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The Warriors host the Clippers, and although the Clippers are playing back-to-back, they don't send their main players to rest. For the Warriors, Wiggins was unavailable with a finger injury, while Paul didn't play. The starting lineups for both sides are as follows: the Warriors field Curry, Moody, Klay, Green and Looney, while the Clippers start Harden, Mann, George, Leonard and Zubac. At the beginning of the game, the Warriors took the lead 8-4, but Harden's outside three-pointers were hot, hitting two three-pointers in a row to tie the score at 12-10, and the game entered the first official timeout. After the timeout, the two sides started a battlehead-to-head battle, and Curry's outside three-pointers also began to hit accurately, and after the game entered 18-17, Lue called a timeout. After a timeout, Wei Shao replaced George, who was off the court, and Curry's three-point shot hit again, but on the defensive end, Wei Shao became emotional after a foul on Curry and was whistled for a technical foul. However, the Warriors' bench players have also performed well, with Kuminga and Podemski shooting high percentages from the field, and the Warriors' lead has been extended to six points.
At this point, Coach Cole chose to challenge the referee's decision, and the challenge was successful. Kobe Brown fouled Klay on a three-pointer, Klay hit a free throw, and Willis ended the first quarter with a seven-point lead at 31-24 after a layup at the end of the quarter. Entering the second quarter, the two sides made changes to the rotation lineup, with Ka, Harden and Curry all resting off the court, and George, Westbrook and Klay continuing to lead the team. The Warriors went on a 4-0 run with a layup to extend their lead to double digits. Theis hit a free throw to stop the Clippers' decline. However, in the quarter, the Warriors had excellent outside shooting, hitting back-to-back three-pointers, and after the game went 41-25, Coach Lu called a timeout again. After the timeout, Westbrook and George each contributed points, but the Warriors felt so good today, Kuminga's three-pointer hit again, and the margin had reached 17 points. Powell scored on a foul free throw and scored on a layup, but Willis did not perform well on the offensive end and was replaced by Harden by Lue.
However, George also made mistakes on the offensive end, and Moody became a wonder for the Warriors, scoring consecutive points to bring the margin to 20 points. With a free throw, a steal and an open catch, the Clippers tied the score at 40-55 and Coach Kerr called a timeout again. Back in the game, the Clippers hit another 3-pointer, but the Warriors immediately stabilized the situation with a good ball transfer, Harden hit a 3-pointer, and the Clippers trailed by 11 points at 50-61 at the end of the first half. At the beginning of the second half, the Clippers scored consecutive points to narrow the gap to single digits, but Curry's three-point shot stopped the bleeding, Ka Jr. forced a foul and completed a breakthrough throw-in score, while Klay made a mistake and fouled, Harden's three-point shot missed, Mann grabbed a rebound under the basket and scored, the difference has returned to 4 points, and the Warriors can only ask for a timeout. The game entered the first quarter, and the Warriors and Clippers launched a fierce attack, and both sides played well and suppressed each other. However, halfway through the game, Klay stepped up and scored five straight points, and Curry countered with a layup to give the Warriors back the lead to 11 points.
Coach Lu didn't hesitate to call a timeout, and after the timeout, Harden hit a three-pointer, then assisted George on a three-point shot, and the Warriors' Dream and Moody also responded with five points. The two sides launched a battle of offense, the Clippers continued to work hard to chase points, and Curry hit Zubac 2+1 to maintain a 10-point lead. Lu coached a five-small lineup, and the Warriors played inside, but at the end of the third quarter, the two sides pecked each other, and Harden scored 2 points on the layup, and the Clippers trailed by 9 points 77-86 into the fourth quarter. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, George and Wei Shao led the team, and Curry continued to rest on the Warriors' side, but Klay suddenly broke out in the first few minutes, with three points, 2+1, mid-range shots, layups, and one person scored 10 points in a row to stop the Clippers. Back to the game, the Clippers also scored two three-pointers in a row to chase 7 points, Kerr immediately paused when he saw that something was wrong, and then switched back to Curry and Dream, and the Clippers also switched back to Harden and Xiaoka, and the two sides entered the final showdown. The Warriors regained the lead to 11 points, Zubac scored a 2+1 basket, and Dream Green maliciously fouled and escaped. After Harden hit a three-pointer, Curry began to take over the game, and the margin returned to double digits.
But the Clippers didn't give up, George hit a three-pointer, a breakaway dunk to chase six points, and then started a foul on Curry, who hit a free throw to kill the game. In the end, the Warriors defeated the Clippers 120-114 and won the game. Over the course of the game, Harden and Curry were the absolute focal points. Harden scored a career-high 26 points for the Clippers last night, and today he was against his old rival Curry, and Den maintained an excellent touch in the first quarter, hitting consecutive three-pointers. In the first half, he played 19 minutes, shooting 3-of-7, 3-of-6 three-pointers, 1-of-1 free throws, scoring 10 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal with no turnovers. In the third quarter, Deng Ge scored another 5 points and 2 assists in a single quarter. In the whole game, he played 37 minutes, shooting 6-of-13, 5-of-10 three-pointers, and 1-of-2 free throws, contributing 18 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists. In contrast, Curry was a bit sluggish in this game, but he took over the game in the final moments to help the Warriors take the victory. Facing the Clippers, Curry did not shoot crazy in the first half, but also ate a technical foul on the defensive end and sprayed at the referee. In the first half, he had only 7 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.
But in the third quarter, Curry returned to his offensive state, contributed 8 points and 3 assists in a single quarter, and then went off the court. After returning to the court in the fourth quarter, Curry took over the game in the final moments to help the Warriors win. Overall, it was an exceptionally good game. The players from both sides performed well and the scene was very intense. In the end, the Warriors relied on Curry's excellent performance and the teamwork of the whole team to successfully defeat the strong rival Clippers and win the game. In this game, the Warriors' Curry played 33 minutes and shot 533% and 33 percent from three-point range3% and 77 free throw percentage8%, scored 26 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists. However, his streak of hitting more than four three-pointers in consecutive games was ended in this game. The Clippers had a great performance, with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists. Win or lose, Leonard's recent form has been very consistent, and today's game was no exception.
He played 17 minutes in the first half and shot 625%, including 100% three-point shooting and 50% free throw shooting, and obtained 12 points, 5 rebounds and 2 steals. In the third quarter, Leonard continued to keep the fire and scored 9 points. However, in the fourth quarter, he was unable to help the team turn the tide. For the full game, Leonard played 35 minutes and shot 529%, 100% three-point shooting, 75% free throw shooting, 23 points, 7 rebounds and 2 steals. George's fatal mistake led to the Clippers' defeat. In the first half, George had a very bad hand, playing 19 minutes, hitting only 1 of 9 shots, and missing all 4 three-point shots, and only got 2 points and 5 assists. In the second half, George regained some of his senses, scoring back-to-back points in the final minutes to keep the suspense alive, but in the final 38 seconds, he passed out of bounds, a fatal mistake that cost the Clippers. In the whole game, George hit only 6 of 18 shots and 3 of 10 three-point shots, and got 15 points, 1 rebound and 10 assists.
Klay Thompson, who had a rebounding performance in the second half, scored 22 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists. In 16 minutes of playing time, he hit just two of his 10 shots and three free throws to finish with seven points, three rebounds and one assist. In the third quarter, he scored 5 consecutive points, and in the fourth quarter, he scored 4 consecutive goals to score 10 points. In the whole game, Klay played 8 of 18 shots, 2 of 7 three-point shots, and 4 free throws, and scored 22 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.
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