it's only 1 quarter in a game in April, but Denver can absolutely beat the Clippers once again in the playoffs
Even if they had lost tonight, your point still stands. If not for KL's finger block and AD's 3pt buzzer beater, Denver had done enough to split the first 4 games vs both LA teams last year, and always seemed capable of big runs. Now they're more experienced.
Can't even talk about players potentially hobbled in this year's playoffs (like with AD) when Murray was basically on one leg vs LAL by the time game 5 came around.
So yea, I'd still favor the LA teams over UTA and DEN but the gap in firepower really aint
that wide. Murray can outplay Paul George in a series and LAL's 3 point shooting is trash (25th) compared to UTA (2nd) and DEN (5th).