Aaron Gordon was the hero for the Nuggets, grabbing a Nikola Jokic heave at the buzzer and finishing with a dunk as time expired. After the game, Jokic said he wanted to take the last shot and didn't want to the Clippers any time.

The Clippers are suffocating Nikola Jokic’s paint. Is it a sustainable strategy for the Nuggets to keep relying on role players like Russell Westbrook to score? Do they have a choice?

The Los Angeles Clippers are now in the driver's seat in their first-round NBA playoffs series against the Denver Nuggets. This is after the Clippers scored a dominant 117-83 win in Game 3 on Thursday in what was their first playoff game in Intuit Dome.