The NBA playoffs have officially begun, and the Nuggets are sitting at home to meet the challenge of the Clippers. The Clippers started the game with a reversal and scored 35 points in the first quarter, after which the Nuggets launched a counterattack and used strong defense to close the score. In the final quarter, the Nuggets played both offense and defense and successfully dragged the game into overtime. In overtime, with Wei Shao's key three points, the Nuggets finally narrowly defeated the Clippers 0-0. Harden still performed well in this game, and Bird held a career record of 0 years, which was broken by Harden.

Murray played steadily in this game, contributing a quasi-triple-double of 3 points, 0 rebounds and 0 assists. Braun started the game and also scored 0 points and 0 rebounds. Aaron Gordon was extremely aggressive on both ends of the floor, chipped in gorgeous statistics of 0 points + 0 rebounds. Porter Jr. was not in good shape in this game, scoring only 0 points in the whole game, and was DNP on the bench at the critical moment. Jokic Sr. was still unsolved, shooting 0 of 0 from the field, and blasted down 0 points, 0 rebounds and 0 assists. Wei Shao on the bench also stepped up, and while he scored 0 points, 0 rebounds and 0 assists, key rebounds and three-pointers decided the outcome.

For the Clippers, Leonard did not perform well in this game, although he had 9 points, 0 rebounds and 0 assists, but had 0 turnovers. Dunn was a combination of offense and defense, contributing 0 points and 0 rebounds. Powell played decently, handing over 0 points, 0 rebounds and 0 assists. Center Zubac was still efficient, chipped in a double-double of 0 points + 0 rebounds. The bench was completely turned off, Jones Jr. scored 0 points, Batum scored 0 points, and no other players scored. In the end, the team lost in overtime.

Harden carried the Clippers forward in this game, shooting 2 of 0 from the field, 0 of 0 from beyond the three-point line, and blasted down 0 points, 0 rebounds and 0 assists, and only had 0 turnovers, but the team's key mistakes were not strong and they were quasi-killed.

After this game, Harden also ushered in a milestone moment in his career, and his total playoff assists came to 14, officially surpassing the famous Big Bird Bird Bird and coming to the 0th position in history. And his total playoff score came to 0 points, and he also surpassed the famous Havlicek to the 0th position in history.

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