The Clippers faced off against the Heat, and the Clippers defeated the Heat in the fourth quarter, winning three in a row 101-95 and improving their record to 33-15. In the whole game, Harden got 21 points, 11 assists and 8 rebounds, scored 11 points in the fourth quarter, and completed the 105th time of his career 3 plus 1, the first in history and the all-time four-point king. Jr. had 23 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, George 15 points, Wei Shao 5 points, and Powell 16 points. For the Heat, Butler had 21 points and Bam Adebayo had 14 points and 13 rebounds.
The Clippers continued their road trip and the Heat got off to a dream start with Highsmith hitting a three-pointer to give the Heat a 16-5 lead. Harden made a steal and assisted Wei Shao to hit a layup, and the small card fast-break one-arm dunk stopped the Heat. Harden was replaced, Butler hit a layup, and then he also had a jumper, Adebayo also made a jumper, and the small card jumper responded with a jumper, and the first quarter ended with the Clippers trailing 19-22.
In the second quarter, Wei Shao hit a three-pointer as soon as he came up, Harden followed with a three-pointer, Powell also had a three-pointer, and the Clippers completed the comeback. Coffey hit a jumper, Adebayo threw back, Coffey also had three points, Love returned with three points, Zubac came back, the air cut dunk, George also had three points, Xiaoka three points continued, Butler hit back with three points, and the two sides were difficult to solve. Butler countered and hit a layup, a small card jumper was also available, and Adebayo turned and dunked, and the two sides were tied at 43 at halftime.
In the first half of the game, Xiaoka was still the most consistent point for the Clippers, playing 17 minutes and 31 seconds, shooting 4-of-9, 1-of-3 three-pointers, and 2-of-2 free throws, scoring a team-high 11 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist. Harden played 20 minutes, shooting 2-of-6 from the field and 1-of-4 from three-point range, finishing with five points, three rebounds, five assists and one steal. George didn't feel good, playing 15 minutes and only 2 of 9 shots, 2 of 6 three-pointers, 6 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 2 turnovers.
Coming back in the second half, Butler hit a layup, Xiaoka made a rebound, Mann hit a three-point shot at the buzzer, and Adebayo made up a dunk, and the two sides were still difficult to solve. The small card was fast-breaking, the Clippers led by 8 points, and the Heat took a timeout. Coming back from a timeout, Richardson hit a three-pointer, Jr. hit a three-pointer, and then he hit another three-pointer to end the third quarter and give the Clippers a 69-67 lead. In the entire third quarter, the small card scored 10 points in a single quarter.
In the fourth quarter, Halkes hit a three-pointer to give the Heat back the lead. Harden added 3 plus 1, George also had three points, and the Clippers 80-74, overtaking again. The Heat came back from a timeout, Powell hit a three-point shot, and then he also had a jumper, Harden hit a three-point shot, and then made a 3-plus-1, but unfortunately missed the free throw, and the Clippers went on a wave of 22-11 to open up a double-digit point difference. After that, the Heat were powerless.