Nikola Jokic got plenty of help from his teammates and the Denver Nuggets weren’t about to let up when they built a big lead and raced past the Los Angeles Clippers in a 120-101 Game 7 laugher Saturday night.

But the Clippers and Nuggets shaped up to be as evenly-matched a duel as there was in the world of hoops. That all-important Game 7 swept across television screens like a dust storm. Given the contour of the previous six matchups,

The Clippers won Game 2 at Ball Arena 105-102, and twice in the Nikola Jokic era the Nuggets have succumbed in a Game 7 at home, against Portland in 2019 and against Minnesota last year when Denver blew a 20-point second-half lead.