Kawhi Leonard had 21 points and 11 rebounds, and the Los Angeles clippers reached a 117-83 victory over Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets to take a 2-1 advantage in their first-round playoff series Thursday night.
James Harden and Norman Powell added 20 points each in the first playoff game in the new intuit dome, where the superfans clippers sitting in the section of the wall closest to the Denver Bank, worse, the hats mocking Jokic’s love for the animal.
After the teams divided the first two games in Denver, a couple of nail biters determined by five combined points, this was a burst. Both teams clear their banks in the last 4 1/2 minutes.
Game 4 is Saturday in the striking and heavy in Inglewood Arena technology, the dream creation of the billionaire owner of the Steve Ballmer clippers. The animated applauded his hands and pumped the fist of his seat near his team’s bank.
Jokic led the Nuggets with 23 points, 13 rebounds and 13 assists for his second triple-double of the series. Jamal Murray also had 23 points.
Denver led for seven early before the Tok clippers are a 20 -point advantage in the second quarter.
They went up to the Nuggets 23-2 during the end of the first quarter and the beginning of the second, with Harden scoring 11 points.
Murray and Jokic combined to score 16 points in the third, when the Nuggets lost 90-70.
The clippers reached 18 3 tracks to seven for Denver. They controlled the boards, 48-38, and their bank exceeded the reserves of the Nuggets, 31-6.
Russell Westbrook of Denver, who lost 4 or 5 from long reach, left the game with inflammation of the left foot in the second half. Michael Porter Jr., who twisted his left shoulder in game 2, was limited to seven points and six rebounds.
There were reminders of the ancient era of the city of Lob of the Clippers in its new building. For former clipper Chris Paul Miró from the seats, while Deandre Jordan played five minutes for Nuggets.
Associated Press reports.
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