Harden sleepwalking, George committing 6 fouls, small card is difficult to save the Clippers from failure, the biggest weakness**!
On January 30, Beijing time, the NBA court fell apart: the Clippers lost to the Cavaliers in Game 3 of their Eastern journey, and the Cavaliers, who could have risen to second place in the West by winning, lost hope of surpassing the Timberwolves.
Leonard was once again divine, but the Clippers lost the three deadliest points of this game, first of all, their rebounds were directly detonated by the opposite side, since the formation of this Clippers team, it has been said that their biggest problem is that the inside line is unable to recover from the loss of protection at critical moments, because there are no tall players, Zubac is also injured now, so the fatal flaws and hidden dangers of the Clippers in this game have finally been exposed.
Xiaoka scored 30 points and 8 rebounds, 8 rebounds is the maximum of the Clippers team, but what about the Cavaliers opposite? There's a very lethal super twin tower, Allen and Mobley, two players grabbed 26 rebounds, Allen had 17 rebounds, what is the concept? The Clippers, who are all starters in the five-man group, don't have as many rebounds as the two of them, and they only count the rebounds of the two opposite sides to destroy everyone.
There is also a very fatal point: Paul George had a very bad performance in this game, he only scored 13 points and 6 fouls on 3-of-11 shooting, so he was directly substituted at the critical moment. George was ejected, and the Clippers were forced to use a small lineup, not even an interior center, with a small card playing center and Wei Shao being promoted to play power forward. The ball is a failure, Paul George is very bad, this is the problem of the Clippers in this game, and Harden has no desire to attack at key moments.
Playing key shots Harden is not out, in fact, his shooting percentage is not too bad, 3 of 8 shots, 2 of 5 three-pointers, but Harden does not shoot is equivalent to the entire offensive focus on Xiaoka alone. What Harden really played in this game was that there was also a problem with the attitude of the game, which was not too serious. The first half was not good, and he didn't wake him up much in the second half, his movements were slow, as if sleepwalking, and there was even an 8-second violation of dribbling the ball past the midfield.
We don't know what's wrong with Harden, he used to be slow, but at least not 8 seconds, but in the half-court situation, in fact, he dribbled half a ball and didn't pass the half-court, and he didn't pay attention to the scorer, isn't it funny? It can be seen that Harden's focus on the game is not enough.
So, at the end of the game, it looked like the Clippers still had the Super Four, but in fact they were left with only two elements, Jordan Holiday Jr. and Willis, who only got on the court after George was sent off and became a lame team.
George committed six fouls, Harden sleepwalked, Xiaoka was uncomfortable, Wei Shao was very charming, but Wei Shao did his best with 13 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, and now he can only be a substitute in this team, and let him play center in the 4th quarter. However, the Clippers could only accept this result and missed the godsend of the opportunity to finish in the top two of the Western Conference standings.