Denver Nuggets vs. LA Clippers

Apr 24, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	28	19	23	13	83
LAC	35	30	25	27	117

Game Recap

LA gets double-figure scoring from 6 players and stifles Denver in a 117-83 victory for a 2-1 lead.

Player Stats

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
1Michael Porter Jr.SF	35	2-9	1-6	2-2	6	1	0	1	1	1	-25	7
32Aaron GordonPF	31	6-16	2-4	1-1	7	0	0	0	2	3	-10	15
15Nikola JokicC	36	9-14	2-3	3-4	13	13	1	0	2	1	-20	23
0Christian BraunSG	37	4-9	0-1	1-3	6	1	1	1	1	2	-11	9
27Jamal MurrayPG	36	8-15	1-4	6-6	0	4	1	0	3	3	-15	23
4Russell Westbrook	8	1-5	1-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	1	-16	3
8Peyton Watson	18	1-4	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	3	-29	2
24Jalen Pickett	10	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-23	0
6DeAndre Jordan	4	0-0	0-0	0-2	1	0	0	0	1	2	-1	0
3Julian Strawther	10	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	3	-4	0
5Hunter Tyson	4	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-8	0
22Zeke Nnaji	4	0-2	0-2	1-2	1	0	1	0	1	2	-8	1
31Vlatko Cancar	— did not play —												— did not play —
9Dario Šaric	— did not play —												— did not play —

TOTAL	-	31-7740.3%	7-2626.9%	14-2070.0%	38	20	4	3	16	21	-	83

CLIPPERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
24Norman PowellSF	28	7-12	3-8	3-3	1	3	1	0	0	3	+13	20
2Kawhi LeonardPF	34	7-17	3-6	4-5	11	6	0	0	2	0	+18	21
40Ivica ZubacC	33	8-12	0-0	3-6	9	1	0	1	2	4	+21	19
8Kris DunnSG	21	2-5	2-4	0-0	8	0	0	1	0	4	+8	6
1James HardenPG	33	6-14	3-8	5-6	6	9	0	0	1	0	+25	20
25Ben Simmons	9	0-2	0-0	0-0	3	1	1	1	1	2	+9	0
33Nicolas Batum	26	4-6	4-6	0-0	5	2	0	3	0	1	+23	12
55Derrick Jones Jr.	22	4-8	2-3	0-2	1	0	1	2	1	1	+20	10
10Bogdan Bogdanovic	10	1-3	0-2	0-0	1	3	0	0	1	2	+3	2
15Drew Eubanks	3	0-1	0-0	3-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	+6	3
88Patty Mills	3	1-2	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	1	+6	3
12Cam Christie	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0	+6	0
11Jordan Miller	3	0-1	0-1	1-2	1	0	1	0	0	0	+6	1
21Kobe Brown	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	+6	0
7Amir Coffey	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	40-8348.2%	18-3946.2%	19-2867.9%	48	26	4	8	10	18	-	117

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterDENLAC

(11:55) Jump Ball Zubac vs. Jokic: Tip to Powell
(11:35) MISS Zubac 11' Hook Shot
(11:35) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (11:32) Gordon 4' Running Layup (2 PTS) (Jokic 1 AST)
20
(11:32) Dunn S.FOUL (P1.T1) (J.Capers)
+1 (11:32) Gordon Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
30
(11:14) MISS Leonard 2' Cutting Dunk Shot
(11:12) Dunn REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(11:11) Gordon P.FOUL (P1.T1) (B.Taylor)
+3 (11:05) Powell 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Zubac 1 AST)
33
+2 (10:46) Jokic 9' Driving Floating Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Murray 1 AST)
53
(10:31) Zubac Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(10:31) Jokic STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (10:14) Gordon 13' Step Back Bank Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Jokic 2 AST)
73
(9:59) MISS Dunn 6' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(9:59) Porter Jr. BLOCK (1 BLK)
(9:59) Dunn REBOUND (Off:2 Def:0)
(9:59) Braun S.FOUL (P1.T2) (R.Acosta)
+1 (9:59) Harden Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
74
+1 (9:59) Harden Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
75
(9:44) MISS Jokic 4' Driving Reverse Layup
(9:43) Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (9:43) Jokic 2' Putback Layup (4 PTS)
95
+3 (9:24) Dunn 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Harden 1 AST)
98
+2 (8:58) Porter Jr. 2' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Jokic 3 AST)
118
+3 (8:41) Leonard 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Harden 2 AST)
1111
+3 (8:29) Murray 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS)
1411
(8:12) MISS Harden 5' Driving Layup
(8:11) Zubac REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(8:08) MISS Leonard 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:05) Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+3 (7:57) Gordon 25' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Braun 1 AST)
1711
+3 (7:40) Dunn 24' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Powell 1 AST)
1714
+3 (7:25) Gordon 26' 3PT Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Jokic 4 AST)
2014
(6:55) MISS Harden 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:50) Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(6:46) Powell P.FOUL (P1.T2) (B.Taylor)
(6:46) CLIPPERS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(6:30) MISS Braun 5' Jump Bank Shot
(6:29) Gordon REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(6:29) MISS Gordon Tip Layup Shot
(6:29) Zubac REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (6:23) Leonard 2' Running Layup (5 PTS)
2016
(5:59) MISS Murray 24' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(5:55) Dunn REBOUND (Off:2 Def:1)
(5:47) MISS Dunn 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(5:44) Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(5:35) MISS Gordon 2' Layup
(5:35) Dunn BLOCK (1 BLK)
(5:34) Gordon REBOUND (Off:2 Def:0)
(5:33) MISS Gordon 1' Putback Layup
(5:33) Zubac BLOCK (1 BLK)
(5:33) Nuggets Rebound
(5:33) CLIPPERS Timeout: Regular (Full 2 Short 0)
(5:26) Murray Backcourt Turnover (P1.T1)
(5:17) MISS Powell 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(5:15) Westbrook REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (5:04) Braun 2' Cutting Dunk Shot (2 PTS) (Jokic 5 AST)
2216
+3 (4:42) Powell 25' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Harden 3 AST)
2219
+2 (4:23) Braun 3' Cutting Layup Shot (4 PTS) (Jokic 6 AST)
2419
(4:23) Simmons S.FOUL (P1.T3) (B.Taylor)
(4:23) MISS Braun Free Throw 1 of 1
(4:20) Simmons REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:03) Jones Jr. Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T2)
(3:52) Westbrook Offensive Charge Foul (P1) (R.Acosta)
(3:52) Westbrook Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T2)
(3:32) MISS Jones Jr. 13' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(3:29) Braun REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (3:15) Murray 2' Cutting Layup Shot (5 PTS) (Jokic 7 AST)
2619
+3 (3:05) Harden 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (5 PTS)
2622
(2:49) Braun Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T3)
+3 (2:34) Harden 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (8 PTS)
2625
(2:34) Nuggets Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
+2 (2:21) Jokic 3' Layup (6 PTS) (Westbrook 1 AST)
2825
(2:04) Watson S.FOUL (P1.T3) (J.Capers)
+1 (2:04) Powell Free Throw 1 of 2 (7 PTS)
2826
+1 (2:04) Powell Free Throw 2 of 2 (8 PTS)
2827
(1:48) MISS Watson 9' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(1:46) Simmons REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(1:42) Watson P.FOUL (P2.T4) (B.Taylor)
+2 (1:32) Harden 4' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (10 PTS)
2829
(1:09) MISS Westbrook 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:05) Harden REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (0:47) Harden 27' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (13 PTS)
2832
(0:37) Simmons Violation:Kicked Ball (J.Capers)
(0:25) MISS Westbrook 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(0:23) Harden REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (0:01) Batum 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Harden 4 AST)
2835

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

DEN

LAC

83Points117

31-77(40.3%)Field Goal(%)40-83(48.2%)

7-26(26.9%)3-Point(%)18-39(46.2%)

14-20(70.0%)Free Throw(%)19-28(67.9%)

38(11)Rebounds(Offensive)48(15)

20Assists26

4Steals4

3Blocks8

16Turnovers10

21Fouls18

38Pts In The Paint42

3Fast Break Pts13

9Pts Off Turnovers16

6Bench Pts31

7Largest Lead34

Game Details

Thursday, April 24, 2025 · 10:00 PM

Intuit Dome · Inglewood, CA

attendance: 17,927 (99.6%)

tv: NBA TV