Harden lost Lue, and the Clippers ended their five-game winning streak and missed a good opportunity to get up
On January 30, Beijing time, the NBA game is still going on, the Clippers vs. the Cavaliers, the four superstars of the Clippers have performed very well in more than a month, and their results are also very good, they have won five consecutive victories in the last month, but in seven consecutive games, their performance is also quite tired, defeating the Bucks in the last round, and is currently ranked fifth.
At the beginning of the game, the two sides began to compete fiercely, the Clippers' three three-pointers were not very good, and the Cavaliers relied on Mitchell's explosion to win the first quarter with a 28-25 advantage.
At the start of the second quarter, the Clippers' bench played well to extend the score to nine points, but Okoro's sudden appearance caught them off guard, scoring 13 points in the first quarter, and after halftime, the Cavaliers maintained the score advantage to four points at 56:52.
In the second game, the Cavaliers relied on the advantage of the three-point line and continued to dominate the court, while the Clippers' three-point line did not play, which allowed the Cavaliers to always have the upper hand, and finally ended the Clippers' five games 118-108.
Although it was a loss, Leonard's performance was remarkable, he played 37 minutes, made 2-of-25 shots, scored 30 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 blocks.
And Wei Shao, who came on as a substitute, also played well, in 22 minutes, he cut 13 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, the only drawback is that he made 4 mistakes.
There are Wei Shao's wonderful assists, as well as his players' poor hands, and Wei Shao's mistakes at critical times.
On the other hand, George and Harden did not play very well, George played 27 minutes, but he shot 3-of-11 from the field and missed 3-pointers, only 13 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block.
Defensively, he was also regularly fouled by opponents, especially against Mitchell, where he committed six of his six attempts, and that was the end of the game.
Harden is the spiritual leader of this team, and he contributed 10 assists in this game, which he showed in this game.
But he didn't play well, making 3 of 8 free throws, 11 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, and made 3 mistakes.
In this game, a lot of people are feeling fatigued, especially Harden, who often makes small mistakes.
There are 52 in the first sectionAt 6 seconds, Harden leisurely broke through 8 seconds, because his previous pass was interrupted and there was no change, so the game had not started, so Harden received the pass with 21 seconds left in the game, but unfortunately Harden didn't see it, and his coach didn't give any warning.
When Tyronn Lu saw this scene, his whole person was stunned.
The second round took place with 2:21 left in the game, and the Clippers led by five points, but Harden went to defend Allen, and Harden stayed for a long time in three seconds until the referee blew for a three-second foul on Harden.
Harden looked confused, he shrugged his shoulders and talked to the referee, while Tyronn Lue looked dazed and didn't know what he was talking about.
Because of the lack of concentration, the Clippers did not perform well at critical times, but unfortunately failed to pull one back and missed the opportunity to overtake.
Since it was a head-to-head match, the Clippers had a good chance of finishing second in the East, but with this loss, they have dropped to fourth place in the West.