Harden, Kawhi carry gritty Clips past Nuggets to force Game 7

Inglowwood, Calif. ——– James harden Rebounded from a Quiet Night in Game 5 on Tuesday to Score 28 Points on 10 of 20 Shooting. Kawhi leonard Added 27 points and 10 rebounds and the The Clippers Forced a game 7 of their first-round nba playoff series with a 111-105 Win Over the Denver nuggets In game 6 on Thursday Night.

Norman Powell Had His Most Effective Game of the Series With 24 Points for the Clippers, Who Rebounded From Back-To-Back Losses With An Impressive Effort at New Intuit Dome. LOS ANGELES TOOK CONTROL IN THE SECOND HALF WHILE WHILE WHILE WHILE TENACIAL DEFENSE ON Nikola jokicWho scored 20 of his 25 points in the first half.

Game 7 is Saturday in Denver.

The clippers do it thursday by getting harden going early and ensuring he had space to operate with a key lineup change at halftime. Clippers coach tyronn lue inserted Nicolas Batum In to start the second half in Favor of the more defensive-meded Crisis dunnWho had become a liability on the offensive end as denver sagged off of hey and offten sent his defender to blitz harden he CAUGHT the ball. Batum is a more Dangerous Offensive Player, and He’s Versatile Enough to Stay With Denver Guard Jamal murraywho torched the clippers for 43 points in game 5, but had only 21 in game 6.

Harden played 46 of 48 Minutes on Thursday, A Heavy Workload, But The Clippers Were Facing Elimination and Harden is important to their success.

The win Thursday was the first elimination game harden has won sins game 7 of a first round playoff series against the Oklahoma city thunder In 2020.

The win but lue called all of his players the night beef la’s win to make sense and belief in his players’ voices. He didn’t want to take any other the clippers folded down the stretch tuesday, say he “TOO MAKE THE TEMPERATURES” to make sure they are again to figure for the playofff lives.

“I have a lot of phone calls,” Lue Said. “A lot of phone calls. Just talk to the guys, being positive. [in Game 5] And our attention to detail was good. “

The clippers team that stormed in the playoffs with Eight Straight Wins and 18 in 21 Heeded Lue’s Calls in Game 6.

LOS ANGELES LED By 15 With Less Than Six Minutes to Play, But Denver Made An 11-2 Run To Trim The Clippers’ Lead to 107-101 Before Powell Buried A 3-Point with 1:47 Left.

Powell’s clutch bucket was los angeles’ only field goal in the final 5:57, but the clips hung on with defense. Russell westbrook missed a layup under pressure and had another layup blocked on consecutive possessions in the final minutes, and Zubac blocked a layup attempt by Jokic with 24 seconds.

Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.