The No. 1-seeded OKC Thunder will face the No. 4 Denver Nuggets on the road at 7:30 p.m. CT Thursday in Game 6 of the second-round playoff series. OKC secured a 112-105 home win in Game 5 on Tuesday.

You can never look ahead in the NBA, the league comes at you fast with the next emotional swing –– good and bad –– lingering around the corner. On Wednesday, i

Denver was last in the league in 3-point attempts per game during the regular season (31.9), but that number has jumped to 38.5 3PA in the four contests against OKC. In their first-round series versus the LA Clippers, the Nuggets fired up an average of just 29.0 3PA across seven games.

If the Thunder is to close out the Nuggets in Game 6 on Thursday night, a little better luck from behind the arc wouldn’t hurt.