Nuggets’ DOMINANT 24-4 3RD QTR Run – GAME 7! | May 3, 2025
The Nuggets defeated the Clippers, 120-101, in Game 7 of their first round series.
Nuggets Top Performers
Aaron Gordon – 22 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists
Christian Braun – 21 points (playoff career-high), 5 rebounds, 4 assists
Nikola Jokić – 16 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists
Jamal Murray – 16 points, 5 rebounds
Russell Westbrook – 16 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals
Michael Porter Jr. – 15 points, 6 rebounds
Clippers Top Performers
Kawhi Leonard – 22 points, 5 rebounds
Ivica Zubac – 8 points, 13 rebounds
The Nuggets win the series, 4-3 and move on to face the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Semifinals, with Game 1 taking place on Monday, May 5 at 9:30 PM ET on TNT.
Notable Stats
With his 7th assist tonight, Nikola Jokić has officially secured averaging a triple-double for this first round series vs. LAC. This marks his third playoff series averaging a triple-double, for the second most in NBA history behind only Magic Johnson (4) and is the first to do it in a series that went 7 games.
With the Nuggets performance tonight, they become the first team in NBA playoff history to have 6 players record 15+ points each in a Game 7 (Aaron Gordon, Christian Braun, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Russell Westbrook, Michael Porter Jr.)
Russell Westbrook passed Kevin Johnson (935) for 20th and Bob Cousy (937) for 19th on the all-time postseason assists list
Russell Westbrook becomes the 4th player in NBA playoff history to record 15+ points, 5+ rebounds, 5+ assists, and 5+ steals in a Game 7, joining:
Khris Middleton
Chris Paul
Larry Bird
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34 comments
Knicks in 6 with Denver in the finals
3:21 that's was 8-th assist from Jokic in the game, after this they don't count anymore, they left him on 8 🤦
Nuggets up 30 with 4 minutes to go. Jokic: "I'm goin back in coach. I've got some stats to pad"
but still, nuggets real enemy is the wolves…
3:27 why these clippers fans were smiling lol
3 things guaranteed in life death, taxes, Harden will never get a ring facts.
Felt like Norman Powell was the only player on the team in this clip
This is what happens when some mercenaries go up against a battle-tested squad in a winner-take-all game.
Air Gordon is a animal that man is so underrated
Jokic’s defense is underrated
Where is the clippers defense????? 😂
Harden STILL got no defense!…. The NBA bout to revert back to defensive players!…. These offensive players that give no effort on the other side of the ball are about to be cut from teams!…. 💯…. Watch what I say!…
I love that this starts with the announcers glazing the Clippers.
чокер он и есть чокер
Harden doing behind the back passes like it's a streetball game.. bit disrespectful to his team by doing that clown stuff.
Only clippers could play a trash stretch like this at least Powell was trying
58 BLESSINGS IN BIBLE
Harden only hoops if it’s a home game , that’s one thing I’m starting to notice with him, if he’s playing at home he’s gon ball out , if it’s an away game u can almost guarantee he ain’t showing up. Home game = he hoops . Away game = trash . I went to the clippers mavs game 1 last year , this dude harden couldn’t miss a single shot 🤣🤣🤣 I’m tellin yall he only hoops when he’s at home , I feel if clippers had home court advantage this game, harden probably would’ve dropped a 40 ball
My homies specially perk is crying like babie now😂
4:51 That's when it dawned on Ty Lue that they are about to lose.
🙂
Clippers didn’t even try to change things .. Simmons and Mills not used
Where is James Harden's aggression? Because of this, there have been rumors that he will fold when he is expected to make money.
There's no player's substitution for Clippers!
Каво размонтирање
Game 7 went exactly how I expected it to go.
Crushing
Nuggets advance to play okc, and if they miraculously win it they play the wolves that they haven’t beaten since last year’s playoffs. Won this just to have a possible chance to pick their executioners, I almost feel bad for the fans, almost
Man I forgot that Harden is a postseason nightmare since I was so enamored with Kawhi.
Everyone getting a turn to score. And Nuggets making some big stops on defense. This is what the championship Nuggets looked like. Can they do this against OKC? We will soon find out.
It's not the Nuggets were the dominant, it was the Clippers being terrible in defense. Most of their points during the run came from wide open shots
Honestly this sequence was kinda weird, it felt like the Clippers were barely even trying to put up resistance.
8:03 Clippers literally has no strategy left just blitzing all the way to turn over, while Nuggets keep talking to each other lol and this game Jokic and Murray didn't focus on scoring at all. This is simply Nuggets basketball
1:46 headshot!