Oklahoma CIty's backup big man has been commended for his work on the NBA's reigning MVP, but he says part of it is luck.

Jaylin Williams is in his third season with the Oklahoma City Thunder after he was selected in the second round of the 2022 NBA Draft out of Arkansas.

Jaylin Williams went from playing less than 3 minutes in Game 1 to changing the tenor of Game 2 — and maybe the tone of the Thunder-Nuggets playoff series.

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A mere shove to Jokic’s back, absorbed by his rotund frame, which Jaylin Williams used as his most vocal stance. A one-armed way of declaring that neither Williams nor the Thunder would scoot over for the three-time MVP as often as they had in Game 1.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault inserted Jaylin Williams into Game 2 at the 7:36 mark in the first quarter on Wednesday. Williams, who played three minutes in ...

The Denver Nuggets scored a playoff-franchise-low 8 points in the first quarter and could not overcome it, running out of gas to finish the game and lost