After a Game 1 blowout, the Denver Nuggets clearly had a lot to work on. A full-strength Los Angeles Clippers team had worked them over and Kawhi Leonard looked unstoppable, and it was unclear how much the loss was attributable to fatigue from their seven-game first round.
It’s safe to say Game 2 was a good start.
Behind resurgent performances from Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, the Nuggets ambushed the Clippers first quarter and never trailed, eventually winning 110-101 in a game they entered as a 9.