The Nuggets and Clippers kicked off their first-round matchup with a fun game to watch. Los Angeles had hot start to the game, but Denver was able to keep up. The teams went back and forth for the remainder of the game, with overtime needed to determine a winner. A couple of key defensive plays led to the Nuggets coming away with a 112-110 win.

The Denver Nuggets are poised and ready to take on the Los Angeles Clippers in game two of their best-of-seven series of the first round of the playoffs. The Nuggets were able to pull out a gutsy win in overtime in game one behind some late-game heroics from Russell Westbrook,