Leading at most 35 points in the tiebreak, refusing to make a big comeback! Jokic 16+10+8, Westbrook 16+5+5+5

The Nuggets defeated the Clippers 120-101 at home today, won the tiebreaker battle, successfully eliminated the Clippers, advanced to the Western Conference semi-finals, and will next face the No. 1 Thunder in the West. It is worth mentioning that the Nuggets both had 16 points in the second and third quarters in the same quarter today, leading to 35 points at most, and they directly lost the game. In the semi-finals of last season, the Nuggets also scored 20 points in the tiebreak battle against the Timberwolves, but was eventually reversed. Fortunately, they were not reversed again today.

Nuggets have as many as 6 players scored 15+ today, which is the first time in NBA playoff history that a team has done this in the tiebreak battle. Jokic played steadily, playing 32 minutes, 6 of 14 shots, 1 of 2 three-pointers, 3 of 4 free throws, scored 16 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, and had 5 mistakes.

It is worth mentioning that the Clippers' regular season record is 50 wins and 32 losses. As a result, the Clippers have also become Jokic's first 50+ winning team to be eliminated in his playoff career. Before this, Jokic's series record against 50+ wins was 0 wins and 5 losses, never won, but he had a series record of 9 wins and 0 losses against teams below 50 wins, never lost.

Gordon performed well, played 36 minutes in the game, made 9 of 16 shots, 0 of 3 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, scored 22 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, plus or negative value +23. Braun started for 37 minutes, made 8 of 15 shots, 3 of 5 three-pointers, scored 21 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Murray performed well, played 41 minutes, made 7 of 15 shots, 0 of 3 three-pointers, and 2 of 3 free throws, scoring 16 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block, with plus or negative value +19. Michael Porter Jr. played for 30 minutes, made 6 of 11 shots, 3 of 8 three-pointers, scored 15 points and 6 rebounds, with a plus-negative value of +31 in the team's highest.

Westbrook was also a hero to win today. He played 27 minutes, made 5 of 9 shots, 2 of 4 three-pointers, 4 of 6 free throws, and scored 16 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals. Westbrook's record in tiebreak in his career is 4 wins and 1 loss, the highest among the players who have played at least 5 tiebreaks in active service. Westbrook's last breakthrough in the first round was in the 19-20 season, when he and Harden were teammates of the Rockets, but this season eliminated the Clippers led by Harden.