As the Nuggets prepare to host Game 7 of a first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday, here are three keys to the winner-take-all elimination game.
Ty Lue’s lineup change: Pardon the Clippers’ Frenchman. Nicolas Batum replaced Kris Dunn in the starting lineup for the second half of Game 6, playing 34 minutes after averaging just 22 in the first five games. Lue used a nine-man rotation for most of the series, but he whittled it down to seven in that second half. Dunn, surprisingly, didn’t play at all.