87, tying their Western Conference semifinal series 2-2, in Game 4, Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault gushed over his team’s secondary production. After Thunder forward Chet Holmgren mentioned the quick turnaround from Game 3,

Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon said after the Nuggets' 149-106 Game 2 loss Wednesday that the Thunder is “fouling. Point blank, period.” Asked if he was bracing for a shift in what Friday’s crew allowed physically, Thunder coach Mark Daigneault attempted to take air out of the narrative.

The Thunder squandered a big lead against the Nuggets in the first game of the Western Conference and some of their decisions to foul were a factor.