While evening their playoff series with Denver at 2-2, the Thunder have accomplished something that seemed impossible — they’ve found a way to keep Nikola Jokic under control.

Aaron Gordon drained a transition 3-pointer with 2.8 seconds remaining, and the Denver Nuggets escaped with a 121-119 victory in Game 1 of the Western Conferenc

Nikola Jokic is the Rubik’s sphere, rotund and requiring infinite moves to solve. In Jokic’s case, there isn’t — to this point — any definite solution.