Inglewood, California, USA (AP)-James Harden scored 28 points and distributed eight assists in an outstanding performance in which he was recovered, and the Los Angeles clippers forced a seventh game in the playoff series, by defeating the Nuggets of Denver.kawhi Leonard add 27 To extend the first round The angels took control in the second half thanks to a tenacious marking about Nikola Jokic, who scored 20 of his 25 points in the first two rooms. “I give credit to our boys for simply staying in it,” said the clippers coach, Tyronn Lue. “They do not discourage, and we did a good job …. I told them after the game that it is a team and do whatever it takes to win. That children understood it.” It is the third time that this happens to them in four attempts during the last two seasons, since they conquered the championship in 2023. Denver also wasted a 3-2 advantage in the series against Minnesota, in the second round of the previous postseason. Nuggets have not won a seventh game since 2020, when they eliminated the clippers of the semifinals of conference in the “bubble” They were promoted to this victory with removal of Harden, 35, who played aggressive and cunning after receiving criticism for a passive attitude in the fifth game. Leonard also stood out. The two -time NBA champion added ten rebounds and five assists in a determined performance. “It was winning or going home, so there were opportunities to be aggressive, and I took advantage of them,” said Harden. “One more game. … We didn’t want to go home. We have one more game.” Ivica Zubac and Nicolas Batum joined for surprisingly effective defensive performance about the typically unstoppable Jokic. The Serbian, three times appointed the most valuable player in the NBA, did not score for 11 minutes in the third quarter and only led two of nine in the second half .____ This story was translated from English by an AP editor with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool.
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