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Rui Hachimura scores 16 as the Clippers pull away from the Nuggets 122-110
Rui Hachimura scored 16 and Baba Miller added 15 as the Clippers beat Denver 122-110 at Intuit Dome. Trevon Brazile led the Nuggets with 22 off the bench.
Denver jumped ahead early at Intuit Dome. Los Angeles answered with a long third quarter and never looked back.
Rui Hachimura scored 16 points and Baba Miller added 15 as the Clippers beat the Nuggets 122-110 on Wednesday night. Los Angeles is 2-1 in the preseason. Denver fell to 2-2.
Starters share the load
Derrick Jones Jr. and Darius Garland scored 14 apiece. Keaton Wagler had 12 points and four assists in 28 minutes. The Clippers shot 51.7% from the field and made 15 threes.
Nikola Jokic played about 16 and a half minutes and finished with five points six rebounds and seven assists. Jamal Murray led Denver's starters with 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting in the same stretch.
Bench spark for Denver then a fade
Trevon Brazile scored a game-high 22 points off the bench on 8-of-10 shooting. Cam Whitmore added 17. Denver led by as many as 15 before Los Angeles took over in the third quarter 38-26.
Bradley Beal, Brandon Ingram and Kris Dunn did not play for the Clippers. Attendance was 13,018.
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