Nuggets (101) vs Clippers (99) · Apr 26, 2025 · NBA Scores

FINAL

Apr 26, 2025

Game Recap

The Denver Nuggets defeated the LA Clippers, 101-99, behind Aaron Gordons game-winning dunk at the buzzer. The Denver Nuggets tie the best-of-seven series against the LA Clippers, 2-2. Game 5 will take place on Tuesday, April 29th at 10:00 PM on TNT

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
DEN	27	23	35	16	101
LAC	22	26	17	34	99

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
1Michael Porter Jr.SF	42	6-11	4-7	1-2	4	2	0	0	3	3	+2	17
32Aaron GordonPF	42	5-9	1-3	3-4	6	5	1	1	1	3	+1	14
15Nikola JokicC	43	14-25	3-6	5-6	21	8	2	1	2	4	+4	36
0Christian BraunSG	43	8-19	1-7	0-0	7	5	1	2	1	2	+4	17
27Jamal MurrayPG	42	5-17	1-5	2-2	7	7	2	0	3	4	+8	13
24Jalen Pickett	6	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	1	-6	0
31Vlatko Čancar	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-5	0
6DeAndre Jordan	4	1-1	0-0	0-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	2
8Peyton Watson	12	1-3	0-1	0-0	2	0	1	0	1	0	+4	2
22Zeke Nnaji	— did not play —												— did not play —
9Dario Šaric	— did not play —												— did not play —
3Julian Strawther	— did not play —												— did not play —
5Hunter Tyson	— did not play —												— did not play —


TOTAL	-	40-8746.0%	10-2934.5%	11-1668.8%	47	28	7	4	12	17	-	101

CLIPPERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
24Norman PowellSF	35	7-13	4-8	4-6	4	1	1	0	2	2	-8	22
2Kawhi LeonardPF	39	10-22	2-5	2-3	9	2	2	0	2	3	-2	24
40Ivica ZubacC	41	9-14	0-0	1-1	12	6	1	1	0	1	+1	19
8Kris DunnSG	20	1-9	1-6	0-0	6	1	0	0	0	2	-12	3
1James HardenPG	42	5-11	1-2	4-6	4	11	2	2	4	3	-4	15
25Ben Simmons	6	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	1	4	-3	2
33Nicolas Batum	19	1-6	1-6	0-0	3	1	1	1	0	2	-6	3
55Derrick Jones Jr.	14	2-5	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	+2	4
10Bogdan Bogdanovic	19	3-7	1-2	0-0	4	2	0	0	0	3	+22	7
21Kobe Brown	— did not play —												— did not play —
12Cam Christie	— did not play —												— did not play —
7Amir Coffey	— did not play —												— did not play —
15Drew Eubanks	— did not play —												— did not play —
11Jordan Miller	— did not play —												— did not play —
88Patty Mills	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	39-8844.3%	10-3033.3%	11-1668.8%	43	25	7	5	9	20	-	99

Injury Report

14DaRon Holmes II
Achilles — OFS
4Russell Westbrook
Foot — OUT
5Seth Lundy
Ankle — OFS

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quarterdenlac

(11:56) Jump Ball Zubac vs. Jokic: Tip to Leonard
(11:37) Leonard Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(11:37) Murray STEAL (1 STL)
(11:33) MISS Murray 5' Running Layup
(11:28) Braun REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (11:28) Braun Tip Layup Shot (2 PTS)
20
(11:06) MISS Dunn 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(11:02) Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:51) MISS Porter Jr. 19' Pullup Jump Shot
(10:48) Leonard REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:35) MISS Dunn 3' Driving Layup
(10:33) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(10:29) Powell P.FOUL (P1.T1) (Z.Zarba)
+2 (10:24) Gordon 3' Driving Reverse Layup (2 PTS) (Braun 1 AST)
40
+3 (10:06) Powell 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Zubac 1 AST)
43
(9:55) MISS Braun 4' Cutting Finger Roll Layup Shot
(9:52) Powell REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:45) MISS Harden 6' Driving Layup
(9:43) Gordon REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(9:36) MISS Murray 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(9:31) Leonard REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(9:23) MISS Leonard 7' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(9:20) Zubac REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(9:18) MISS Leonard 15' Jump Shot
(9:14) Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(9:10) MISS Braun 21' Jump Shot
(9:05) Zubac REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(8:49) MISS Zubac 4' Driving Reverse Layup
(8:47) Jokic REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (8:39) Braun 1' Cutting Layup Shot (4 PTS) (Gordon 1 AST)
63
(8:17) MISS Powell 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:13) Braun REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (8:09) Jokic 3' Running Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS) (Murray 1 AST)
83
(7:50) Gordon P.FOUL (P1.T1) (N.Buchert)
+2 (7:41) Zubac 3' Turnaround Hook Shot (2 PTS) (Harden 1 AST)
85
(7:41) Jokic S.FOUL (P1.T2) (N.Buchert)
+1 (7:41) Zubac Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
86
+3 (7:24) Porter Jr. 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Jokic 1 AST)
116
(7:08) Harden Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(7:08) Jokic STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (7:05) Porter Jr. 1' Driving Finger Roll Layup (5 PTS) (Murray 2 AST)
136
(7:05) CLIPPERS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(6:43) Leonard Lost Ball Turnover (P2.T3)
(6:43) Gordon STEAL (1 STL)
(6:39) MISS Braun 4' Running Alley Oop Dunk Shot
(6:36) Powell REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(6:33) MISS Leonard 5' Running Layup
(6:33) Porter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (6:26) Jokic 1' Running Finger Roll Layup (4 PTS) (Porter Jr. 1 AST)
156
(6:04) Porter Jr. P.FOUL (P1.T3) (N.Buchert)
(5:59) MISS Powell 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(5:54) Dunn REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+3 (5:53) Harden 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Dunn 1 AST)
159
(5:37) Harden P.FOUL (P1.T2) (S.Wright)
(5:25) MISS Murray 4' Driving Layup
(5:19) Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+2 (5:19) Jokic Tip Layup Shot (6 PTS)
179
+2 (5:14) Leonard 3' Reverse Layup (2 PTS)
1711
(4:51) MISS Braun 27' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:49) Harden REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:42) MISS Dunn 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:40) Leonard REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+2 (4:39) Leonard Tip Dunk Shot (4 PTS)
1713
(4:16) MISS Murray 4' Driving Layup
(4:14) Harden REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(4:08) MISS Dunn 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:03) Murray REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(3:56) MISS Gordon 5' Driving Layup
(3:54) Gordon REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+2 (3:54) Gordon Tip Layup Shot (4 PTS)
1913
+2 (3:29) Zubac 8' Driving Hook Shot (5 PTS) (Harden 2 AST)
1915
+2 (3:08) Murray 5' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
2115
+2 (2:47) Powell 2' Driving Layup (5 PTS) (Zubac 2 AST)
2117
+3 (2:22) Gordon 26' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Jokic 2 AST)
2417
(2:10) MISS Leonard 7' Pullup Jump Shot
(2:08) Zubac REBOUND (Off:2 Def:1)
(2:08) MISS Zubac Tip Layup Shot
(2:06) Zubac REBOUND (Off:3 Def:1)
(2:06) CLIPPERS Timeout: Regular (Full 2 Short 0)
(1:55) CLIPPERS Turnover: Shot Clock (T#4)
(1:37) MISS Jokic 5' Turnaround Hook Shot
(1:34) Batum REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (1:20) Bogdanovic 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Harden 3 AST)
2420
(1:09) Cancar Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T1)
(1:09) Harden STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (1:07) Simmons 2' Running Dunk (2 PTS)
2422
(0:37) MISS Pickett 16' Pullup Jump Shot
(0:37) Simmons BLOCK (1 BLK)
(0:37) Nuggets Rebound
(0:37) Nuggets Turnover: Shot Clock (T#2)
(0:28) MISS Harden 4' Driving Layup
(0:28) Jokic BLOCK (1 BLK)
(0:28) CLIPPERS Rebound
(0:27) MISS Bogdanovic 15' Jump Shot
(0:23) Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(0:02) MISS Porter Jr. 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:02) Harden BLOCK (1 BLK)
(0:01) Nuggets Rebound
(0:01) Nuggets Turnover: Shot Clock (T#3)
(0:01) Harden Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P2.T5)
+3 (0:00) Jokic 28' 3PT Fadeaway Jumper (9 PTS) (Porter Jr. 2 AST)
2722

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3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

DEN

LAC

101Points99

40-87(46.0%)Field Goal(%)39-88(44.3%)

10-29(34.5%)3-Point(%)10-30(33.3%)

11-16(68.8%)Free Throw(%)11-16(68.8%)

47(12)Rebounds(Offensive)43(13)

28Assists25

7Steals7

4Blocks5

12Turnovers9

17Fouls20

52Pts In The Paint56

10Fast Break Pts7

7Pts Off Turnovers16

4Bench Pts16

22Largest Lead1

Game Details

Saturday, April 26, 2025 · 6:00 PM

Intuit Dome · Inglewood, CA

attendance: 17,927 (99.6%)

spread: LAC -6