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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final/OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Clippers | 35 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 12 | 110 |
 Nuggets | 27 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 14 | 112 |
LACTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAC | 43-8650.0% | 12-3336.4% | 12-1675.0% | 44 | 25 | 20 |
| DEN | 41-9443.6% | 9-2733.3% | 21-2777.8% | 45 | 24 | 11 |
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Denver Nuggets112| 48 | 21 | 7-20 | 3-7 | 4-5 | 0 | +12 | −3.6 | |||||||
| 46 | 29 | 12-24 | 1-4 | 4-6 | 0 | +10 | +7.1 | |||||||
| 46 | 25 | 8-14 | 1-3 | 8-10 | 0 | 0 | +2.6 | |||||||
| 45 | 11 | 5-10 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | −5.4 | ||||||
| 26 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −6.6 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 34 | 15 | 5-17 | 2-6 | 3-4 | 0 | +7 | −2.1 | |||||||
| 14 | 6 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −1.7 | |||||
| 5 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | +0.1 | |||
| Team | 112 | 41-9443.6% | 9-2733.3% | 45 | 24 | 11 | 18 | 21-2777.8% | 12 | 11 | 1 | |||
Bench 23 points on 8 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Vlatko Čančar, DeAndre Jordan, Zeke Nnaji, Dario Saric, Julian Strawther and Hunter Tyson (coach’s decision).
LA Clippers110| 43 | 32 | 11-22 | 4-9 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7.0 | ||||||
| 41 | 22 | 9-15 | 1-3 | 3-3 | 0 | −2 | −3.6 | |||||||
| 39 | 21 | 10-15 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0 | −8 | +4.2 | |||||||
| 37 | 12 | 5-12 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | −7.3 | |||||||
| 31 | 10 | 4-8 | 2-5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −7 | −2.3 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 4 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | −5 | −1.7 | |||||
| 24 | 9 | 3-6 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −2.5 | ||||||
| 13 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | −2.0 | ||||||
| 12 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −7.7 | |||||
| Team | 110 | 43-8650.0% | 12-3336.4% | 44 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 12-1675.0% | 11 | 7 | 6 | |||
Bench 13 points on 4 for 14 shooting
Did not play: Amir Coffey, Patty Mills, Cam Christie, Jordan Miller, Kobe Brown and Drew Eubanks (coach’s decision).
Nuggets112Clippers110ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Nikola Jokić had 29 points (18 in the paint) and 12 assists, and the Denver Nuggets rallied from 15 points down in the second quarter to beat the LA Clippers 112-110 in overtime for a 1-0 lead in the first-round series.
The Nuggets trailed 49-34 with 5:55 left in the second quarter. They outscored the Clippers 78-61 the rest of the way.
Christian Braun’s 3-pointer with 59.8 seconds left in overtime made it 108-104.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Clippers 24-21. Aaron Gordon scored 9 of the Nuggets’ 24 on 3 for 4 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. In the fourth quarter and overtime, Gordon had 2 steals, one of them leading to Russell Westbrook’s free throws that put the Nuggets ahead 101-100. In that stretch, Jokić had 5 of his 12 assists, 2 of them on baskets by Westbrook that put the Nuggets ahead.
Gordon had 25 points and 8 rebounds. Jamal Murray added 21 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, and Westbrook had 15 points and 8 rebounds but shot 5 for 17 off the bench. The Nuggets had 3 20-point scorers. Murray assisted on 6 of Jokić’s 12 baskets.
For the Clippers, James Harden had 32 points (15 in the first quarter) and 11 assists, and Kawhi Leonard added 22 points and 3 steals. Ivica Zubac had 21 points and 13 rebounds on 10 for 15 shooting. The Clippers had 3 20-point scorers.
The Clippers turned it over 20 times, about 5 more than usual for this many possessions. The Nuggets outscored the Clippers 54-43 in 21 minutes with Westbrook, Gordon, Jokić, Murray and Braun on the floor together.
Denver NuggetsLA ClippersPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
91 points from the field on 94 shots: 7.8 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 15-24 | 62.5% | 66% |
| In the paint | 13-30 | 43.3% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 4-13 | 30.8% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-9 | 33.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-18 | 33.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivica Zubac | 47 | 13 | 6-12 | −5 |
| James Harden | 9 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Kris Dunn | 7 | 10 | 3-5 | +7 |
| Derrick Jones Jr. | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 6 | 3-5 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 29 points on 83 possessions. He usually scores about 32 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Harden | 24 | 6 | 2-3 | 0 |
| Kawhi Leonard | 18 | 2 | 1-1 | −3 |
| Nicolas Batum | 16 | 2 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Norman Powell | 8 | 6 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 9 | 3-8 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 83 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kris Dunn | 24 | 3 | 1-4 | −4 |
| Derrick Jones Jr. | 14 | 5 | 2-2 | +1 |
| Kawhi Leonard | 13 | 2 | 1-2 | −2 |
| Ivica Zubac | 11 | 4 | 1-6 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 23 | 7 | 2-6 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 85 possessions. He usually scores about 26 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
DEN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
LAC
50/50
DEN
Highest Leverage Moments
Westbrook 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Jokic 11 AST)
Q4 0:24
52.3%
30→82
Braun 26' 3PT Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Jokic 12 AST)
OT 0:60
34.3%
59→93
Harden 27' 3PT Running Jump Shot (32 PTS) (Leonard 2 AST)
OT 0:28
30.2%
98→68
Harden 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot (25 PTS) (Batum 1 AST)
Q4 0:19
29.1%
82→53
Zubac 3' Cutting Layup Shot (21 PTS) (Harden 11 AST)
Q4 1:11
28.2%
66→37
