On December 12, 2023, Beijing time, today's NBA game, the 11-10 Clippers faced the 6-15 Trail Blazers at home, the Clippers have won 8 of the past 11 games, they have found a way to win, this game faces Ayton, Grant, Brogdon absent Trail Blazers, the Clippers have a great hope of winning the game, Clippers starters: Harden + Mann + George + Leonard + Zubac, Trail Blazers starters: Simmons + Sharpe + Thybulle + Kamara + Reese.
In the first quarter of the game, Sharpe scored 5 points in a row, Leonard, George, Zubac responded, the Clippers 8-5, Reese scored, Zubac, Harden, Mann, Leonard teamed up to play 13-0, the Clippers led by 14 points 21-7, Sharp, Henderson, Thybulle scored, Wei Shao, Mann, Zubac responded, the difference was 12 points, Henderson chased the difference to 7 points, Leonard, Theis, Powell extended the margin to 13 points, Simmons scored back-to-back points, Westbrook scored three points, the difference was 14 points, and Simmons made three points, and the Clippers led 43-32 in the first quarter. Zubac scored 14 points in the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, Simmons and Reese chased the difference to 5 points, George, Harden, Powell scored, Simmons, Henderson, Walker chased points, the difference was 4 points, Powell scored consecutive points, Sharpe chased free throws in a row, the difference was 4 points, Harden scored 5 points in a row, Henderson, Simmons, and Brown teamed up to chase points, the Trail Blazers overtook 1 point, George threw 1 point, and the Clippers led 66-65 at halftime.
Zubac had 14 points and three boards on 7-of-9 shooting in the half, Powell had 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting, Leonard had nine points, three rebounds and three assists on 4-of-6 shooting, George had nine points, four rebounds and four assists on 4-of-8 shooting, Harden had nine points, three rebounds and five assists on 3-of-7 shooting, and Willis had five points and four assists on 2-of-3 shooting. For the Trail Blazers, Simmons had 16 points and 2 assists on 4-of-9 shooting, Sharpe had 16 points and 1 assist on 4-of-9 shooting, and Henderson had 14 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks on 6-of-11 shooting, with a plus/minus of +11.
In the third quarter of the game, Sharpe and Thybulle hit 2 three-pointers in a row, the Trail Blazers overtook by 5 points, Harden hit 2 three-pointers in a row to exceed 1 point, Simmons, Reese, Thybulle scored three points, Leonard, George, Harden, Zubac responded, the Clippers led by 1 point, Simmons, Reece scored three points, Leonard scored consecutive points in response, the Clippers led by 3 points, Thybulle and Henderson scored three points, Leonard made free throws, Sharpe hit a three-pointer after Sharpe hit a three-pointer after Tyce, but Leonard immediately responded with a quick three-point response to give the Clippers a 105-99 lead in the third quarter. The Trail Blazers made 10 three-pointers in the quarter and Leonard scored 15 points in the quarter.
In the fourth quarter of the game, Walker and Kamara chased the difference to 2 points, Harden 2+1, Simmons and Sharpe scored 5 points in a row to tie the difference, the Clippers paused, and after the timeout came back, George and Leonard played 6-0, Kamara and Simmons scored, Leonard and Zubac responded, the Clippers led by 5 points, Simmons and Kamara chased the difference to 1 point, Leonard made 2 free throws and 2 hits, Simmons, Sharpe scored 5 points in a row, the Trail Blazers overtook by 1 point, there were 3 minutes left in the game, George made 2 free throws to lead by 1 point, Simmons made a layup to lead by 1 point, the Clippers missed 2 consecutive three-point misses, Simmons passed the ball and was stolen by Leonard, Mann counterattacked and was fouled, 2 of 2 free throws, the Clippers led by 1 point, there was 1 minute left in the game, Carama was blocked by Zubac, George made a layup, the Clippers led by 3 points, with 21 seconds left in the game, Simmons singled Harden and missed, Leonard made 2 of 2 free throws, a difference of 5 points, Simmons made 2 of 2 free throws, Powell made 2 of 2 free throws, Simmons dunked, George made 2 of 2 free throws, Kamara missed three points, the game ended, and the Clippers beat the Trail Blazers 132-127, refusing to reverse the other party.
Leonard scored 34 points, 6 boards, 5 assists and 3 steals on 11-of-19 shooting, Harden scored 20 points, 7 boards, 7 assists and 2 blocks on 7-of-14 shooting, and performed well again, George scored 20 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists on 7-of-17, a game-high number of assists, Zubac scored 18 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks on 9-of-13 shooting, and Wei Shao scored 12 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists on 5-of-7 shooting, performing well, but only played 16 minutes, he sacrificed a lot for Harden, and Harden has to thank Wei Shao. Powell had 16 points and three rebounds.
Simmons had 38 points, 1 board and 4 assists on 10-of-23 shooting, Sharpe had 27 points, 3 boards and 6 assists, Henderson had 19 points, 4 boards, 6 assists and 2 blocks on 8-of-16 shooting, Thybulle had 11 points and 1 board, and Reese had 10 powders and 4 assists.
The Trail Blazers made 19 of 40 three-pointers in this game, which was very efficient, and made 26 free throws, 4 more than the Clippers, but still lost to the Clippers, because now several giants of the Clippers are playing more and more tacitly, they have won 9 of the last 12 games, and after winning this game, the Clippers came to eighth in the West, and the Suns became ninth, and the Clippers have the ability to change the pattern of the West.