After losing to LeBron James' Lakers, the Clippers played back-to-back games against the Suns at home. Xiaoka and Harden did not perform well in one game, and they aim to be strong in this game. Zubac scored 22 points and 19 rebounds, and it is also worth looking forward to whether this game can continue its magical performance. Durant returned to Game 2 after recovering from injury, and he achieved a reunion with the former Thunder Big 3 Wei Shao and Harden. Phoenix was beaten by the Grizzlies in an upset, and it was also a back-to-back game in that game. The Clippers and the Suns, two super-popular champions, presented a visual feast for fans in this game.
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At the beginning of the first quarter, Durant and Booker successively hit the iron in the middle and long distance, and Harden assisted Zubac to hook his hand and score a violent dunk. Nurkic and Beal scored points under the basket one after another, George scored from the outside, and Harden assisted Mann for a dunk. Allen teamed up with Beal to score 4 free throws, and the small card was dunked. Durant scored on a jumper, and Beal made a steal and Harden followed by a dunk. The small card scored points from the outside, Nurkic and Durant hit singles one after another, and George and Allen faced off in the middle and long distance. Wei Shao singled Booker in the low post and scored 2 goals in a row.
Booker scored five points from mid-to-long range, and Zubac dunked. Durant hit an outside shot, and Westbrook assisted Zubac for a dunk to stop the opponent. Gordon hit two free throws, and George and Booker battled in the middle distance. Wei Shao hit 2+1, and George hit a difficult long shot. At the end of the first quarter, the Clippers led 34-31.
In the second quarter, Gordon scored on the outside, and Harden returned 2+1. Beal's jumper finally scored, and Harden hit a three-pointer to go back in color. Durant hit 2 free throws, Okogie made a rebound, and Theis responded with a dunk. Durant scored five points on consecutive free throws, and Harden made a layup. Durant and Nurkic attacked from the outside, George threw and scored, and Mann hit a three-pointer. Booker scored on a back-to-back single, and Zubac made both free throws.
Powell and Mann hit three-pointers one after another, and the Clippers went on a 13-2 run. Gordon made 2 free throws, Harden and Beal each scored on a jumper, Harden scored another 5 points with free throws, and Zubac blocked Nurkic. George scored from the outside, and the Clippers led by 11 points. Durant scored 2+1, Nurkic made a steal and passed to Bill for a dunk. Powell scored on a mid-range shot, and the Clippers led 71-63 at halftime, with Harden scoring 15 points in the quarter and Durant scoring 13 points.
In the first half, Durant had 20 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Nurkic had 8 points and 2 assists, Beal had 11 points and 2 steals, Booker had 9 points, and Gordon had 7 points and 2 assists. Jr. 9 points, Zubac 10 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, George 15 points and 4 rebounds, Harden 15 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists, Mann 8 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Powell 5 points and 2 rebounds, Westbrook 7 points and 3 assists.
In the rematch, Zubac made 1 of 2 free throws, Mann scored on a long-range shot, and Allen made 2 free throws. Xiaoka and Booker faced off in a medium and long-range battle, and Xiaoka completed a violent dunk after stealing Durant. Beal pulls up a layup, George scores on a mid-range shot, and Vogel calls a timeout. George and Zubac scored under the basket one after another, and the Clippers went on a 6-0 run to take a 15-point lead.
Durant hit a 2+1, Booker scored on a jumper, and Tyronn Lue asked for a timeout. Zubac scored with a hook shot, Booker scored from mid-range, and Willis hit two free throws to color. KD was stealed by Wei Shao, Durant blocked Powell's dunk, Booker chased after a long shot and couldn't score, Wei Shao assisted Zubac to score a layup. Okogie dunked, Powell hit all four free throws, and Gordon scored on a throw. Diop, Gordon and George exchanged three-pointers, and Zubac hit a throw-in. Booker hit 2 free throws, and Beal scored on a layup. George made 1 of 2 free throws and finished the third quarter with the Suns trailing 91-101.
In the final quarter, Durant scored from a distance, and then defended the singles of the small card, and Powell dunked violently. Durant hit 2 free throws, scored on a jumper, and then steals Beal. Harden scored four points on consecutive free throws, and the small card steals Booker. Theis dunked, the Clippers went on an 8-0 run to extend the deficit to 15 points, and Vogel called a timeout.
Harden assisted Powell to hit a long shot, Xiaoka and Coffey scored on jumpers one after another, Durant completed a violent dunk after stealing Xiaoka, and Tyronn Lue asked for a timeout. Coffey and George hit the basket one after another, and the Clippers launched an 11-2 offensive run to take a 24-point lead. Booker jumped, Theis scored in the penalty area, and with 5 minutes and 12 seconds left before the end, Vogel asked for a timeout and replaced the starter, choosing to abandon the son and admit defeat, and the game was completely out of suspense. Tyronn Lue also replaced most of the starters, with players at the end of the bench on both teams training on the field. In the end, the Clippers won 138-111, giving the Suns two straight defeats.
Both teams data
For the Clippers, Wei Shao efficiently cut 9 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals, and his performance was strong and aggressive. Mann contributed 14 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, continuing to play a 3-and-D giant. Zubac was 8 of 9, slashed 19 points, 8 boards, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, continuing the hot hand and running in with Harden more tacitly. Powell finished with 14 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist on 67% shooting and long-range shooting, continuing to play the role of a scoring maniac. Coffey had nine points and two boards, Theis had six points, three rebounds and three assists, and Boston had five points.
Harden recorded a double-double of 19 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists on 75% shooting and three-point shooting. Harden only took eight shots, but was extremely efficient offensively. Under the tandem of Harden, the Clippers achieved six players scoring double-doubles and all the soldiers. As the all-game steal king, Harden also grabbed the second-most rebounds in the game. Harden exploded in all directions, and his plus/minus was a game-high +25. Harden can be described as completely crazy.
With a 53% shooting rate, Xiaoka cut 17 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 steals and 1 block. With his teammates feeling hot, the small card reduced the offense with the ball. However, the small card is still extremely efficient on the offensive end. In addition, Xiaoka is also the steal king of this campaign. At both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, Xiaoka is crazy.
George scored a team-high 25 points on 53 percent shooting, plus seven rebounds and one steal. In addition, George hit a game-high four three-pointers. George, who was a big player on the offensive end, also grabbed the second-most rebounds of the game. In this battle, George's plus/minus was as high as +21, and George was completely crazy.
Harden, Xiaoka and George teamed up to go crazy, and the three combined to score 61 points, 17 boards, 12 assists and 6 steals to help the Clippers beat their opponents. Under the leadership of Harden and George, the Clippers shot more than 50% from the field. The team's shooting rate in this battle was as high as 623%。
For the Suns, Beal had a comprehensive performance of 15 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, and Booker had 20 points and 5 assists with a game-high 6 turnovers. Allen had 8 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Nurkic had 8 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, and Gordon had 12 points and 2 assists.
Durant shot 10-of-17, 3-of-6 three-pointers, and 7-of-8 free throws in 35 minutes of playing time, and scored 30 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block on 59% shooting. Durant scored a game-high score and grabbed the most rebounds on the team.
However, the Suns' rebounding statistics were crushed by their opponents 25-44, and in the face of the Clippers' six players scoring double-doubles, Durant was unable to lead the team to reverse the decline.
The Clippers beat the Suns