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The tiebreaker was eliminated! Harden scored a record 7+5+13! Xiaoka scored 22+5+2, Westbrook became the X factor

2:27pm, 10 May 2025Basketball

The Nuggets and the Clippers started in the tiebreak, and the Clippers started to change their starting lineup: Harden, Powell, Kat Jr., Jones Jr., and Zubac; the Nuggets started: Porter, Aaron Gordon, Jokic, Braun, and Murray!

At the beginning of the first quarter, the Clippers took the lead and had a 6-0 climax. Braun scored 5 points in a row to stop the bleeding. Jones Jr. made another three-pointer in the corner, and Gordon fell to the ground to protect the ball and shouted a timeout. After Braun missed two free throws, Gordon scored a goal and got a good shot. Powell made a extreme throw, the Clippers made consecutive fouls and free throws, the Nuggets counterattacked Porter's three-pointer in the bottom corner, and overtook 13-11 for 2 points, Coach Lu was suspended. Back to the game, Xiao Ka stood up and scored consecutively to tie the score, and Batum overtook three-pointers. The Nuggets cut Braun in a row and scored, and both sides substituted. Harden tried hard on the defensive end, made two fouls and made two free throws, and Bogdan made another shot. Harden and his teacher gave each assist, and the Clippers led by 5 points 26-21 at the end of the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the two sides' rotation lineup stage, the Nuggets made continuous attacks to the basket, and the Clippers' offense was dull and the Coach Lu changed back to Harden. Westbrook made a three-pointer and overtaken. Ka Xiao tied with two free throws, Westbrook also made a foul free throw, and then stole Harden and dunked Gordon, and the Clippers were suspended. After the timeout, Zubac made a throw to stop the bleeding, and asked the teacher to make three-pointer to finally enter, and the Nuggets successfully challenged Powell to go out of bounds. After Xiao Ka responded with three points, he scored 2+1 and struggled to support him. Westbrook still has three-pointers, and asked the teacher to get 2+0, and Harden also made a three-pointer, and the two sides were in a difficult position to solve. The young master himself failed to make a penalty, grabbed a rebound and made a tip-in. Gordon made two free throws and the Nuggets had already led by 10 points. Deng Ge and Kazi made a mid-range shot to stop the bleeding, and the Nuggets led by 11 points 58-47 at the end of the first half.

The second half changed sides and played again. Xiao Ka made a three-pointer in the third quarter and asked the teacher to return the mid-range shot. Then Braun made a three-pointer with a big open space, asked the teacher to assist Gordon and dunk Gordon to lead by 15 points, and the Clippers were suspended. After the timeout, Gordon was in an offense and defense, Porter Jr. made two three-pointers, and the Nuggets completely scored 8-0. After getting 2+1 to the teacher, Gordon dunked in space, and the Nuggets led by nearly 30 points 24-4. Xiao Ka made a one-stop layup and chased after 25 points, making a timeout. Back to the game, the Nuggets led by up to 29 points. The referee began to plead with the teacher for a foul, but the Clippers were not good at free throws. At the end of the third quarter, the Nuggets led by 27 points 93-66.

The last quarter became garbage time, but both sides continued to use some of the main players, and the Nuggets led by 6-0 to more than 30 points. Coach Lu suspended the replacement of Harden and surrendered. In the end, the Nuggets defeated the Clippers 120-101 at home, eliminated their opponents 4-3 in the tiebreak, and advanced to the second round against the Thunder. Let’s take a look at the specific performance of the players!

was eliminated in a tiebreaker, and Harden set a record 7+5+13

Today, the Clippers were defeated by the Nuggets in the third quarter, and they directly lost hope of a comeback.

The Nuggets have been using double-teaming tactics against Harden in this game, forcing him to shoot. In the first half, Ben Ge made 2 of 6 shots, contributing 7 points, 4 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, with a plus-minus value of -7.

Harden did not score in a single quarter in the third quarter and sent 3 assists. In the fourth quarter, he was replaced after playing for a while. In the whole game, Deng Ge played for 35 minutes, made 2 of 8 shots, 1 of 4 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, scored 7 points, 5 rebounds, 13 assists, 2 steals and 1 block.

According to statistics, Harden gave 10 assists in the first half, which has set a record for assists in the NBA play by play era (from the 1996-1997 season to the present) tiebreaker!

The small card scored 22+5+2

The small card struggled to support the score today, and felt sad. In the first half, he made 4 of 9 shots (1 of 1 of 3-pointers) and 5 of 5 free throws, scoring 14 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block, with a plus-minus value of -17.

He scored 8 points and 3 rebounds in the third quarter, but the rest of the Clippers scored a total of 11 points, and was defeated by the Nuggets in a single quarter. In the fourth quarter, Coach Lu did not let him beat him.

In the whole game, Xiao Ka played 33 minutes, made 6 of 13 shots, 2 of 4 three-pointers, 8 of 9 free throws, and scored 22 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks.

The Nuggets won easily, and

The Nuggets did not make any effort today. In the first half, he made 3 of 9 shots, 1 of 2 of 3 three-pointers, 2 of 3 free throws, scored 9 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, plus or negative value +6.

Full game, Jokic played for 32 minutes, made 6 of 14 shots, 1 of 2 three-pointers, 3 of 4 free throws, and easily scored 16 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals and 1 block.

Westbrook becomes the X factor

Westbrook becomes the X factor for the Nuggets to win today. In the first half, he made 3 of 5 shots, 2 of 3 three-pointers, 2 of 4 free throws, scored 10 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, and made 0 mistakes, plus or negative values ​​+10

He continued to be passionate in the second half, and also stole the snatch and dunked in the fourth quarter. In this game, Westbrook played for 27 minutes, made 5 of 9 shots, 2 of 4 three-pointers, 4 of 6 free throws, and scored 16 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals.

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