Pepper blasted 53 12 Clippers upset 5th in the West, Harden 26 6 17 points in a single quarter
53+12！The peppers scored like crazy, the Clippers swept fifth in the East, and Harden 26+6+17
The Los Angeles Clippers will play away to the San Lamento Kings in a game that will be played in this year's NBA Finals. However, they have not been doing well lately, losing two of their three games and now they have dropped to 11th place. Harden's recent performance has been so poor, he has scored around 10 points in three games, especially against Reggie, and he lost a mess.
Recently, the Kings have two wins, including a 24-point victory over the Golden State Warriors, who are now in fifth place. But this game is back-to-back and Kenny's fitness will be an issue.
Sure enough, the Clippers found their rhythm in the first quarter, hitting eight three-pointers from beyond the three-point line to the Kings who were 3-of-10, trailing by 15 points in the first quarter alone. Harden took all his anger out on the Kings, and Harden exploded in the first quarter, scoring 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting, 4-of-5 three-pointers! Under his leadership, the Clippers quickly extended the score, scoring 8 points at 35-27 in the first quarter;
In the second quarter, the Clippers continued to attack, while the Kings played even worse. The Clippers changed their offensive style in the quarter, shooting just five from beyond the three-point line, but making all three. He kept breaking through the box and breaking down the Kings' defense. Harden was a little restrained in the quarter, scoring just 2 points, and then in exchange for a small card coming up to score points, he scored 12 points on 5-of-5 shooting in the quarter, and so did George, who shot 4-of-3 and scored 11 points. At halftime, the Lakers had a 23-37 advantage to tie the score at 72-50, and the Clippers had a 22-point advantage in the first half.
In the third quarter, the Kings got into shape, but the Clippers weren't too affected. The Clippers made 10 baskets in 12 shots, while the Kings also made 8, and in this quarter, the Kings gave their opponents one point at 31-30 and finally led 102-81 into the fourth quarter. In the fourth quarter, the four giants were all foils, and Zubac scored 8 6s in the quarter and scored 12 points!
At the beginning of the second half, Lyles made a layup, Wei Shao gave Kobe Brown a 3-pointer, then George made a shot, Monk made a layup, Wei Shao made a foul on Vezinkov, and both of them got a free throw opportunity, but soon, Wei Shao controlled the opponent's offense. The game came to 113-93, and the Kings continued the rhythm of the previous round, with Fox and Monk scoring four consecutive points, and then Barnes sent another three-pointer to Mondstadt, and a wave of 7-0 chased the score to 13 points, and the Clippers hurriedly shouted a timeout!
After the game, Xiaoka stepped up and got Zubac's three points, then Mann scored 2 more points, Harden made 2 of 2 free throws, George gave Mann 2 free throws, 2+1, the Clippers stretched the score again, Barnes sent Fox a three-pointer, Xiaoka also had three points, and then the two took turns to score, and finally won 131-117 against the Kings.
Harden went on a killing spree in the first quarter, scoring nine points in the first three quarters, he had 26 points, three rebounds and six assists, while Xiaoka was 14 of 18, he had 34 points, nine rebounds and three assists, George had 19 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists, Wei Shao had 9 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists, Zubac had 14 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, and Mann had 18 rebounds and 3 assists;
For the Kings, Fox had 40 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Monk 15 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, Verzinkov 13 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Sabonis 11 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Huerter 7 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, and Mitchell had 9 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.