The Los Angeles Clippers and Denver Nuggets have engaged in a hard-fought battle in their first-round playoff series, with the teams splitting their first four contests. It's a three-game series now, and Tyronn Lue and the Clippers need to figure out how to slow down Nuggets superstar center Nikola Jokic.

One of the best, most competitive and most entertaining series in the first round of these NBA Playoffs has been the tight Western Conference battle between the Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Clippers.

Their stirring fourth-quarter rally ended in frustration when Aaron Gordon slammed home the game-winner as time expired to even the series, but the Clippers need to avoid the kind of lull that put