The Denver Nuggets opened their four game homestand with an afternoon game against the Los Angeles Clippers. The lazy nature of a Sunday afternoon fit the mood of the game which was often times sloppy, overly officiated and quickly became lopsided. Luckily for the Nuggets, it was lopsided in their way. They get big performances from Paul Millsap and Nikola Jokic and never really leave the game in doubt. The Nuggets win going away 123-96
The Clippers started out the game struggling to score and Jamal Murray had it going for the Nuggets. Los Angeles mustered just two points in the first four minutes of the quarter whereas Jokic and Murray either scored or assisted twelve of Denver’s to get the Nuggets up by double digits right out of the gate.