At noon on the 7th Beijing time, the NBA regular season ended a focus battle.

Sitting at home, the Clippers defeated the defending champion Nuggets 111-102 to avoid the embarrassment of being "triple killed" by opponents this season.

After a period of run-in, the Clippers seem to have begun to get used to the big three starting + Westbrook substitute tactics, everything is gradually on track.

At present, they have steadily risen in the rankings, not only suppressing the Warriors, but also surpassing the Rockets, and have risen to ninth in the Western Conference, at least this is a playoff playoff spot.

The Nuggets did not have a large shortage of people in this game, Jokic, Jamal Murray are in, Aaron Gordon, Pope, Jordan, Porter can also play, and the Clippers continue Paul George, Leonard, Harden starting with Westbrook substitute in the form of fighting, the effect is good.

The two teams each played a good quarter in the half, and the Denver Nuggets led by 15 points in the first quarter, but were beaten by the Clippers 40-21 in the second quarter.

The second half of the situation is similar, the third quarter Nuggets to regain the lead in the score, and the decisive quarter Clippers will once again, using the opponent to attack the opportunity of unfavorable shooting percentage decline in consecutive points to achieve a reversal again, the final stage of the game is the use of stable free throws to maintain the advantage to the end, a single quarter of 32-20 to lay the victory.

After two consecutive wins, the Clippers have risen to ninth in the Western Conference.

Harden had a double-double of 20 points and 11 assists in the game, both scoring and organizing teammates to score, led by Paul George with 25 points, Leonard and Westbrook contributed 17 points and 9 points off the bench.

With a narrow win over the Warriors and a loss to the defending NBA champions, the Clippers have been able to keep their fans hopeful about the team's prospects this season by winning consecutive games against strong Western Conference opponents.

Of course, another reason for the Clippers' victory in this game is that the performance of the Nuggets' core player Jokic is somewhat "mediocre", although he got a triple-double of 22 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists, but such data is too ordinary for the league's one of the best stars.

In particular, Jokic's efficiency is too low, 22 points are traded with up to 32 shots, what's more, these shots are actually only hit 9 balls, and the 23 missed sports goals also created Jokic's personal career most. It was not Jokic's night, so to speak.