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 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.

Congratulations, Denver Nuggets. You just beat the Los Angeles Clippers in the hardest-contested series of the first round of the playoffs behind a team effort that salvaged a season that not long ago appeared in the dumps.