On February 23, Beijing time, the Thunder played at home against the Clippers, and the Thunder successfully defeated the Clippers 129-107 at the end of the game. The Thunder have played an excellent game this season, including offensive efficiency and defensive efficiency are ranked fourth in the league, but the Clippers have also played well since the run-in, especially when the Clippers' big three George, Harden and Leonard can play, the Clippers have a greater chance of winning, and now the two teams are also highly anticipated, and the Thunder, who are ranked second in the West, are only 0 ahead of the Clippers5 wins, so this match is important for both teams, and the winning side will move to second place in the West.
In the first quarter of the game, the Thunder played a wave of 7-2, and at the critical moment, Harden hit a three-point shot to stop the bleeding, but Holmgren hit a three-point shot to respond, although Mann also hit a three-point shot, but Dort and Alexander hit three points one after another, and the Thunder led the Clippers by 3 points. After the pause, the Clippers stopped the Thunder with a wave of 10-0, Wallace hit a three-point shot to stop the bleeding at a critical moment, and then the Clippers also made a mistake, Alexander teamed up with Wiggins to directly help the Thunder overtake 3 points, fortunately, Leonard hit a shot to stop the bleeding, and the two teams played separately at the end of the game, and the Thunder led by 2 points at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Thunder extended their lead under the leadership of Holmgren, but fortunately, Powell and others played, and the Clippers chased down only 2 points after Harden hit a three-pointer. After the timeout, Powell continued to maintain a three-point state, plus George also hit a three-pointer, the Clippers overtook the Thunder by one point, and Alexander led the Thunder to respond in the next game, and the Clippers trailed by two points at halftime.
In the third quarter, the two teams played fiercely, but Holmgren then caused Zubac to foul and score a free throw, and Isaiah Joe hit a three-pointer, and the Thunder temporarily led by 4 points. After the timeout, the Clippers tried to chase the score, but Zubac suffered frequently inside, Zubac was hit by a big hat and Isaiah Joe counterattacked and dunked to score, and Alexander scored on the board after the Thunder slowly led to 9 points. After the timeout, Keady and others continued to help the Thunder extend their lead, and Powell hit a three-pointer to stop the bleeding at a critical moment, and the Thunder led by 14 points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter of the game, the Thunder relied on Jalen Williams and Dort to continue to expand the lead, and then Harden stepped up and the Clippers stopped the decline, but the Clippers couldn't prevent the Thunder from attacking, and the Thunder led the Clippers by 16 points after Holmgren hit a hook shot. After the timeout, the Clippers directly abandoned the game, and in the end the Thunder won by a big win over the Clippers.
The Clippers are really not wronged to lose this game, although George has had some bright performances in this game, but unfortunately many times George's offense is still very sluggish, especially when the Clippers need George to stand up, George did not play well, as for Leonard in the game, it was even more difficult to play, at the end of the game, George got 14 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists in 6 of 16, and Leonard got 20 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. And Wei Shao in this game is directly pulled the hips, the game is too low-level mistakes, and in the game Wei Shao also appeared in the empty basket did not score, it can be said that Wei Shao's state in this game is bad, the end of the game Wei Shao 9 in 1 got 2 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists.
As for Harden really tried his best in this game, after all, Harden's state in this game was okay, and in the fourth quarter of the game, Harden also helped the Clippers stop the decline, but unfortunately the Clippers couldn't prevent the Thunder's offense, and in the end the Clippers were defeated by the Thunder, and at the end of the game, Harden got 17 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists in 5 of 9. And from this game, the shortcomings of the Clippers are very obvious, this shortcoming is still the Clippers' internal problem, in fact, the Clippers have always had such a problem, but the Clippers have been exposed too obviously in this game, Plumola does not need to say much here, Zubac here is also unable to support the Clippers' internal line, and even in the third quarter of the game, Zubac was frequently hatted by Thunder players on the inside, which also became a turning point in the game, after all, at this time, the Thunder repeatedly counterattacked to expand the lead, And when the Clippers offense is devastating, the Clippers can still cover up the interior flaws, but when the Clippers attack and pull the hips, especially when the opponent has a attacker like Alexander, and Holmgren also has interior height here, the Clippers' shortcomings will be infinitely magnified.