With the Clippers 101-120 defeat, two teams cried, and the NBA league became the loser

On May 4, the NBA playoffs G7 continued to start. In a focus game that just ended, the Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Denver Nuggets 101-120 away and were eliminated by the Denver Nuggets with a total score of 4-3. Next, the Denver Nuggets will play the second round of the game with the Thunder. After the game, many people commented on this wonderful showdown, believing that the result of this game made the Thunder and the Clippers cry, and the NBA league also became the loser:

The first is the Thunder team that has advanced ahead of schedule. The Thunder series played very easily against the Memphis Grizzlies. The huge strength gap made them easily advance to the second round 4-0, so they were paying attention to the Los Angeles Clippers and the Denver Nuggets in the group matchup. Judging from the regular season record with the two teams, the Thunder obviously prefers to play against the Los Angeles Clippers, because the two teams in the regular season faced each other 4 times, the Thunder achieved a sweep of the Los Angeles Clippers 4-0. Obviously, they have a more psychological advantage against the Los Angeles Clippers. However, their regular season record against the Denver Nuggets was only 2-2, and they did not have any advantage. Therefore, with the Los Angeles Clippers' 101-120 away defeat to the Denver Nuggets, they will face the Denver Nuggets led by Jokic in the second round. Jokic's destructive power in the inside will make the Thunder's Homgren and Haltenstein have a headache, so the result of this game is undoubtedly something the Thunder does not want to see.

The second is the Los Angeles Clippers themselves. This crushing defeat also replayed the Los Angeles Clippers nightmare. They were eliminated by the Denver Nuggets in two tiebreak matches in 2020 and 2025. In addition, the Denver Nuggets eliminated the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round last year, and the Denver Nuggets have become the nightmare of two Los Angeles teams. In fact, the Los Angeles Clippers have performed very well in the entire series. Xiaoka returned to the top, and Harden showed his master-level team ability.

But they missed too many opportunities, especially when G4 was leading the score, but was defeated by Gordon's buzzer-beating tip-off, which greatly hit the morale of the Los Angeles Clippers and thus changed the trend of the entire series. Next season, Harden is 36 years old and Kat is 34 years old. The gradual decline in their form will be a high probability event, so the Los Angeles Clippers have almost missed the best chance to win the championship in the next few seasons.

The results of this game are undoubtedly something they don't want to see for the NBA. Although the Denver Nuggets have stars like Jokic, Murray and Westbrook, the Los Angeles Clippers are undoubtedly the team with more overall attention, and players such as Harden and Leonard are more topical. In addition, another traffic team in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Lakers lost 1-4 to the Minnesota Timberwolves early, so the only traffic team in the NBA league is left with the Golden State Warriors. The Golden State Warriors are also in a worrying situation. They once took a 3-1 lead in the series, but were then won by the Houston Rockets for two consecutive games. Now they will play a tiebreak away game, and the situation is not optimistic. If the Golden State Warriors are out of the away game again, the NBA will completely cry.