James Harden managed only 11 points on 3-of-9 shooting and finished a team-worst minus-16 on a night when the NBA's third-best regular-season defense got carved up by Denver's 29 assists on 48 made baskets and 55.8% shooting, including 17-of-33 on 3-pointers (51.5%).

The Denver Nuggets don’t feel as though they’ve seized momentum in their first-round series against the Los Angeles Clippers even after their dramatic win in Game 4 when Aaron Gordon’s buzzer-beating