Denver builds an 11-point halftime lead, then opens the third quarter on a 17-3 run to hand the Clippers a 120-101 defeat in what had been an otherwise competitive series. James Harden is held to

The first-round series in the 2025 NBA playoffs between the Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Clippers certainly lived up to the hype, and it ended on a high note for the Nuggets as they thoroughly dominated L.

Denver used a balanced scoring attack to throttle LA, which couldn't get anything going in Game 7. The Nuggets and Thunder meet Monday in Game 1.