The NBA regular season continues with the Clippers hosting the Trail Blazers. Previously, the Clippers had an 11-10 record, ranking 10th in the West, but only 25 wins difference. Since Harden came to the Clippers, the team has experienced a wave of 6 consecutive defeats (Harden played 5 of them), but since Wei Shao took the initiative to ask Ying to be a substitute, the Clippers have won 8 of the last 11 games, of which Harden + Xiaoka + George trio are on the court at the same time, the Clippers' offensive efficiency + defensive efficiency + net efficiency value + three-point shooting percentage are the first in the league!Harden's defensive efficiency and true victory contribution are the highest in the Clippers, with an irreplaceable value of +17 (the difference between on-court and absent-court net efficiency). That's what Harden does in leading the regular season to the team's floor.
However, the Clippers also have hidden dangers, Tucker is very dissatisfied with his situation in the Clippers (DNP for many consecutive games), the Clippers ** suggested, the team should trade Tucker for one of Covington or Batum, this abacus beads hit, we all heard the sound on the other side of the ocean. However, Harden's efficiency in defending the No. 4 position in the low post is really high, and it also relieves the defensive pressure of the Cayenne combination. The Trail Blazers started with a record of 6 wins and 15 losses, a proper fish belly, and the Trail Blazers surrendered early in this game: Brogton + Ayton were both suspended due to knee injuries, Grant's brain ** protection, the three cores are not big, and the team only has three stars in the backcourt to support the offense. Trail Blazers starters: Simmons + Sharpe + Thybulle + Kamara + Reese.
Clippers starters: Harden + Mann + Leonard + Paul George + Zubac. At the beginning of the game, Leonard and George hit consecutive single jump shots, Sharpe threw + three points in response, Harden fed Zubac a relay dunk, and then George and Mann fed Zubac one after another, and Harden counterattacked and also made a layup to eat cake. In the middle of the game, Zubac and Mann blossomed inside and out, and the Clippers quickly opened up a double-digit difference, Leonard made an easy layup, and Zubac continued to bully Sharpe under the basket. But in the second half, the Trail Blazers, led by Tanhua Henderson, burst inside and shot outside, and directly stopped the Clippers!At the end of the quarter, Theis and Powell hit three-pointers, Leonard jumped, and Simmons of the Trail Blazers scored seven points in a row to narrow the gap again. At the end of the first quarter, the Clippers led the Trail Blazers 43-32. The Clippers' second-team defense is really average, but Tyronn Lue is adamant not to get Tucker.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Simmons hit 3+1, Reece and Simmons chased points in a row, after George stopped the bleeding with three points, Harden began to make kills, Henderson and Walker led the Trail Blazers to chase only 4 points at one point, Powell responded with a big empty three-pointer in time, and then hit consecutive singles toss and shots. In the second half, Sharpe made another three-point foul on Powell, and after Harden scored a jumper, he faced Henderson and hit a three-point shotHenderson scored back-to-back breakaways and Tyronn Lue cautiously called a timeout. At the end of the quarter, Simmons and Moses Brown blossomed inside and out, and the Clippers' Powell was constantly beaten by opponents on the spot, and George threw to stop the bleeding. At halftime, the Clippers led the Trail Blazers 66-65, with Zubac scoring 14 points, Harden having nine points and five assists, and Leonard and George each scoring nine points.
At the beginning of the second half, Sharpe and Thybulle rained three-pointers, and the Trail Blazers finally overtook the score, and at the critical moment, Harden's two bottom corner three-pointers responded!Simmons added a three-pointer, and Leonard's single + George's three-pointer continued to respond. On the Trail Blazers' side, Reece and Thybulle continued to shoot three-pointers, and Harden changed direction to shake off Simmons and split the dunk with one armSimmons and Leonard continued to compete for three points in the middle of the period, and the two teams basically did not have an inside attack in the third quarter, Thybulle and Henderson were still hitting three-pointers, but Wei Shao scored 7 points in a row on an inside and outside shot, and then fed Powell, and Leonard chased a three-point shot at the end of the quarter!At the end of the third quarter, the Clippers led the Trail Blazers 105-99.
In the fourth quarter, Walker and Kamara led the Trail Blazers to chase points, Harden's wonderful back luck shook Henderson to complete 2+1, and Sharpe's three-pointer erased the difference. After that, George and Leonard took turns playing singles to stop the Trail Blazers. In the middle of the period, Kamara hit a three-pointer, the Trail Blazers played very tenacious, and at the decisive moment, Simmons hit another three-pointer, Harden was capped for a layup, and Sharpe made a jumper to overtake. George stopped the bleeding with two free throws, Mann hit both free throws, Zubac made a key block, and George finally scored a layup after consecutive misses. Harden made a key steal, and Leonard made both free throws to seal the win. In the end, the Clippers defeated the Trail Blazers 132-127 and ushered in a four-game winning streak!Trail Blazers stats, Sharpe 27 points and 6 assists, Simmons 38 points, Henderson 19 points and 6 assists.
Clippers statistics, Harden 20 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, Zubac 18 points and 6 rebounds, George 20 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists, Leonard 34 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals, Powell 16 points, Westbrook 12 points and 6 assists. The Clippers didn't play well on the defensive end, Mann included Powell, and the opponent moved the ball widely and couldn't keep up. And at the critical moment, Harden was capped, Leonard was fouled offensively, George was too inefficient, and the proportion of ball possession was too high. Grasp the opportunity is insufficient, or underestimate the enemy. But fortunately, the big three locked up the victory at the last moment, so take this as a warning!
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