Nothing went right for the Clippers in overtime after a game-winning buzzer-beater by Paul George came too late in a 134-124 loss to the Denver Nuggets.
scored 17, with five rebounds, five steals and four assists. But unlike Friday, when coach Tyronn Lue kept Westbrook in during critical minutes of the fourth quarter and overtime, Westbrook didn’t play after checking out with 1 minute 21 seconds to play in the third quarter.
The loss left the Clippers 33-30 and swept in all four games against Denver, which is 9-2 against the Clippers since these teams’ meeting in the 2020 Western Conference semifinals.Traded to Charlotte before the NBA’s Feb. 9 trade deadline in exchange for Plumlee, before being subsequently bought out and signing with Denver as a free agent, former Clippers guard Reggie Jackson strode through Ball Arena security three hours before tipoff.
Right behind him through the arena’s metal detector was Bones Hyland, who went from all-rookie last season with the Nuggets to dealt for second-round picks to the Clippers months later, a trade precipitated when the team and rookie didn’t see eye-to-eye on his role. Denver did not appear disappointed about losing Hyland to a conference competitor. Nuggets coach Michael Malone heaped praise on Clippers backup center Mason Plumlee, himself a former Nugget, before tipoff, citing his professionalism, but asked about Hyland, Malone answered with a curt “I wish him all the best” before a team official ended Malone’s media availability.
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