On March 23, Beijing time, today, the Denver Nuggets hosted the Los Angeles Clippers at home, a showdown between sixth and eighth in the West. In the first quarter, the two teams fought 37-27; in the second quarter, the two teams fought 72-61, and the Nuggets led by 11 points. Jokic scored 14 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists in the first quarter, and had 17 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists on 5-of-7 shooting in the half. Easy side to fight again, Jokic came up to hit the middle range, Batum did not hesitate to let go, returned a three-pointer, followed by the Clippers side of the continuous free throws to take points.
Soon, Morris Jr. went to the basket and scored another 2 points, Gordon did not feel good in the half, and all two shots in the first two shots of the second half scored 5 points, Jokic also had 2 points on the fast attack, and the Clippers were stopped. Back from the timeout, Zubac threw a throw to take 2 points, Patton was still in color, Jokic was quick-eyed, glanced at Jeff Green, who slipped the bottom line, assisted the latter to complete the backhand dunk, and then, Zubac teamed up with Mann to score 4 points, Gordon and Jokic also scored 4 points on free throws, and just one round, Mann teamed up with Zubac to score 3 points, and the point difference narrowed to 11 points.
In the last 3 minutes of the quarter, Mann teamed up with Boston to score 4 points, Jokic returned a goal on the basket, after that, Cousins also played the board, Mann did not hesitate to let go, played 2+1, Hyland was bold, the outside line rained three points, Rivers also had a continuous change of direction to throw, the third quarter ended, the Nuggets led the Clippers by 11 points, Jokic scored 26 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists on 8 of 14 in the third quarter. In the final quarter, Kennard teamed up with Harten to score 5 points, Cousins basket also scored 2 points with his footing, and Boston retreated from mid-range blossoming, however, the Nuggets were all soldiers, Rivers and Hayland hit two three-pointers, and the Clippers were stopped again.
After the timeout, Hatten teamed up with Covington to score five points, and the two teams scored points from each other's free throws. In the last 5 minutes, Harten teamed up with Reggie to score 4 points, Gordon dunked back, and just 10 seconds later, Covington's three-point rain on the outside line, Morris's corner three-pointer also had, and the game was suspended. The timeout came back, Jeff Green's three-pointer fell and Mann took a free throw to stop the bleeding. In the decisive moment, Gordon slammed the four with one hand, and Hatten threw a tight grip on the score, but Jokic immediately scored two points, Button hit a fatal three-pointer, and in the end, the Nuggets sank the Clippers 127-115.
After this game, the Nuggets ended their two-game losing streak, with a record of 43 wins and 30 losses, firmly ranking sixth in the West, and the Clippers suffered four consecutive losses, with a record of 36 wins and 38 losses, ranking eighth in the West. In this game, Jokic played 34 minutes, 9 of 15, cut 30 points, 14 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks, dominated the inside line, and blew up Zubac; Hylander was 6 of 8, contributing 16 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists; Gordon was 5 of 13, with 16 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists; Morris was 5 of 10, with 15 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists; Jeff Green was 7 of 10, with 16 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists; Cousins made a surprise, he played 14 minutes, 7 of 4, 8 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, plus or minus + 2 teams came off the bench first; Rivers had 11 points and 3 assists.
For the Clippers, Mann cut 24 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, Reggie 14 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists, Harten 14 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, Covington 14 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, Morris Jr. 14 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Batum 9 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Zubac 6 points and 5 rebounds, Kofi 6 points and 2 rebounds, Kennard 8 points, Boston 6 points.