Here’s everything you need to know from the opening night of the 2025 NBA Playoffs, where there were four games on the schedule.
DENVER 112, LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS 110 (OT)
The Clippers are going to regret letting this game slip away.
Los Angeles led by six with 5:40 left in Game 1, but were forced to overtime. Part of that was their own fault due to sloppy turnovers. Part of that was classic bad Clippers luck: With 24 seconds left in the game they dared Russell Westbrook to shoot a corner 3 — which is absolutely the right basketball play — and he knocked it down like a he was the third Curry brother.