Jamal Murray had 21 points and nine assists, Russell Westbrook added 19 points and eight assists and the Denver Nuggets beat the Los Angeles Clippers 126-103 on Wednesday night in a matchup of short-handed teams.

Nuggets: Coach Michael Malone made a change from Tuesday night by starting former Clipper DeAndre Jordan in Jokic’s place and bringing Dario Saric off the bench. Jordan finished with a season-high 12 points and tied his season high with nine rebounds.

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The Nuggets had six players in double figures in Wednesday’s resounding win over the Clippers without Nikola Jokic.

Los Angeles native Russell Westbrook is playing through a week of environmental and emotional turmoil back in his hometown, where wildfires have raged this week.

Los Angeles has lost three of their last four. Monday night they lost a squeaker in Minnesota 108-106. Norman Powell led the Clippers with 25 in the loss. Nikola Jokic sat out last night in Denver’s 118-106 loss to Boston. Russell Westbrook poured in 26 and pulled down 9 boards in the defeat.

The Nuggets will be in front of their home fans on Wednesday, but a look at the spread shows they might need that home-court advantage. Having just played yesterday, they will get right back to it and host the Los Angeles Clippers at 9:00 p.

The Denver Nuggets (20-15) have a home matchup with James Harden and the Los Angeles Clippers (20-16) at Ball Arena on Wednesday,. Game time is 9:00 PM ET.The Clippers enter this game on

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