{"id":492532,"date":"2025-05-02T02:33:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T06:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=492532"},"modified":"2025-05-02T02:33:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T06:33:48","slug":"harden-bounces-back-with-28-points-to-force-game-7-between-clippers-and-nuggets","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/harden-bounces-back-with-28-points-to-force-game-7-between-clippers-and-nuggets\/","title":{"rendered":"Harden bounces back with 28 points to force Game 7 between Clippers and Nuggets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Clippers staved off elimination with a hard-fought 111\u2013105 win over the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night, setting up a dramatic Game 7 in their first-round NBA playoff series.<\/p>\n<p>After criticism for a subdued Game 5, James Harden responded emphatically with 28 points and eight assists, leading the charge in a pivotal performance. Kawhi Leonard added 27 points, 10 rebounds, and five assists, showcasing the poise and control that made him a two-time Finals MVP.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NOT OVER YET \ud83c\udf7f<\/p>\n<p>THE CLIPPERS FORCE A GAME 7 AND WILL TRY TO CLOSE IT OUT IN DENVER \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/akREUILcan\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/akREUILcan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsCenter\/status\/1918162058282967173?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Clippers took command in the second half with tenacious defense, particularly on Nikola Joki\u0107, who was limited to just 5 points after halftime, finishing with 25 total. Norman Powell chipped in with a vital 24 points off the bench, giving L.A. the offensive depth they had been lacking in earlier games.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">CLIPPERS FORCE GAME 7 AGAINST NUGGETS \u203c\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Harden: 28 PTS, 8 AST<br \/>\nKawhi: 27 PTS, 10 REB<br \/>\nPowell: 24 PTS, 2 STL<\/p>\n<p>Win-or-go-home game \ud83c\udf7f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JkNf6x5EQT\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/JkNf6x5EQT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1918164904558952449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>For Denver, Jamal Murray scored 21 points, but the Nuggets once again failed to close out a series with a 3\u20132 lead\u2014marking the fourth time in five attempts they\u2019ve come up short in that scenario over the last two years. Their last Game 7 win came against the Clippers in the 2020 bubble playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Game 7 is scheduled for Saturday in Denver, where the Nuggets will try to avoid another early exit, and the Clippers aim to pull off the comeback.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7rTiZiNI_7c?si=qN7YD8baX_dpk252\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Clippers staved off elimination with a hard-fought 111\u2013105 win over the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night, setting up a dramatic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":492533,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16736,16869,17188],"news_category":[16706,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[17859,18355,18478],"acf":{"announce":"It will be \"all to play for\" in Denver as Nuggets' last Game 7 win in playoffs was against Los Angeles in 2020","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/492532"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/492532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":492534,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/492532\/revisions\/492534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492532"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=492532"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=492532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}