By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
The Los Angeles Clippers slow down the Denver Nuggets with a 105-102 victory in Ball Arena.
Nikola Jokic combined 26 points and 8/16 field goals with 12 rebounds and ten assists alongside three steals, but his side fell into a 1-1 tie in a best-of-seven series of the Western Conference Quarterfinals in the 2025 NBA Playoffs presented by Google.
The Serbian superstar committed seven out of the team’s total 20 turnovers. “I had a lot, especially late,” he mentioned during a postgame press conference, “They were definitely aggressive. They were attacking us. They were attacking the ball.”
“Maybe I should give to Jamal. He had kind of a momentum, but in those situations it’s really hard to think,” Jokic described the process leading him into a missed three-pointer in the dying seconds, with Jamal Murray packing five of his 23 points in the fourth quarter.
Slovenian Vlatko Cancar and Croatian Dario Saric did not play for the team coached by David Adelman in Game 2 on Monday.
Complementing a 39-point display, including a clutch bucket to seal a win, by Kawhi Leonard, Croatian Ivica Zubac put in a 16-point, 12-rebound double-double plus four assists and one steal for the visitors. Off the bench, French Nicolas Batum went for six points, four rebounds, two steals, and one block, and Serbian Bogdan Bogdanovic overcame five missed shots with two assists, one steal, and one block.
Moving the series to Intuit Dome, Game 3 will be played on Thursday.