On December 30, Beijing time, the NBA regular season ushered in a blockbuster matchup, with the Clippers hosting the Grizzlies. The Clippers had a previous record of 18 wins and 12 losses, ranking fourth in the West, and after coming off the bench from Wei Shao, the team has won 14 games in 17 games, including a wave of 9 consecutive wins, the combination of Harden + small card is getting better, Harden metronome role, completely release the pressure of small card ball holding, small card focus on finishing and leading defense. However, since Xiaoka was injured and fell, the team lost to the Thunder by 19 points and the Celtics by 37 points, exposing many shortcomings, such as George's regression, the team's lack of pitchers, and poor interior frame protection. In the last game, the team beat the Hornets to stop the bleeding, and Harden scored 29 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists. Before this game, Leonard rarely posted photos on social platforms, but the Clippers reporter confirmed that Leonard continued to suspend this game!
According to the Clippers coaching staff's plan, Leonard's training needs to increase the intensity a little bit, and there is no fixed timetable for return. In Leonard's absence, George degenerated into a pure pitcher, and the scoring pressure on Harden doubled. The Grizzlies team is also interesting, Morant was suspended for 25 games, the Grizzlies had a record of 6-19, after Morant's return, the team won 4 consecutive wins, Morant led the team to two big reversals to beat the Pelicans, including winning the Pacers and the Hawks, the momentum is vigorous!In addition, Morant is averaging 28. per game this season8 points 53 rebounds 8The stats of 5 assists prove that he is secretly trying to improve himself in the offseason. In yesterday's game with the Nuggets, the Grizzlies lost by 37 points, and Morant chose to take a break, but against the Clippers, he has to play!
Clippers starters: Harden + Mann + Coffey + George + Zubac, Mann still starts after playing so poorly, mainly because the Clippers have no one to replace him, Powell is a substitute scoring point, Wei Shao has to stagger with Harden, and he can't let Boston or Kobe Brown start. Grizzlies starters: Morant + Bane + Smart + Jaren Jackson + Biyombo. At the beginning of the game, the Grizzlies took the lead, Smart made a layup, Jackson hit consecutive three-pointers, George made a jumper to stop the bleeding, and Coffey hit an open three-pointer. In the middle of the game, Smart and Biyombo scored consecutive strong attacks, and Harden fed Zubac an empty catch, and then hit a step-back three-pointer to tie the score in the face of Smart. After that, Harden scored consecutive strong layups and hit a three-pointer to stop the Grizzlies!
The Grizzlies relied on Morant and Aldama to blossom inside and out, Westbrook and Brown rained three-pointers in the second half, and Powell's singles gave the Clippers a 33-25 lead in the first quarter. Back in the second quarter, Powell and Wei Shao scored consecutive singles, and then Bane and Wei Shao scored three points, Wei Shao cut and dunked to ignite the home fans, and the Clippers once opened a 15-point difference!But from the middle halfway, the Clippers' efficiency dropped, Aldama chased a three-pointer, Morant hit the mid-range, and the Grizzlies stopped the Clippers. George and Powell hit consecutive empty three-pointers, Jaren Jackson and Bane led the team to continue to chase points, Harden missed a shot, Smart hit a three-pointer at the end of the quarter, and the Grizzlies erased the difference!At the critical moment, Zubac dunked back-to-back to stop the bleeding, and George and Mann continued to score.
At halftime, the Clippers led the Grizzlies 59-54, with Harden scoring 12 points and eight assists, Westbrook scoring 10 points and three assists, and George scoring just four points on 1-of-9 shooting. Jaren Jackson had 13 points and Smart had 11 points. At the beginning of the second half, Harden cut the ball perfectly, Zubac ate cake + 2+1, George assisted Coffey to hit a three-pointer, and the Clippers quickly opened up the difference. In the middle of the period, Morant made a step-back jumper to stop the bleeding, George and Zubac continued to score, and after George opened his hand, he hit consecutive three-pointers, Smart and Morant burst inside and outside to bite the score!In the second half, George and Coffey took turns to dunk, Bane scored 5 points in a row to stop the bleeding, Wei Shao layup + Harden made a kill + George scored three points, and the Clippers led the Grizzlies 94-75 at the end of the third quarter. George finally opened his hand and the game became easy.
In the fourth quarter, Theis continued to dunk, and the Clippers opened up to a 21-point deficit. But after that, the Grizzlies launched a counterattack: Roddy made a layup + Smart hit a three-pointer, Bane and Jaren Jackson attacked strongly to continue to narrow the difference!After Wei Shao made a layup to stop the bleeding, the Grizzlies stopped the Clippers again, and a wave of 15-2 chased to only 8 points. At the decisive moment, Zubac made up for the dunk, Bane ate Harden alone, and George responded with 4 points in a row. In the last 2 minutes, George made 6 fouls, Jaren Jackson made a three-pointer to maintain the suspense, and Mann made free throws to seal the win. In the end, the Clippers defeated the Grizzlies 117-106, and after this game, the Clippers are only 25 wins, sitting firmly in fourth place in the West.
Grizzlies statistics, Morant 19 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists, Bane 18 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, Jaren Jackson 22 points and 4 assists, Smart 22 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals, Aldama 12 points and 5 rebounds. Clippers statistics, Harden 16 points, 4 rebounds, 13 assists and 3 blocks, George 23 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, Zubac 15 points and 20 rebounds, Coffey 13 points, Westbrook 14 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, Powell 13 points and 6 rebounds, Mann 11 points and 3 rebounds. Harden held on for 43 minutes and 30 seconds, and he won by 16 points on the court, and the Clippers lost by five points in the more than four minutes he was not on the court.
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