Congratulations, Denver Nuggets. You just beat the Los Angeles Clippers in the hardest-contested series of the first round of the playoffs behind a team effort that salvaged a season that not long ago appeared in the dumps.

In Game 7, the big man only scored 16 points on 6-of-14 shooting, but it didn't matter, as six Nuggets players posted at least 15 points. Forward Aaron Gordon led them with 22 points, and guard Russell Westbrook added 16 points, five rebounds, five assists and five steals off the bench.

Westbrook put the exclamation on it after the Nuggets hit back-to-back buckets, capped off by a steal that led to a massive dunk by the 36-year-old. He hyped up the crowd, receivi

The Denver Nuggets couldn’t help but feel the uneasy sensation of deja vu as they entered another high-pressure Game 7 in the Western Conference playoffs. Just a year ago, they squandered a 20-point lead in the Western Conference semifinals against Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves — a collapse that still lingers in Nuggets fans’ minds as one of the more painful playoff exits in recent memory.

Nothing easy! Game 7!” Series tied 3-3 Game 7s are categorically awesome, and Game 7s specifically between the fourth and fifth seeds feel as close as things can get. This series with the Los Angeles Clippers and Denver Nuggets has delivered on every front — the overtime finish in Game 1,

Nikola Jokic got plenty of help from his teammates and Denver’s scoring surge held up in a 120-101 blowout of the shellshocked Los Angeles Clippers in a Game 7 laugher on Saturday night.