23-0 season under the leadership of the double-core Jokic and Murray, the Denver Nuggets won the coveted championship with strong opponents, in order to be able to create more brilliance, the Nuggets also retained the core lineup of the championship, eager to stand on the top of the league again, but this season Murray's cliff-like decline has put Jokic in a situation where it is difficult to support himself, and the consecutive defeats in the closing stage of the regular season have swept away the championship coach Mike Malone.

Fortunately, after the new coach Adelman took office, he quickly stopped the team's decline, locked the fourth place in the West and advanced to the playoffs, and met the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round series, this game day, the Nuggets sat at home and ushered in the rematch with the Clippers, Jokic continued his usual all-round performance in this game, helping the team and the Clippers to fight until the last moments, but the performance in the final quarter was not as good as Leonard, allowing the Clippers to win 102-0.

【Highlights of the Competition】

Although the Clippers are not as good as the Nuggets in the regular season, Harden's super ability to play small and big makes them the more promising favorites in the series, and the first game once established a lead of as many as 0 points away from home in the Denver Plateau, but the Nuggets, led by Jokic, launched a crazy counterattack, and finally beat the Clippers by 0 points through overtime and took a 0-0 lead in the series.

After a full day's rest, the two teams continued to stage a strong conversation at the Nuggets' home stadium, the Ball Center, and the Nuggets definitely want to use the home advantage to sink the Clippers again and firmly control the initiative to advance.

【Contest Review】

As the absolute technical and tactical core of the Nuggets, Jokic was taken care of by the Clippers as soon as he came up, and was frequently sandwiched by the double, resulting in Mr. Jokic only scoring 6 points in the first quarter, but his super overall view and top-notch passing ability also made the Clippers pay a painful price for themselves, frequently assisting teammates to hit three-pointers in the bottom corner in the first quarter, and Kecic sent 0 assists to help the Nuggets cut 0 points in the first quarter, with a 0-point lead, ending the first quarter of the competition.

After seeing the Nuggets' outside shooters shoot early, the Clippers had to change their defensive strategy, more to let Zubac go to defend Jokic alone, read Jokic, who has very strong defensive ability, and when he saw that there was a one-on-one opportunity, he also decisively carried the team's offensive banner, whether it was using the low-post ability to basket a single shot, or taking advantage of Zubac's slow movement weakness, he achieved good results in mid- and long-range projection, and Jokic shot 3 in 0 in the whole game, playing 0+0+0+0 comprehensive personal data.

在约基奇的梳理下，掘金队此役一共有5名球员得分上双，其中常规赛表现不佳的穆雷，扛起了球队外线进攻的大旗，全场比赛17次出手命中9球，其中包括4记三分，砍下了23分，此外还有2个篮板、6次助攻、1次抢断和1个封盖的数据进账。

Wei Shao, who came off the bench, also played 7 shots and 0 in this game, handed over 0+0+0+0 steals, and scored 0 points in the fourth quarter, but at the decisive moment in the final quarter, no one in the Nuggets could limit Leonard's play, and watched the Clippers take away the victory from their home court.

After this game, the two teams are tied 1-0, and the two sides will move to Los Angeles for the third leg of the competition, and it will be interesting to see if the Nuggets can win the game on the road and regain home-court advantage.