The Clippers strive to advance to the seventh! Leonard vs. Jokic, Harden looks forward to continuous explosions

The two teams played very fiercely in the series, and the Nuggets got off to a good start. Then the Clippers won two games in a row to take the initiative, but the Nuggets also won two consecutive victories after adjustment and took the lead in getting the promotion point. But in the matchup in G6, the Clippers faced a life-and-death battle. They successfully withstood the Nuggets' counterattack at home, and successfully won the victory with the offensive at the beginning of the second half, tied the series at 3-3.

The players on both sides performed well in this round of series, and the core members even took turns to take over the game. After the G6 game, Jokic bluntly said: This round of series is the best showdown in the first round. The two teams have no reservations on the court, and the players are all focused on the game. After 6 games, the score difference in only 2 games is double-digit, three of which are one round, and the first buzzer-beating dunk in playoff history was born (Godor from the Nuggets). The only advantage of the Nuggets is that they will play at home, but their continuous running has also put their physical fitness to the limit. In this round of series, the Nuggets basically rotated 6 people, and only Westbrook was trustworthy on the bench. In the game he missed, the five starting players played 42+ minutes. In the first 6 games, Murray averaged 42.2 minutes, Jokic 41.2 minutes, Gordon and Braun were both close to 40 minutes. In contrast, Harden was the only one on the Clippers to reach 40 minutes.

The biggest advantage of the Clippers and the Nuggets is that there are many players playing, and Jones Jr., Batum, Bogdanovic, and even Simmons on the bench can help. In the second half of G6, Tyron Lu finally made an adjustment, allowing Batum to enter the starting lineup and abandon Dunn directly. The latter's projection threat was too small, and this change also made the Nuggets unable to withstand and were eventually widened. In the tiebreak battle, Batum is likely to appear in the starting lineup. There is nothing to be reserved between the two sides and must do their best.

This is the second time that the two teams met in the tiebreak battle. In the 2020 Orlando Park game, the Nuggets won that tiebreaker and completed a big reversal when they were 1-3 behind in the series. This time, Leonard's helper became Harden, while Jokic was still with Murray. This time, there is another focus, that is, whether Harden can continue his momentum. He scored 28 points and 8 assists in the last game, proving that he is also capable of playing key games well.