The Nuggets and Clippers played a chippy first half withDenver trying to even the first-round series at 2-2, and that tension finally boiled over right before the teams went back to the locker room for halftime.

James Harden and Denver's Christian Braun tangled in the final seconds before halftime, triggering a skirmish that resulted in six technical fouls between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Nuggets in Game But the referees decided there was no closed fist punch thrown and assessed six technicals,

The Denver Nuggets were easily taken care of by the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday night, and now their hopes of reaching the next round of the playoffs are in doubt. They can rebound on Saturday and pull off a comeback win,