The Denver Nuggets have been here before and want to avoid the same result. So do the Los Angeles Clippers.A battle that started two weeks ago comes to an end Saturday night when Denver hosts Los A

As the Nuggets prepare to host Game 7 of a first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday, here are three keys to the winner-take-all elimination game.

The Clippers won Game 2 at Ball Arena 105-102, and twice in the Nikola Jokic era the Nuggets have succumbed in a Game 7 at home, against Portland in 2019 and against Minnesota last year when Denver blew a 20-point second-half lead.