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Rebirth in desperate situation! The Clippers staged a shocking reversal of 111-105, and the tiebreaker battle is about to break out

1:37am, 10 May 2025【Basketball】

The five starters of the Clippers are Harden, Powell, Leonard, Dunn and Zubac.

Nuggets are Murray, Braun, Porter Jr., Gordon, and Jokic.

The Clippers face tremendous pressure in this game. They were previously behind 2-3. If they lose this game, they will be eliminated. The Nuggets hope to end the series away, and both sides sent their strongest lineups.

The first quarter started, and the two sides started a fierce confrontation. Murray made 5 of 8 shots in a single quarter, scored 12 points, and took various steps and three-pointers, which made the Clippers' defense a little unstoppable. Jokic is also very good at inside, with 5 points and 3 assists in a single quarter.

The Clippers rely on the counterattacks of Harden and Powell to seize the score. However, Harden was closely guarded by Murray, 0 of 3 three-pointers, and only scored 4 points and 3 assists. Fortunately, Zubac's tip-in stopped the bleeding, and the Clippers fell behind 25-28 in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Harden completely broke out, took a three-pointer, European layup, and landed. He scored 17 points in a single quarter and directly stopped the Nuggets. He also connected the team, Zubac's all-time pass, Leonard dunked, and scored 4 assists in a single quarter.

Jokic launched a counterattack, hooking, throwing, three-pointers, and 15 points in a single quarter. He seized the score with his own strength and helped defend Powell, forcing the Clippers to make a mistake. In terms of role players, Batum added three-pointers in the bottom corner to defend Gordon, Westbrook made a breakthrough and three-pointers, 7 points in a single quarter, but points were given away by key mistakes. There is also a controversial point in the middle. Harden was suspected to be stepping on his feet when he broke through. The referee did not whistle, and the Clippers fans were booing. With Zubac's tip-in, he overtook the Nuggets 58-57 at halftime.

In the third quarter, the Clippers began to exert force, and after tactical adjustment, Leonard mainly defended Ajokic, Zubac squatted to protect the frame, and then cut off Jokic's pass, speeded up and chased the points, Harden pushed back and Powell quickly went down, and scored 12 points in 10 fast breaks in a single quarter. The Nuggets had a little power outage, Jokic was defended by Zubac and Leonard as a defender. He made 1 of 8 shots in the second half, and Murray was also defended by Batum, scoring only 3 points and making a mistake in dribbling. The Clippers led 90-79 in the third quarter.

Nuggets counterattacked in the last quarter, Murray scored 5 points in a row and added a long three-pointer, with 10 points in a single quarter, and the score difference was close to 5 points. Jokic beat Zubac and hooked with a back shot, with 8 points in a single quarter. The Clippers made a move, Harden broke through and threw the key three-pointer, 6 points in a single quarter. In the end, the Clippers won the game 111-105, tied the total score of the series to 3-3.

The Clippers, Harden scored 28 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, Leonard scored 27 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, and Powell scored 24 points and 3 rebounds.

On the Nuggets, Jokic scored 25 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, Murray scored 21 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, Gordon scored 19 points, 5 rebounds, and Westbrook scored 14 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists.