Alex Caruso plays basketball like he’s trying to score a $50,000 bonus from Dana White. That said, the Nuggets probably could use, at minimum, two of him. Or two more of something relatively close to him if they’re to get the Joker another title in Denver before the horse is out of the barn.

Advancing to another best-of-seven in the Western conference finals ... for which Game 1 was scheduled roughly 48 hours later. The point being, you could forgive anyone on the Thunder for feeling pretty exhausted ahead of their WCF run vs.

Alex Caruso's shutdown defense on Nikola Jokic boosts Oklahoma City Thunder to Game 7 win over Denver Nuggets.