The Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Clippers engaged in perhaps the most competitive first-round series of the 2025 NBA playoffs. Then Game 7 arrived, and the Nuggets absolutely trounced the Clippers.

In the end of a grueling, seven-game series, the Nuggets had more gas in the tank and will advance to face the Thunder in the Western Conference semifinals.

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, center, grabs a rebound away from Los Angeles Clippers center Ivica Zubac, right, as guard Christian Braun reaches during the second half in Game 6 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) AP