On December 15, Beijing time, the 2023-24 NBA regular season West ushered in a key battle, and the Los Angeles Clippers hosted the visiting Golden State Warriors. The Big 4 of the Clippers finally found a way to get along, winning 9 of the last 13 games, and continuing a wave of 5 consecutive wins, finally fulfilling the high expectations of the outside world step by step, and the record has also come to 13-10, continuing to rise steadily.
The Warriors have had many disasters this season, Green has been suspended for immoral actions since returning from injury, and since Gobert was banned for 5 games, he was once again banned by the league for slapping Nurkic indefinitely.
In terms of starters, George was injured in the last game and was absent in this game, and Xiaoka and Harden started with a double core, and formed a starting lineup with Mann, Zubac and Coffey;On the Warriors' side, Curry, Klay, Kuminga, Looney, and Podzemski came together, and Wiggins returned to the rotation.
In the first quarter of the game, both teams tried a lot of shots on the outside, but the shooting rate was not high, the Warriors were 4 of 11, the Clippers were 3 of 8, and the inside shooting rate of the two teams was not high, the Warriors were 4 of 10, and the Clippers were 5 of 10, which can be described as half a catty, and the two teams fought 28-29 in the first quarter, and the Clippers led by 1 point;In the first quarter, Harden shot 0 of 1, but relied on free throws to score 5 points, and had 3 rebounds and 5 assistsThe small card scored 8 points on 3-of-6 shooting in the first quarter;Curry had a mediocre first quarter, scoring 3 points on 1-of-4 shooting
In the second quarter, the Warriors' shooting percentage was still not high, but the Clippers suddenly began to push to open up the difference. In this quarter, the Warriors made 4 of 8 3-pointers and 4 of 10 inside, while the Clippers blossomed inside and out, hitting 5 3-pointers from the outside, and frequently made fouls on the inside to get free throwsIn this quarter, Harden made a big move, 3 of 4, all 3-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws and scored 13 points, plus 2 rebounds and 4 assists, and went away with a triple-double at halftime;Carl Jr. scored nine points on 3-of-4 shooting in the quarter, giving the Clippers a 13-point lead at halftime 69-56
The Warriors set off a scoring climax in the third quarter, hitting 7 3-pointers from the outside in this quarter, and only conceded 2 from the inside, scoring 37 points in a single quarterThe Clippers made 4 of 8 3-pointers in this quarter, 8 of 12 inside, and the whole team scored 30 points in this quarter, and the two teams fought 99-93 after the third quarter, and the Clippers led by 6 points into the final quarter!
In the final quarter of the decisive battle, Podemski took the lead in assisting Moody to break through the board and hit the board, Harden made 2 fouls and made 1 free throw, Wiggins broke through and threw again, Wei Shao broke through the layup, Paul assisted Moody to make a layup and made it 2+1, Paul hit a quick stop jump shot again, Harden quickly returned 1 3-pointer, but then the two teams fell into a scoring drought at the same time, and finally Zubac hit a layup to break the drought, and the two teams fought 102-108 halfway through the quarter and continued to maintain a 6-point gap;Coffey hit 1 of 2 free throws, Klay made a 3-pointer, and the 8th 3-pointer of the game arrived!Powell broke through and hit a shot, Klay assisted Looney on an empty layup in response, Powell hit a jumper again, and the Warriors were never able to cross the 6-point hurdle!In the end, the Clippers defeated the Warriors 121-113 to win five in a row!
In this game, Harden scored 28 points, 7 rebounds and 15 assists, once again incarnated as the "bread feeding master", and his career score also broke through the 25,000-point mark, becoming the 3rd active player and 24th in history!Jr. 27 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists, Zubac 10 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists, Coffey 18 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, Powell 21 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Wei Shao 9 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, Mann 2 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists;
On the Warriors' side, Clayburn scored 30 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists, including 8-of-12 3-pointers, which was also the first time he scored to cross the 30-point mark this seasonCurry had 17 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Looney had 8 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, Kuminga had 15 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist, Podemski had 4 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, Paul had 12 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, Wiggins had 9 points and 3 boards, Saric had 5 points and 6 boards, Moody had 11 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist, and Davis had 2 points and 3 boards. Sports Premiere Creation Challenge