The Thunder continue to do what they do best.

The Oklahoma City Thunder hosted the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night for the squad's home opener of the season. This game was a grind, as the Thunder went down early in this bout and put themselves in a hole that was hard to dig out of. Luckily, the Thunder were able to do so and ended up pulling out the win, 96-84.

OKC started this game playing from behind, as they trailed at the end of the first quarter and at the end of halftime. This was no doubt a result of the Thunder’s struggle to get the ball in the basket. This affected almost everyone, as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander didn’t make a single shot in the first half. OKC seemed to not be able to lean on just its shot-making ability, but it could lean on what it does best, its defense.

Oklahoma City didn’t put too much pressure on the Nuggets in the first quarter, but it ramped up afterwards.…