Leonard led Los Angeles with 14 points at the break, while Harden struggled, going just 2-of-6 for seven points. Norman Powell chipped in four, and Ivica Zubac added eight. Braun paced the Nuggets with 11 points, while Gordon and Westbrook each scored 10, and Jokic had nine.

Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets are playing the LA Clippers at Ball Arena for Game 7. Nikola Jokic had 11 points, five rebounds, six assists, three steals and one block while shooting 4/10 from the field and 1/3 from the three-point range in his first 22 minutes of playing time.

Not this time. 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 Saturday night. The Nuggets led by as many as 35 and while the franchise’s biggest blowout in a win-or-go-home scenario won’t make up for last year when Denver blew a 20-point fourth-quarter lead against Minnesota at home in Game 7 of their Round 2 series,