The story of this era of Denver Nuggets basketball is the story of Nikola Jokić bailing out underwhelming rosters. Their net rating drops by a million points whenever Jokić goes to the bench. They lose playoff games and series when his supporting cast can't lift him up.

Jokić tallied a triple-double, but he had seven turnovers and a couple mental miscues late as LA evened the series at one win apiece.

On the defensive side, the Clippers managed to limit the damage done by the star pairing of Nikola Jokić and Jamal Murray. Jokić had 25 points, eight assists and seven rebounds,