Ousmane Dieng buried a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to give the Oklahoma City Thunder a 94-91 comeback win over the Nuggets in both teams’ preseason finale Friday — but only after Denver’s second unit went into halftime leading the OKC starters, 59-46.

On a night that Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and company took off, here are three takeaways. The Nuggets finished preseason play 3-2 and will open their season next Thursday at the Golden State Warriors.

Bench 3s

In recent years, Denver’s second unit has gone through stretches of looking collectively allergic to making jump shots. So it’s sort of a big deal when the new-look bench, playing against the Thunder starters, puts together a 13-for-25 half outside the arc.

Tim Hardaway Jr. led the barrage, leaving his 2-for-18 start to the preseaso

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