On May 4th, Beijing time, the first round of the NBA Western Conference playoffs continued, the Clippers faced the Nuggets away, and the Clippers were defeated, losing 101-120 to the Nuggets, and the big score was 3-4 and was eliminated home.
The Nuggets played well in this series and took the lead in getting the match point 3-2, but in the last round of the Clippers' home game, relying on the wonderful play of Harden and Leonard's twin stars, they defeated the Nuggets and dragged the game 3-3 into the tiebreaker. The answer is no!
After the game, the Clippers changed their formation and caught the Nuggets off guard, and Jones Jr. helped the Clippers score points one after another, and scored a 7-point advantage in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Nuggets adapted to the Clippers' changes, and Westbrook exploded, leading the firepower to a 37-21 point deficit in the first quarter, and the Clippers trailed by double digits at halftime. In the second half, the Clippers offense was even more dumb, and the Nuggets took advantage of the momentum to chase after them, giving away a score of 35-19 in a single quarter, and the Nuggets had a lead of more than 20 points at the end of the third quarter. The Nuggets, who were leading by a large score in the final quarter, firmly maintained the advantage on the court, although the Clippers fought back, but the thunder and rain were small, and there were not many means to score, so they could only watch the time run out, and finally the Nuggets defeated the Clippers with a big score at home and advanced to the Western Conference semifinals!
This game also produced three incredible things, the first is that the Clippers fought to the death, the starters played badly, none of them qualified, and they didn't want to win, which is a bit incredible, especially Harden was in a slump to score 7 points. The second is that Westbrook magically broke out, cutting down the offensive and defensive ends to win too much, cutting down the comprehensive data of 16+5+5+5 breaks, which was incredibly scared of the Clippers. The third is the key battle of the Nuggets, the incredible starters all hit doubles, and the last 6 people scored double-doubles to win a big victory, excellent team basketball is the key to promotion!
Two indisputable facts, the first Nuggets were the first team to reach the second round this season through a tiebreaker, and they withstood the test and refused to be beaten down. Second, Harden dropped the chain as always, he never proved himself in the playoffs, he was invisible in key battles, he was never hard, he was not suitable to lead the team to win the championship, he could only be the sixth man!
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