The latest NBA rankings! The Clippers fell to 4th, the Lakers lost miserably, and Rivers was reversed!
On January 30, Beijing time, a total of 12 games were played in the NBA regular season, which was dazzling. Several big teams played, the Clippers' road trip ended in a loss, and to be honest, the Big Three were too tired, and George's injury situation had reached the point where he had to rest. The Celtics came back to beat the Pelicans, the Lakers lost to the Rockets, and the Rockets' young men screwed up and killed their teachers. The game between the Timberwolves and the Thunder caused huge controversy after the game, and Edwards publicly angered the league and the referees! In addition to the veteran Rivers taking over, the Bucks' opener was canceled by the Nuggets, the Nuggets, who had a large number of suspensions, did not want to use it, and Lakers captain Darvin Ham also stayed with the team for the New Year.
The Lakers lost to the Rockets in a row, and the Zhan Mei combination was exhausted.
Rockets 135-119 Lakers, in the third quarter, the Rockets once opened a 30-point difference! In James's words, the last 2 minutes of the game in the first quarter were doomed to the end of the game, Whitmore was fouled and three points after entering the court, the Lakers couldn't defend it, and the offensive and defensive conversion was still the fastest for Lao Zhan to return to defense! Shen Jing's thick eyebrows burst on his forehead, and the Rockets' outside three-point line was very stable, and Jalen Green became more and more confident after opening his hand in the first quarter, challenging Zhan Nong Mei in various ways, including Shen Jing, who was super efficient. Although the Lakers once overtook after trailing by 10 points in the fourth quarter, the fact is that the team's physical fitness is somewhat overdrawn. James had 23 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists, Bushy Brow had 23 points and 7 rebounds, and Russell had 23 points and 5 assists. Jalen Green had 34 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists, Shen Jing had 31 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists, and Whitmore had 20 points and 6 rebounds.
The Clippers are in a bottleneck.
The Clippers beat the Cavaliers 108-118. Throughout the game, the Clippers trailed the Cavaliers by about 5 points. When Leonard saw that Harden and George lost their containment, Leonard shouldered the burden of offense, but the biggest shortcoming of the Clippers was constantly targeted by the Cavaliers, Allen + Mobley Jr.'s twin tower combination, the Clippers Plumlee was slow, Theis couldn't go up, and the inside line was penetrated! George scored 13 points on 3-of-11 shooting, Leonard had 30 points and eight rebounds, and Harden had 11 points, seven rebounds and 10 assists. Mitchell had 28 points, 12 assists and four rebounds, Allen had 20 points and 17 rebounds, and Mobley Jr. had 10 points and nine rebounds. After the game, Tyronn Lue revealed that George had been on the court against the Bucks and that his groin injury had persisted in recent games. George replied: "Unless the team decides to give me a break, I'm going to keep playing. In the absence of the interior line, the Big Three are also in dire need of rest.
Rivers Sr.'s debut was reversed, and the alphabet sparked controversy.
The Nuggets beat the Bucks 113-107 in the first quarter, and the Bucks opened up a 13-point gap in the first quarter with the Big Three leading the way. But at the end of the first quarter, the Nuggets played a wave of 12-0 counterattack climax, and the veteran Rivers did not call a timeout! The same was true of the Bucks' second quarter, where Antetokounmpo and Portis pulled the gap away, and then Murray led the team to chase the points, and Rivers looked confident in the timeout. When Jokic began to explode in the second half, the Bucks' offense was conspicuously lacking in continuity, especially from the bench, and fell into a scoring drought. The Bucks continued to score, but Morey and Pope secured the victory. Antetokounmpo 29 points and 12 rebounds, Lillard 18 points and 4 assists; Jokic had 25 points, 16 rebounds and 12 assists, and Murray had 35 points. Brother Alphabet made 11 free throws in the game, and according to the statistics of the United States, there were at least 5 10-second violations, and the referee only blew the whistle once.
Other competitions. The Knicks beat the Hornets 113-92, and Brunson had 32 points, four rebounds and seven assists. The Celtics beat the Pelicans 118-112 with Tatum having 28 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists, Zion 26 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, and Ingram having 28 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. Bucks 147-114 Jazz, Simmons returns, 10 points, 8 rebounds, 11 assists! The Suns beat the Heat 118-105, Durant 20 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, Booker 22 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, Beal 19 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, Butler scored 26 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, and the Heat suffered 7 consecutive defeats! Wizards 118-113 Spurs, Wembanyama 22 points and 11 rebounds, Kuzma 18 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists.
Kings 103-94 Grizzlies, Sabonis 20 points, 26 rebounds and 5 assists, Fox 23 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. The Timberwolves 107-101 Thunder, the Timberwolves made 15 free throws in the game, and the Thunder only had Alexander hit 16 free throws. Edwards had 27 points, four rebounds and four assists, Towns had 21 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, and Alexander had 37 points, seven rebounds and eight assists. Edwards, who had only four free throws after the game, said angrily"The league penalized me and I have to say that the referee didn't give us any free throws today and I have to take my hat off my coach, my teammates and the referee! "Mavericks 131-129 Magic, Doncic had 45 points, 9 rebounds and 15 assists. For the 76ers, Embiid continued to truce, and the game was nowhere to be seen.
The latest NBA rankings!
The Celtics are first with 36 wins and 11 losses, the Bucks are second with 32 wins and 15 losses, the 76ers are stable at third place regardless of wins or losses, and the Knicks are 30-17 and have caught up with the 76ers with a seven-game winning streak. The Cavaliers are 28-16, the Pacers are 27-20, and the Heat are 24-23, and the team has suffered a seven-game losing streak! Magic 24-23.
In the West, the Timberwolves are first with 33-14, the Nuggets are second with 33-15, the Thunder are third with 32-15, and the Clippers are fourth with 30-15. Behind them are the 27-18 Kings, 27-20 Suns, 26-21 Mavericks and Pelicans, 24-24 Lakers and Jazz, 22-24 Rockets, and 19-24 Warriors in 12th place.