Before Shai Gilgeous-Alexander closed out Game 4, Thunder guard Aaron Wiggins, Cason Wallace, and Alex Caruso set the stage. Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault commended the three reserves, leading his second unit in the fourth quarter to avoid a 3-1 hole in their best-of-7 series.

Denver coach David Adelman is fighting uphill against the deepest bench in the league with arguably the shortest one left in the playoffs.

Teams that win Game 5 of a 2-2 best-of-seven NBA playoff series have gone on to win the series 81.3% of the time (191-44).