INGLEWOOD — There are two choices every opposing coach faces when playing the Denver Nuggets.

Slow down three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic and make the rest of the team beat you or focus on stopping the role players and let the highly versatile 6-foot-11 center do his thing.

The Clippers chose the latter and Jokic obliged, scoring 55 points on 18-of-23 shooting from the field and a 14-of-16 effort from the free-throw line, with 12 rebounds and six assists in a 130-116 victory that extended the Nuggets’ winning streak to six games and pushed the Clippers’ losing streak to six games.

Neither approach against Denver has been successful for most teams this season, and the Clippers didn’t have any better luck in stopping Jokic and the Nuggets (9-2), who had three other players score in double f

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