The Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Clippers are meeting in one of the most intriguing matchups in the first round of the 2025 NBA playoffs. The first two games lived up to the hype with the Nuggets taking Game 1 in overtime and the Clippers pulling out Game 2 in a thriller to send the series back to Los Angeles tied at 1-1.

Vintage Kawhi Leonard is back. And he led the Los Angeles Clippers to a 105-102 Game 2 victory over the Nuggets on Monday to tie the first-round playoff series at 1-1.

Kawhi Leonard punishes single coverage: After the Nuggets successfully stymied Clippers stud wing Kawhi Leonard to seven uncharacteristic turnovers in Game 1, Denver threw the kitchen sink at him in Game 2: Aaron Gordon battling, Peyton Watson grappling, shadowing with help when Leonard got Jamal Murray on an island.