May 19 (UPI) -- Oklahoma City Thunder coach Mark Daigneault credited the Denver Nuggets for improving his team and pushing his players to their limits en route to their first Western Conference finals berth in nine years. The Thunder, who posted the NBA's best regular-season record (68-14), trailed 2-1 in the series before winning three of the final four games, including a 125-93 Game 7 blowout Sunday in Oklahoma City. "We're better now than we were at the beginning of the series, and it's