{"id":60231,"date":"2020-09-04T08:40:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T05:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kawhi-leonard-propels-clippers-to-easy-game-1-win-over-nuggets\/"},"modified":"2020-09-04T08:40:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T05:40:00","slug":"kawhi-leonard-propels-clippers-to-easy-game-1-win-over-nuggets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kawhi-leonard-propels-clippers-to-easy-game-1-win-over-nuggets\/","title":{"rendered":"#Kawhi Leonard propels Clippers to easy Game 1 win over Nuggets"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Kawhi Leonard propels Clippers to easy Game<\/a> 1 win over Nuggets<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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September 4, 2020 |<\/span> 1:40am <\/p>\n

\n LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. \u2014 Kawhi Leonard scored 29 points and the Los Angeles Clippers rolled past the Denver Nuggets 120-97 on Thursday night in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals.<\/p>\n

Paul George scored 19 points and Marcus Morris added 18 for the Clippers. <\/p>\n

Los Angeles shot 57 percent from the field in an effort that convinced coach Doc Rivers that his team has adjusted and is in the proper frame of mind.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you don\u2019t execute, it\u2019s going to hurt you, and part of that is intensity and focus, and you have to have that on every single play,\u201d Rivers said. \u201cI don\u2019t think we understood that early on. I think we do now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nikola Jokic scored 15 points for the Nuggets, who shot just 42 percent. <\/p>\n

\u201cI thought we just locked into our assignments,\u201d George said. \u201cI thought to be honest, that was the best we\u2019ve done so far against an opponent. I think we just locked into our assignments. Our attention to detail was great. And we followed the game plan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Denver\u2019s starters combined to score just 57 points on 20-for-48 shooting.<\/p>\n

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Kawhi Leonard looks to make a move on Jamal Murray during the Clippers\u2019 120-97 Game 1 win over the Nuggets.<\/span>Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThey were aggressive,\u201d Jokic said. \u201cOur spacing was not good. We rushed shots. You can say whatever. It was a bad, bad night for us. \u2026 We can be better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Denver was coming off a seven-game series<\/a> with Utah that just ended Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that definitely played a part,\u201d Denver coach Michael Malone said. \u201cTheir last game was Sunday. We had our last game on Tuesday night and didn\u2019t get back to the hotel until after midnight. \u2026 We were tired. Tomorrow we will get them as much as rest as we can and have a more energetic performance Saturday night.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jamal Murray, who averaged 31.6 points in the first round and scored at least 50 points twice in that series, finished with just 12 points on 5-for-15 shooting. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey are going to put everybody on Jamal, and we have to do a better job of freeing him up,\u201d Malone said. \u201cBut also the ball is going to find the open man, and when the ball sticks and Jamal and everyone else is trying to play one-on-one and you are playing a good team, that is going to make it really hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Clippers took charge in the second quarter, outscoring the Nuggets 38-20 to take a 69-51 lead at halftime. Los Angeles held Denver to 25 percent shooting into the second quarter.<\/p>\n

The Clippers continued to dominate in the third quarter, holding the Nuggets to 16 points in the period and taking a 91-67 lead into the fourth. Los Angeles\u2019 biggest lead in the quarter was 29 points.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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