Los Angeles Clippers beat Denver Nuggets 120-97 to take 1-0 lead in the seven game conference-semifinal series.Second game of the series will be played on Saturday.
Kawhi Lenoard scores game high 29 points under 32 minutes on 12-16 shooting.Marcus Morris adds 18 points on 7-10 shooting.Paul George scores 19 points along with 7 rebounds.Clippers as team shot 57.1% from Field and 41.7% from 3 point range.
After a long 7 game first round series against Utah,Nuggets looked bit tired and defensively they failed to contain Clippers,hopefully as series goes they will regain their defense.
Nikola Jokic scored game high 15 points for Nuggets,Paul Millsap adds 13 points and 9 rebounds.Jamal Murray managed to score 12 points and 6 assists on a poor night from the floor for Canadian , he shot 33.3% from the floor for the night.
Nuggets need Murray and Joker to be more active on both end of floor to mount comeback in this series, Clippers are much strong opponents than Jazz.
