It's been a battle as the Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City Thunder continued to slug it out on the court. However, Sunday's game decided who would go on to face the Minnesota Timberwolves and who would head home.

The Nuggets have identified by their continuity for years. As their season ended in Oklahoma City, it was with the understanding that times might be changing.

"We're going to find out what we're made of, what we're really made of," Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander said Monday night after his team lost its Western Conference semifinals series opener to the Nuggets in stunning fashion.