Today, the Clippers hosted the Warriors and the Clippers defeated the Warriors 121-113. In this game, the Clippers Harden performed brilliantly, full of gains, the ceiling of the record, dreaming of returning to the peak, the Rockets only shot 6 of 12 in the whole game, scored 28 points on 5 of 6 three-point shots, and also sent 4 blocks, and cut off the Warriors' offense many times.
Leonard shot 9 of 16 from the field, 2 of 4 three-point shots, and still maintained a shooting rate of more than 55%, Leonard chased Curry many times on defense, so that Curry only shot 3 of 13 three-pointers in this game, he and Harden connected the team's overall interior defense, I have to say that Leonard is really a very good player who integrates offense and defense. Today, the Clippers have to praise one person, and that is Powell, who shot 9 of 13 from the field, although he was not accurate from three-point range, and 1 of 4 shots, but scoring on the inside was like a probe, very easy.
On the Warriors' side of this game, Klay also dreamed of returning to his peak today, copying a former self, scoring 30 points in the game, 9 of 15 shots, and 8 of 12 three-point shots, and the Warriors relied on Klay's three points to continue scoring today. Curry was in poor form today, scoring just 17 points on 5-of-17 shooting from the field.
Today's game of the Clippers' Paul George continued to miss the last game due to groin soreness, while the Warriors' Green was suspended and also lacked a big man. Both sides had surprise starters, with the Clippers starting with Coffey replacing George, and the Warriors starting with Kuminga and Blandin. The Warriors started with this lineup with a wave of 8-0 offense. Klay showed a good touch on three points, shooting 2 of 2, when many people thought that Kerr's change of formation was full of results. The Clippers quickly found their groove and adapted to their condition, and also quickly launched a wave of 8-0 offensive to tie the score.
In the first quarter, Tyronn Lue still let Harden play more than 6 minutes before decisively replacing Harden, let him lead the second quarter, at the end of the first quarter, the Clippers led the Warriors by one point 29-28, and in the second quarter, it was the moment for Harden to lead his teammates, he did a good job of assisting in defense, gave his teammates a lot of assists on offense, and played a 40-28 lead in the second quarter. In the third quarter, the Warriors' Klay was still hot, how to shoot three-pointers, and the Clippers' three-point score was to rely on Harden to score two three-pointers, and finally in the third quarter, the Clippers played 30-37 and fell behind by 7 points, but the total score of 99-93 also led the Warriors by 6 points. In the fourth quarter, with Wei Shao's two consecutive mistakes to let the Warriors score a 2+1 and a 2-point, the Warriors chased to 102-103 and only fell behind by one point, which made Tyronn Lue have to get Wei Shao to hurry up to the small card, Wei Shao really made people pinch a cold sweat. At the final decisive moment, Tyronn Lue got off Mann, who had no three-point threat, and went to Powell, which was a very correct decision, using Powell's three-point threat to let Harden break through and pull Looney out, and then hit Powell to hit the basket and score, and finally as the Warriors couldn't score that three-point shot by Leonard to grab the rebound, the game completely lost its suspense.
In this game, Tyronn Lue was the right man in George's absence, with Coffey making four three-pointers, and he was young and energetic enough to chase down Curry and defend Klay. Kerr didn't start today, Wiggins was a bit of a brainstorm. Hopefully, the future starter will be Wiggins.