The sizzling Los Angeles Clippers rolled into the playoffs as the NBA’s hottest team having won 18 of 21, including their last eight.

DENVER — The Clippers dropped a 112-110 overtime game to the Denver Nuggets Saturday night at Ball Arena to open the playoffs. They are down 1-0 in the best-of-seven series because Russell Westbrook was as a menace against his former team and supplied the Nuggets with the energy and big plays they needed to get the win.

Nikola Jokic and Russell Westbrook come up big in overtime to lead the Nuggets to the series-opening victory over the Clippers Saturday in Denver.