Game Recap: Nuggets 81, Clippers 76

The Denver Nuggets defeated the LA Clippers, 81-76. The Nuggets move to 1-3 in the NBA2K26 Summer League, while the Clippers drop to 3-1.

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00:00Ty Lue in the house as the L.A. Clippers take on the Denver Nuggets in Summer League action.

00:05We get started, Jordan Miller getting through the lane, finishing with the tough layup as he weaves through traffic.

00:11Then from an inbounds pass, it's Miller knocking down the open three, but Denver was up by two at that point.

00:18Later, some good ball movement for Denver ends in a Darren Holmes dunk.

00:23And then Curtis Jones pulls up for a three-point shot, and boy, Denver's looking good now.

00:32Jones now hanging around and gets the tip in off the miss here, and you see the score, Denver up by 12.

00:41Then it's Spencer Jones left open for the three-point shot on the wing.

00:45Denver led it by 17 at the half, 44-27 in the second half.

00:49More from Holmes as he finishes the fast break with a jam here, and Denver just belting the Clippers at this point.

00:58Then Holmes dishes it out to Spencer Jones with a quick trigger at three, and that goes down as well.

01:04It's more than 20 points for the lead at this point.

01:07Holmes making a three-point shot from the wing.

01:08He had 19 points, 17 rebounds, and five assists.

01:12Then Curtis Jones pulls up for the three-pointer, and it's 70-46 at this point.

01:19In the fourth, Mar Bates makes the up-and-under lay-in.

01:23Then in transition, it's Bates finishing with a lay-up here, and the lead is 16 with less than five to go,

01:32but the Clippers not giving up.

01:33Jordan Miller left open for three, and this cuts it down to a single-digit lead with over two-and-a-half to go.

01:41Trent Flowers drives the lane, makes the smooth lay-up, plus the foul.

01:44He missed the free-throw, but the lead is down to five.

01:48Now the Nuggets turn the ball over.

01:51Clippers now on the break with a chance.

01:53Ty Patrick Baldwin goes for the poster, but EJ Lydell is there for the game-saving block.

02:00Watch it a couple more times.

02:02What an incredible swat, the swat of the summer there,

02:06as Denver uses defense to hang on your final score, 81-76.