The Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Clippers engaged in perhaps the most competitive first-round series of the 2025 NBA playoffs. Then Game 7 arrived, and the Nuggets absolutely trounced the Clippers.
In a stunning blowout victory, Denver destroyed Los Angeles, 120-101, to move onto the second round of the postseason. The Nuggets were up by 11 at halftime and came out of the locker room ready to fight; the Clippers were not. The Nuggets outscored the Clippers 35-19 in the third quarter to take a 27-point lead that they would not relinquish. It was only in the last five minutes of the fourth quarter Los Angeles was able to close the gap even a little bit, with the bench mob showing energy the starters failed to bring to the table.
