Jalen Williams had one of his best games with 32 points on 11-of-21 shooting. The rest of the Thunder struggled to show up, though. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 18 points on 7-of-22 shooting and Chet Holmgren had 18 points and 16 rebounds.

The Oklahoma City Thunder took a 3-2 series lead over the Denver Nuggets with a thrilling 112-105 win in Game 5 of their second-round NBA playoff series on Tuesday night. It's the first lead in the series for the Thunder, the West's No. 1 seed who now will have the chance to win the series in Game 6 in Denver on Thursday night.