The Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Clippers are meeting in one of the most intriguing matchups in the first round of the 2025 NBA playoffs. The first two games lived up to the hype with the Nuggets taking Game 1 in overtime and the Clippers pulling out Game 2 in a thriller to send the series back to Los Angeles tied at 1-1.

The Clippers took a 2-1 series lead on Thursday with a 117-83 victory in their first-ever postseason game at the Intuit Dome. They outscored the Nuggets in every quarter and held

James Harden and Denver’s Christian Braun tangled in the final seconds before halftime, triggering a skirmish that resulted in six technical fouls between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Nuggets in Game But the referees decided there was no closed fist punch thrown and assessed six technicals,

Denver Nuggets guard Russell Westbrook is out for Game 4 against the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday with a foot injury, per ESPN’s Shams Charania. The Nuggets trail the Clippers 2-1 in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs.

The Denver Nuggets are facing the closest thing to a must-win contest against the Los Angeles Clippers, as they trail 2-1 in the series heading into Game 4 on Saturday, April 26. As such, Denver needs all hands on deck and everyone playing at his best in a series that is a 15-point comeback and an overtime victory for the Nuggets away from being 3-0 in favor of the Clippers.