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The Clippers challenged the Heat away, Zubac returned, and Herro did not play temporarily. Heat starters: Rozier, Richardson, Butler, Highsmith, Adebayo; Clippers starters: Harden, Mann, George, Leonard, Zubac.
In the first two minutes of the first quarter, the Clippers attacked by a single point, and the Heat led 4-0. George broke the deadlock with a three-pointer, but then fell into a scoring drought, Adebayo hit two free throws and then Rozier hit a jumper, and the Heat played a 7-0 mini-surge, leading by eight points at 11-3. But the timeout came back with the Clippers going 24 seconds and the Heat extending their lead to double digits, with Harden and Mann scoring four points to stop the bleeding. After 16-7, Lu Gui replaced Wei Shao, Plumlee and Powell, Harden first steals and assists Wei Shao to score an empty basket, and then after grabbing the rebound, he directly found the small card with a long pass, the latter dunked successfully, and the Clippers chased a 6-0 small climax to 11-16, and Spo paused. Back in the game, Butler and Powell went head-to-head, and the two teams were inseparable, with Ka making a foul and standing at the free throw line. The Clippers trailed by three points at 19-22 at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, when the two sides rotated the lineup, Harden came back to lead the team with Wei Shao. After Martin scored three points in a row, the young master and the beard each hit a three-pointer, and then Deng Ge threw Powell in the bottom corner of the bag and hit a three-point shot, and the Clippers surpassed by one point with a 9-2 mini-climax. After the timeout, Butler and George returned. The Heat scored 4 points in a row to overtake, but Deng Ge scored consecutive Coffey points, but Rozier's big open jump shot tied it, and Coach Lu was dissatisfied and shouted a timeout to change back to the small card. George and Xiaoka hit three points in a row, but Love hit the top of the arc, and the Heat completed the overtake, but the Clippers soon led by 5 points with a wave of 8-0 mini-climax, and Butler stopped the bleeding with three points. Back in the game, Xiaoka and Butler continued to fight each other, and Adebayo scored a smash before halftime to tie the two teams at 43.
In the second half, Xiaoka and Harden began to score together, and the two sides fell into a hard tug-of-war back and forth, but the Clippers took the lead in playing a small climax to open up the difference, and Harden steals and assists Xiaoka with a long pass again, and the 59-51 lead to 8 points to stop the Heat. Back in the game, Richardson and Xiaoka exchanged three points, and the two teams started a big offensive battle again, and the score rose alternately, and Wei Shao replaced George. Harden continued to provide assists, and the small card caused Love to foul and go into a timeout. After the timeout, the small card first interfered with the ball, Butler made a foul free throw, and the Clippers led by two points at 69-67 at the end of the third quarter.
At the beginning of the last quarter, Harden played with 5 substitutes, and the Heat overtook by 1 point with a wave of 5-2, George replaced Wei Shao, and Deng Ge was tough 3+1 to regain the lead. Then Plumlee made two fouls and made two free throws, George chased a three-pointer to take a six-point lead, and Spo called a timeout. Back in the game, Harden assisted Powell again on a three-point shot, and Plumlee called a timeout to protect the rebound. Back to the game, Powell received Dengge's assist and scored a jumper, and then the bearded outside three-pointer, 3+1 scored 7 points in a row, and opened the gap to 13 points in one fell swoop, laying the tone for the victory of the game. Rozier stopped the bleeding with a 2+1, but the Heat couldn't survive the three-point attempt, and the Clippers refused to reverse it. Free throws from Carl Jr., George and Harden sealed the win.
In the end, the Heat lost to the Clippers 95-103, let's take a look at the specific performance of the players!
The biggest highlight of this game is the duel between the two stars of Xiaoka and Butler, and the result is that Xiaoka integrates offense and defense and defeats Butler.
In the first half, he shot 4-of-9 from the field, 1-of-3 from three-point range and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line to finish with 11 points, five rebounds and one assist. In the third quarter, the small card exploded in a single quarter, scoring 10 points on a single shot, and locked all the Heat's players against him on the defensive end.
In the fourth quarter, the small card came back in the last 5 minutes, and it was easy to clock out and leave work. In the whole game, he played 35 minutes, shooting 8-of-16, 3-of-6 three-pointers, 6-of-6 free throws, contributing 25 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.
In the first half, he shot only 2 of 9, 2 of 6 three-pointers, and got 6 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 2 turnovers.
In the second half, he still couldn't get his touch back, and he hit the iron frequently. Fortunately, his free throws were relatively stable in the final minute of the final quarter, and he played 33 minutes, shooting 3-of-13, 3-of-10 three-pointers, and 6-of-6 free throws, with only 15 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.
The Clippers were able to open up the difference in the fourth quarter, relying on Harden's supernatural play.
In the first half, he shot 2-of-6 from the field and 1-of-4 from three-point range, and finished with 5 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal. In the third quarter, he scored 5 points in a single quarter, and in the final quarter, he scored 3+0, and one person scored 10 points in a row, which directly opened the difference.
In the whole game, the bearded man played 42 minutes, shooting 7-of-13, 5-of-9 three-pointers, 2-of-4 free throws, and cut a quasi-triple-double of 21 points, 8 rebounds, 11 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, filling the data column to blow up the Heat.