DENVER -- Monday night seemed like a carbon copy of Game 1.

The LA Clippers held a 1-point lead with 60 seconds left.

One team had 20 turnovers, the other had 11.

A star player finished with 7 turnovers.

Russell Westbrook made huge plays in the fourth quarter for the Denver Nuggets while Norman Powell struggled for the Clippers.

And then, it flipped? Yeah, it flipped.

Almost miraculously in some ways, the Clippers survived Game 2 and evened their first-round series against the Denver Nuggets with a 105-102 triumph. The end got chaotic as Denver missed two game-tying 3-point attempts in the waning seconds.

But what wasn’t chaotic was Kawhi Leonard, who finished with a game-high 39 points on a blistering 15 of 19 shooting.

“This is what Kawhi lives for, trying to get to this point where he’s healthy for the playoffs,” Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said after the win. “We know if we got a healthy Kawhi, we can win any series. And it just shows you tonight what he’s capable of doing.”