The Nuggets started the game blazing, taking as much as an eight-point lead in the first quarter, but the Clippers have fought back with force. After three quarters, the Clippers

For one half and an overtime, Murray was exactly the player the Nuggets needed him to be to pull off a Game 1 win.

Tempers flared late Monday during Game 2 of the Denver Nuggets-Los Angeles Clippers first-round series. The Clippers led the Nuggets 68-66 with about five minutes left in the third quarter at Ball Arena in Denver,