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Few defenders have found ways to slow down Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic during a career that has already featured three MVP awards and could add another in a few weeks, but for a few brief moments Saturday, Clippers assistant \u2014 and former Knicks head coach \u2014 Jeff Van Gundy found a way.<\/p>\n
With 34 seconds left and the Clippers in position to use a challenge following a Kawhi Leonard turnover, Jokic wanted to inbound the ball quickly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Van Gundy and Clippers trainer Jasen Powell, though, tried to wrestle the ball away from him while sitting on the bench in a strange NBA playoffs scene.<\/p>\n
The Nuggets trailed by one at the time and the Clippers escaped receiving even a delay of game warning, but after Lue risked using his final challenge and timeout, the call ended up being upheld \u2014 and Denver ended up getting possession \u2014 anyway.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe looked pretty good,\u201d Nuggets guard Christian Braun told reporters of Van Gundy, according to the Denver Post. \u201cI mean, he held his ground. Held onto the ball pretty well. It\u2019s pretty embarrassing for [Jokic]. But he was in the weight room afterward, so that\u2019s good.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jokic joked to reporters that it was \u201ctwo against one\u201d and that\u2019s why he couldn\u2019t overtake both Van Gundy \u2014 in his first season as the Clippers\u2019 lead assistant after spending the 2023-24 campaign as a senior consultant to the Celtics \u2014 and Powell.<\/p>\n
He finished with 29 points, 12 assists and nine rebounds as the Nuggets emerged from a wild end to the fourth quarter and overtime with a 112-110 win to take a 1-0 series lead.<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean, my guys have gotta step it up. If we\u2019re allowed to just grab the ball and stop plays from happening and it\u2019s not a delay of game, what have we been doing all year?\u201d Nuggets interim coach David Adelman told reporters of the sequence with Van Gundy, Powell and Jokic, according to the Denver Post. \u201cI was an assistant, so what was I doing all year? So if that is OK to do, and I guess that\u2019s OK, then I guess we should start doing it. I\u2019ve never seen that before, to be honest.\u201d<\/p>\n
A similar incident unfolded in the 2023 playoffs between Jokic and Mat Ishbia, when Jokic shoved the Suns owner while trying to get the ball back. <\/p>\n
James Harden led the Clippers with 32 points, while Leonard added 22 and Ivica Zubac poured in 21 points and collected 13 rebounds.<\/p>\n
But former Clippers guard Russell Westbrook hit clutch shots for the Nuggets down the stretch, including a 3-pointer with 24 seconds left in regulation \u2014 after the sideline debacle and subsequent Clippers challenge that was unsuccessful \u2014 to give Denver a temporary two-point lead.<\/p>\n
Harden converted a shot at the other end, though, and sent the game to overtime.<\/p>\n
The teams will meet in Game 2 on Monday before the series shifts to Los Angeles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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