Do your best? The Clippers lost 19 points, who is the number one sinner? The performance is clear!

Gordon scored 22 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, Braun scored 21 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Jokic scored 16 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 interruptions, Westbrook scored 16 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, Murray scored 16 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Porter scored 15 points and 6 rebounds, Watson scored 9 points and 4 rebounds

Leonard scored 22 points, 5 rebounds 2 assists and 2 hats, Kobe Brown scored 13 points and 3 assists, Bogdanovic scored 12 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, Derek Jones scored 1 2 points, 2 rebounds and 3 hats, Zubac 10 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists, Powell 9 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Harden 7 points, 5 rebounds and 13 assists and 2 breaks

At 7:30 am on May 4, the first tiebreak battle in the first round of the 2024-25 NBA playoffs was held between the Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Clippers. After experiencing the first six games, the two sides were evenly matched and finally scored into the tiebreak! As the two closest teams in the first round of the Western Conference, they finally scored in the tiebreak, which meets the expectations of most fans! For the Nuggets, they have experienced four tiebreaks in the past six seasons, with a total record of 2 wins and 2 losses. In the second round tiebreak battle with the Timberwolves last year, they were once led by 20 points, but were eventually turned around. G4 also had a similar situation in this round of series. In the fourth quarter of the game, the Nuggets once led by 22 points, but the Clippers took only one quarter to clear the score difference. If it weren't for Gordon's 0.1s worth of Gordon's 0.1s goal score, the Nuggets would probably not have been in the tiebreaker in this round of series. And there is another bad news for the Nuggets, that is, Tyron Lue has experienced 4 tiebreakers in total, winning all of them, with a winning rate of 100%! Can Tyron Lu win law be fulfilled again in this tiebreak?

The Clippers changed their team in this game, replacing Dunn with Jones Jr. to get the starter. Dunn missed the attack in the first stage of the last game, and his inability to defend became the main reason for the team's backwardness. He was abandoned in the second half. Jones Jr.'s three-point line is much better than Dunn, and his defensive end is not weak! When we come to Denver home court, altitude sickness is the biggest difficulty that Clippers players need to overcome. We can clearly see in the first three away games that came to the fourth quarter. Harden and Leonard both encountered physical crises. Harden only had a rest of less than 1 point and 30 in the whole game. Physical fitness is the biggest challenge for him. Since the 2020 Orlando Park playoffs, Harden has never won a game on the verge of being eliminated, although his performance in life and death battles has been criticized by the outside world! Coming to the Nuggets, Jamal Murray was in excellent condition in the Battle of Kings Mountain and scored 43 points. In the first quarter of G6, the touch was still good, but it did not continue to the subsequent games. For the Nuggets, whether Murray can play a high-quality game will directly influence the trend of the G7. Who can advance? Enter the competition together!

Murray, Porter and Jokic made a series of three-pointers, while Zubac scored in the first attack on the Clippers. Jones Jr. scored 6-0 at the basket and started the away game, and Braun responded with a three-pointer and fast break. Zubac made a defense at the basket, but the ball was destroyed by Porter Jr. out of bounds. Jones turned around and made a three-pointer in the bottom corner, scoring 7 points in a row to stop the Nuggets. Jones Jr. made all three shots at the beginning, which was too crucial to change the lineup! The game continued, Jones Jr. gave out the hot pot, but made a mistake in passing. Braun hit the basket and caused Zubac's foul, missing 5-9 in two free throws! Xiao Ka failed to play Gordon alone at the basket, but was beaten one in turn. Powell made a throw shot, and Jokic caused a foul and made both free throws and scored a score difference of 2 points! Powell made a foul without the ball, Murray made a technical free throw, Jones Jr. missed a three-pointer at the open, Porter Jr. chased and shot a Nuggets during this period and made a 8-0 move to overtake the score to 13-11, and the Clippers called for a timeout!

Back to the game, Batum replaced Jones Jr. Kah, who made a strong layup, scored 13. Porter Jr. made a tough goal at the basket. Kah continued to break through and cause damage to the basket, and made two free throws steadily. Gordon and Braun missed three-pointers in a row, Batum has three-pointers, and the veteran is easy to use. Braun scored consecutively at the basket, the Nuggets led by 19-18 by 1 point, and Gordon had already made two fouls without the ball. Harden assisted Bogdan to hit the middle distance, Dunn missed an empty basket, Jokic's mid-range distance was still short, Harden broke through and caused Murray to hit the ball, and the Clippers overtook 3 points! Jokic's dribble was cut off and missed a three-pointer, so he was too poor. Bogdan continued to hit the middle distance. In the last attack in the first quarter, Zubac made a throw-in at the basket, and Westbrook missed a layup, so the Clippers led by 5 points 26-21! The main reason why the Nuggets fell behind in the first quarter was that Jokic made 0 of 5 shots in a single quarter and failed to score!

Technical statistics for the first quarter:

Both sides had small lineups on the court in the second quarter. Gordon made a difficult 1-for-2 successful under the basket, Dunn missed a three-pointer, Watson counterattacked and made a layup, Bogdan made a foul at the basket, Harden came back to replace Dunn, Westbrook made a three-pointer, and the Nuggets overturned the score 8-0 to 28-26! Murray was shot with a layup, and Kat switched to the basket, causing Watson to draw 28 for two free throws, Jokic and Zubac all returned to the court, this was the tiebreaker, and the main players didn't have much rest time! Both sides made mistakes, Westbrook assisted Gordon to dunk Harden, and the Nuggets led 31-28 and entered the timeout. Back in the game, Zubac made a throw shot, Jokic made a three-pointer, and a controversial ball appeared on the court. The Nuggets successfully challenged, Watson had a three-pointer in the bottom corner. So far, the Nuggets played well. The three-pointer in the bottom corner immediately responded. Zubac made a mistake in passing, Braun made a tip-in, and Xiaoka scored 2+1 to 36-39, Westbrook used to block the three-pointer. Zubac made one throw and the game was very intense and both sides hit a high shooting percentage!

Harden missed the breakthrough, Jokic's fast break layup caused a 2+1 extra free throw, Harden hit a three-pointer with a Clippers still 3 points behind, Xiao Ka made a rebound foul, Gordon made both free throws (46-41), the two sides always tug-of-war around the gap of about 5 points, Harden missed a three-pointer, Westbrook's counterattack directly caused Powell's third foul, one of the two free throws but a tip-in, Jones missed a three-pointer in the bottom corner, Xiao Ka got the second foul at the basket, Gordon made both free throws, and the Nuggets led by 10 points. Harden singled Braun and made a mid-range shot, and Jokic also made a throw. The game entered the last 2 minutes of the first half, and both sides were not efficient. After Harden and Murray missed three-pointers, the Nuggets led the Clippers 58-47 by 11 points!

In the third quarter, Xiao Ka hit a three-pointer, but after that, the Clippers' offense was completely silent, and they didn't shoot. On the other hand, all the Nuggets exploded and everyone could score. The role player went crazy on the outside and took less than two minutes to play the Clippers 15-0, and the score difference instantly reached 23 points! Tyron Lue's lineup adjustment is useless, no matter how he adjusts the lineup, no one of the Clippers' players can send the basketball into the basket. The Clippers' players are already exhausted, and even after Jokic 5 commits the game, the Clippers have no response! In this game, the Nuggets won the series in a way that they were unfamiliar with. The seven main players who appeared on the court, Jokic scored 5 of 13 shots and scored the lowest shooting percentage in the team! In the end, the Clippers defeated the Nuggets away from home and stopped in the first round!

Who is the number one sinner? The performance is obvious!

Harden: 0 shots in a single quarter, scored 0 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, with a full attack and defense. Judging from Harden's condition on the court in the first quarter, he is ready for this game, and his physical fitness is not affected by G6 at all! But Harden's performance in this game was limited to the first quarter. He could not find any solution to the defensive strategy of putting his right hand in the Nuggets. He had no response to the Nuggets' starting point, and only scored 7 points in 2 of 8 shots!

Jones: From substitute to start, he scored 7 points from 3 shots at the beginning. He also had wonderful blocks on the defensive end, but his continuity was not good. He completed the task well and performed at his normal level. He couldn't blame him for playing like this in this game!

Zubac: In the first half, both at the end of the basket and at the defensive end, Jokic was at a loss. He was the most stable inside pillar of the team, scoring 8 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal in the first half! And the Nuggets went crazy in the second half, and he had no choice!

Powell: He scored 2 points in the first quarter of the offensive end and got two fouls early. The Nuggets targeted him on the defensive end. He was slow to get his touch on the outside and made many dribbling mistakes. There are too many such low-level mistakes! 4 of the 11 games in the game were disastrous!

Xiaoka: In the first quarter (1 of 4 shots and 4 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists) the shooting feels average in the beginning of the game. He changed his strategy in the second half to hit the basket, which was very effective. Gordon completely locked up the defensive end. He led the team poorly in the first quarter, allowing the Nuggets to quickly overtake the score. He sent Gordon free throws at the basket at the end of the quarter. In the second half, he was unable to support himself. Only he could score in the third quarter, but he got too little help from his teammates!

Bogdan, who came from the bench, still did not have a three-pointer, and Batum's performance on both offense and defense was also restricted. As for the whole first half, the poor performance of Powell, Bogdan and Dunn was undoubtedly the main reason for the Clippers' lag. In the third quarter, the Clippers collapsed across the board and were taken away by the Nuggets. During this period, Harden, one of the team's double cores, did not respond. He made no contribution except the first quarter and did not give any help to Xiaoka. What is there to say about such a performance? The number one sinner who was eliminated! In the 7th battle, only 8 attacks, really tried your best?