The NBA regular season continues with the Los Angeles Clippers (14-10) continuing their winning streak. Harden had 28 points, seven rebounds and 15 assists, and Smallcard dished out 27 points and eight rebounds as they re-established their advantage in the fourth quarter as the Clippers beat the Golden State Warriors 121-113 at home (10-14). The Clippers are on a six-game winning streak and the Warriors are on a three-game losing streak.
Stats: Clippers' Harden had 28 points, seven rebounds, 15 assists and four blocks, Smallcard had 27 points and eight rebounds, Powell had 19 points and four rebounds, Coffey had 18 points and Zubac had 10 points and eight rebounds.
For the Warriors, Thompson had 30 points and five assists, Curry had 17 points and four assists, Kuminga had 15 points and five rebounds, Paul had 12 points and Moody had 11 points and five rebounds.
The Clippers had a poor first quarter against the Warriors, trailing by eight points. But as the game progressed, the Clippers gradually showed their strengths, tying the score and overtaking by four points. Although the Warriors narrowed the gap at one point, the Clippers continued to attack and ended the first quarter with a 29-28 lead.
At the start of the second quarter, Harden first stepped back to hit a three-point shot, then assisted Kobe Brown for a dunk, and then sent an open catch to Wei Shao, followed by himself to score another three points, and the Clippers extended their lead. Curry scored five points in a row, Leonard scored nine points in a row to shoot back, Harden blocked Kuminga's shot, Mann counterattacked, and the Clippers widened the gap to 15 points to stop the Warriors. After the timeout, Curry passed the ball, Kuminga hit two three-pointers in a row, and Thompson also hit a long-range shot, and the Warriors narrowed the gap to nine points. Harden made two fouls and made both free throws, Curry missed a three-pointer, Powell scored a pull-up jumper, and Willis blocked Paul's shot, and the Clippers led the Warriors by 13 points at 69-56 to complete the first half.
In the third quarter, the Clippers were still in excellent shape, and they quickly extended their lead at the beginning, leading by 16 points at one point. Although the Warriors later launched ** to narrow the deficit to 6 points, the Clippers maintained the offensive rhythm and eventually pulled the score away again. At this point, the Clippers' Coffey scored 11 points in the quarter, including two three-pointers, while the Warriors' Thompson scored 16 points, including four three-pointers. In the end, the Clippers led 99-93.
In the fourth quarter, the game entered a critical stage, and the Clippers and Warriors fought fiercely. Although the Clippers' Powell scored 10 points in the quarter, the outcome of the game was still undecided. In the end, the Clippers relied on their strong offense and defense to win the game with a score of 121-113 in the fourth quarter.
Warriors starters: Klay Thompson, Stephen Curry, Jonathan Kuminga, Kevon Looney, Blandin Podzemski.
Clippers starters: James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Amir Coffey, Ivica Zubac, Terence Mann.
Netizens left a message: "Leonard does not fight or grab, is diligent, and ends at a critical moment." It's a good partner indeed. Harden isn't going to mess around now. It's basically within 15 shots."
So it's really not enough to score more stars, they all play awkwardly, and they can only play in the way they are good at, and a healthy team should be two stars who can stay on most of the time, plus some good role players."
First of all, thank you to the two teams for giving us such a wonderful game today, and secondly, this Clippers team has really changed qualitatively, from the old fans criticized the stick singles, winning if you score and losing if you don't score, to the current team, really thank you to every player. Today, the third and fourth quarters of the Warriors broke out, and it is dangerous to change the previous Clippers or any team, if it was the previous Clippers, it would definitely be a stick single, and if it was scored, it would be taken away by a wave of conversion, but if there is Harden, how should he play, follow your rhythm and not run with you, this is the role of Harden's value. Harden pinched everyone together, everyone can play their best, this is the rhythm of the Clippers that the Clippers lacked the most, and now it is really a pleasure to watch Harden command, blocking and dismantling, all kinds of vacant positions are comfortable shots, and I want to mention that Harden's scalpel is really stable and ruthless.