On February 23, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Clippers lost 107-129 to the Thunder, this game is the first game after the All-Star weekend, and this is also the first echelon of the West's card battle, who wins who is second, it was originally a battle for the king of the mountain, but the Clippers ended in a fiasco, with no face, after the loss, the Clippers' record came to 36-18, and there were 2 miles away from the first place in the West5 wins difference, it's a bit difficult to chase later. So how exactly did the Clippers lose in such a way, maybe the data can give us some answers.
Leonard, Xiaoka has nothing to say, although the Clippers failed miserably, but today's Xiaoka's performance is still **, he shot 9 of 12, 0 of 2 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, and personally efficiently cut 20 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 turnovers, although he has a plus-minus of -17 on the court, but considering that Leonard basically can't catch the ball when he is there, his teammates have no way to throw the blame to him, plus he is coming back from injury, this performance is already very good. You can't expect Leonard to carry the team forward alone, this kind of top-level competition, if you don't play team cooperation, then the big three need to break out.
George, there is nothing to say, today he pulled his hips again, George shot 6 of 16, 2 of 6 three-pointers, and only got 14 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 steal. It seems that George has a plus/minus of 0, which means that the Clippers don't lose or win when he's there. Looking at it this way, it seems that the team's loss has nothing to do with him. But in fact, George's performance on the court is far worse than his stats look, basically he is not aggressive on the offensive end, and most of the time he is also competing with the opponent's bench players, playing such a performance, George is not worthy of the name of giant, if he really wants to pay a big contract, George needs to stabilize as soon as possible, the Clippers want to win the championship, he will definitely not be able to do such a performance.
Harden, today Deng Ge is another person who can stand and leave, at the data level, he shot 5 of 9, 3 of 6 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, and personally cut 17 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 3 turnovers, in the starting lineup, Harden has almost the fewest shots, only 1 more than Mann. As the commander of the Clippers, in the case of a full team lineup, Harden wants to play tactics more and play in the right way, because he knows that relying on talent alone, although he can win a lot of games in the regular season, he can't go far in the playoffs, which is also the experience he has summarized in the past, but except for the small card, the efficiency of others is worrying, and if Harden's assists can't go up, the Clippers will be struggling.
Zubac, at the data level, Zubac cut 13 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block and 1 turnover today's double-double data, which looks good, but in fact, as a big center, Zubac once again showed his weak state, he shot 5 of 12, and was actually capped by the opponent 4 times under the basket, and basically was beaten back, his performance, the Clippers still have hidden dangers in the center position.
Mann, to be honest, now Mann is more and more of a fake starter, although he is the most consistent starter, but the closing lineup Tyronn Lue basically does not consider him, and his finishing ability on the offensive end is still too poor. Today, Mann's three-point shooting was good, 2 of 3, but the overall shooting of 3 of 8 was too inefficient, only 8 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 turnover, and the plus/minus was -14. The only thing Mann deserves praise for is positivity.
Powell, I don't have to say, Po Kobe is still the most stable bottom corner three-point king, he shot 7 of 15, 4 of 9 three-pointers, and personally hit 19 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block and 3 turnovers, but there was no way, he and Wei Shao appeared together, and the plus/minus on the court was only -22, basically his three-point life.
Wei Shao, the Big Three pull one, the bench also has a negative effect, today Wei Shao shot 1 of 9, 0 of 2 three-pointers, one pulled to the end, he and George's performance is a disaster, he only got 2 points, 1 rebound, 5 assists, 1 steal and 1 turnover, every time he returns to Oklahoma, Wei Shao's performance is always worrying, he is the hero here, but he needs to forget this.