The Clippers, who have won five in a row, went to Cleveland and staged the third matchup of seven consecutive visitors. In this game, Mobley Jr. returned from injury after missing 22 games due to injury. Zubac and Garland continue to miss the game. The Clippers are just one win away from the Thunder, who are in No. 1 place in the West, and they are aiming to extend their winning streak.
Small card 30 8, Harden 11 10, the Clippers defeated the Cavaliers! Mitchell 28 12, Allen two pairs of rampage
At the beginning of the first quarter, Xiaoka and Mitchell collided in the middle and long range, Plumlee sent a big hat, Mitchell stole George, and Allen scored a rebound. George steals, Mann dunks, and Okoro scores on a layup. Allen hit 2 free throws, and Xiaoka threw and scored. Plumlee fights with Mitchell in the box, Harden steals and George scores on a layup. Okoro hit 2 free throws, and the small card singled to continue to score. Strus hit from the outside and Powell made two free throws.
Plumlee made one free throw, Coffey scored on a jumper, and Mitchell and Strus were on the outside. Mitchell also scored on a layup, and Tyronn Lue called a timeout. Mobley and Powell each hit the basket, and Coffey scored on a jumper. LeVert and Xiaoka each hit a single shot, and Wei Shao hit all 2 free throws. At the end of the first quarter, the Cavaliers led 28-25.
In the second quarter, Wei Shao pulled up a layup and scored, Powell hit a long shot, LeVert steals Harden, and then completes a dunk. Powell was also able to hit a three-pointer, and Harden and Willis made three free throws. Okoro scored from the outside, Mobley dunked, and Tyronn Lue called a timeout. Harden scored a layup, Okoro continued to make difficulties on the outside, and Coffey responded with 3+1.
Allen hit a jumper and Mann hit a three-pointer. Okoro scored on a layup, and Xiaoka scored six straight points in the restricted area. Mitchell hit a high jumper, and Allen and Mitchell combined to score four free throws. Wade scored from the outside, Okoro was fouled by Harden after a steal, and then scored two free throws, and the Cavaliers went on a 9-0 run. George made one free throw, Harden missed, and Okoro scored again from the outside. At halftime, the Clippers led 56-52.
In the first half, Mitchell had 14 points and 6 assists, Okoro 17 points, Mobley 4 points and 4 rebounds, and Allen 8 points and 9 rebounds. Jr. had 14 points and 4 rebounds, Harden had 4 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, George had 3 points and Powell had 10 points.
In the rematch, Strus scored on a layup, George made all 3 free throws and made a color, Mitchell missed, and Harden assisted George to score a layup. Mobley and Plumlee fight in the restricted area, Mobley dunks violently, and the small card hits the basket and wins. Mitchell scored points in a single, and George and Xiaoka each made 2 free throws. Wade scored from the outside, Harden missed a three-pointer, and Mitchell and Wei Shao each scored low posts.
George, Xiaoka and Strus shot long-range shots, Mitchell responded with 2+1, Coffey hit an outside shot, Allen dunked violently, and then hit 2 free throws to color. Westbrook and Mitchell each scored on layups, and LeVert and Powell exchanged three-pointers. LeVert scored a solo shot, followed by a buzzer-beating jumper. At the end of the third quarter, the Clippers trailed 81-88.
In the final quarter, Powell and Niang shot three-pointers, and Mobley scored on a layup. Harden made 1 of 2 free throws and Mobley made 2 free throws. Harden hit a three-pointer, and Niang and Westbrook each scored on layups. Strus scored from the outside, and LeVert scored inside to give the Cavaliers a 12-point lead. Tyronn Lue called a timeout, Jr. and Mitchell each scored on a single, George scored on a layup, and Allen scored on a throw-in. Harden hit a 3-pointer and Strus responded with all three free throws.
The small card dunked violently, and then threw the shot to score points, George made 1 of 2 free throws, and the Clippers chased 5 points in a row. Allen hit 2 free throws, Powell hit the basket and scored, George went off the court with 6 fouls, and Mitchell missed 2 free throws. Willis scored a layup and Mitchell made one free throw. Coffey hit a 2+0 shot, and the difference was only 4 points. Coffey hat Mitchell, Mitchell mid-range score also to color. Allen hit 2+0, Wei Shao missed. With just 32 seconds left in the game, the Cavaliers led by eight points and called a timeout. Aaron took the hand and the game time ran out. In the end, the Cavaliers defeated the Clippers 118-108. The Clippers lost and ended their five-game winning streak and dropped to fourth place in the West.
Both teams data
For the Cavaliers, Mobley scored 10 points and 9 rebounds in his comeback debut, Okoro scored 17 points in the first half, and the offensive end was full of firepower, LeVert 13 points, Niang 10 points, and Strus 14 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.
Mitchell scored a team-high 28 points on more than 50% shooting, plus 4 boards, 12 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. Mitchell provided the most assists in the game and led the team to seven players to score in double figures, which was the key to the Cavaliers' victory.
Allen shot 6-of-9 from the field and 8-of-11 from the free-throw line, and scored a double-double of 20 points, 17 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block on 67% shooting. Allen grabbed the most rebounds of the game and led his team to a 46-37 rebounding game. The Cavaliers led 11-6 in frontcourt rebounds, and Allen (with five frontcourt boards) was a big contributor. In the decisive moment of the final quarter, Allen still had consecutive points. Allen, who was rampage on both offensive and defensive ends, blew up the Clippers' interior group.
For the Clippers, George had 13 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, and fought to 6 fouls to leave the game. With 13 points and 4 rebounds, Coffey 13 points, and Powell 18 points, the above three broke out from the bench and became the leaders of the Clippers' second team.
The small card shot 13-of-25, 2-of-7 free throws, 2-of-2 free throws, and scored a game-high 30 points, plus 8 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Xiaoka is hot on the offensive end, and he is also the team's rebounding leader. Moreover, Xiaoka is also the steal king of this battle. Xiaoka achieved an explosion at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, but it was difficult to lead the team to win.
Harden shot 3-of-8, 2-of-5 three-pointers, and 3-of-4 free throws to finish with a double-double of 11 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. Harden, who felt cold to the touch, scored only 4 points in the first half. In addition, Harden had three turnovers. Although Harden's form picked up in the final quarter, he couldn't limit the opposition's backcourt players on the defensive end.
The Cavaliers ended the Clippers' five-game winning streak