Clippers’ season ends with blowout loss to Nuggets in Game 7
- The Denver Nuggets defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 120-101 in Game 7 on Saturday at Ball Arena to end the series.
- The Nuggets overcame a five-point first-quarter deficit by dominating the middle quarters, outscoring the Clippers 72-40 to seize control.
- Aaron Gordon led Denver with 22 points, while Christian Braun contributed 21. Nikola Jokic added 16 points along with a double-digit rebound total and eight assists.
- The 19-point margin was Denver’s largest Game 7 win in franchise history, and Kawhi Leonard led the Clippers with 22 points despite shooting struggles.
- With this victory, Denver advances to face the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder, who swept their first-round series, in a second-round series starting Monday.
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Nuggets dominate physical Game 7, sending Clippers home pondering lost opportunity
With 10:16 left to play in Game 7 on Saturday, Kawhi Leonard sat on the bench and stared at nothing. He spoke to no one, and he looked at no one. The Clippers star wing player appeared lost in thought, no doubt pondering, like many around the team, what might have been if the team had shown up in the final game. Against the more physical Denver Nuggets, the Clippers didn’t display the kind of fight that had gotten them to a decisive game in thei…
Nuggets rout Clippers to advance in NBA play-offs
LOS ANGELES, United States — The Denver Nuggets dominated the Los Angeles Clippers 120-101 in the do-or-die game seven of their NBA play-off series on Sunday to set up a second-round clash with Western Conference top seeds Oklahoma City.Aaron Gordon scored 22 points, Christian Braun added 21 and NBA Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic had 16 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists
Nuggets rip Clippers, advance to 2nd round
DENVER (AP) — Not this time.Nikola Jokic got plenty of help from his teammates and Denver's scoring surge held up in a 120-101 blowout of the shellshocked Los Angeles Clippers in a Game 7 laugher on Saturday night, May 3.Denver forward Aaron Gordon dunks the ball. (AP)The Nuggets led by as many as 35 and while the franchise's biggest blowout in a win-or-go-home scenario won't make up for last year when Denver blew a 20-point fourth-quarter lead …
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