The Clippers held on in overtime to win Sunday’s most consequential game in the NBA.
The victory placed James Harden, Kawhi Leonard and Co. into a first-round showdown with Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets.
Golden State dropped down to seventh in the West, which means it will host the Memphis Grizzlies in the play-in round on Tuesday.
The Golden State-Memphis winner will face the upstart Houston Rockets in the first round.
The Warriors-Grizzlies loser faces the Sacramento-Dallas winner for the right to play OKC in the opening round.
The other known opening-round matchup pits LeBron James, Luka Doncic and the Los Angeles Lakers against the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Lakers and Wolves split the regular-season series, but only one game, a Lakers win on February 27, took place after the Doncic trade.
