On February 23, Beijing time, the NBA regular season, the Clippers challenged the Thunder away, before that, the Clippers lost 36-17, third in the West, and the Thunder 37-17, this is a strong matchup, if the Clippers win, the team's ranking will change, and Harden's performance will become the biggest highlight of this game. The starting lineup of the Clippers is: Harden, Mann, George, Leonard, Zubac; As for the Thunder, Alexander, Keady, Dort, Jalen Williams, Holmgren, the lineup of these two people is very good.
In the first quarter, Keady and Dott scored successively, Harden scored four points in a row, Holmgren scored three points, Zubac hooked his hand, Holmgren scored three points, Mann scored three points, Dort scored three points, Zubac tossed, the Clippers led by 2 points, George made a layup, Alexander made a layup, Leonard and Wei Shao scored three points in a row, the score of the Clippers, Zubac hooked his hand, George made a layup, Leonard and Wei Shao scored three points in a row, the Clippers quickly expanded the score, Wallace and Wiggins scored three points in a row to help the Thunder pull one back, Wiggins shot, Alexander three points, The Clippers' Leonard and Coffey scored in a row, Coffey 2+1, Jalenway made a layup, and the Clippers trailed by 2 points at 33-35.
In the second quarter, Harden scored four points, two rebounds and an assist, Zubac slammed a dunk, Holmgren tossed, Wiggins scored three points, the Thunder had a seven-point lead, Powell suddenly broke out, throwing, fouling, three points, three points in a row, Harden hit a three-point shot, the Clippers began to fight back, Jalenway jumped, Powell shot a three-pointer, the two teams went back and forth, George shot three points, the Thunder side, Dort hit a three-point shot, Dort shot outside, Alexander made a layup, the score still did not pull away, Leonard and Alexander scored a goal each, Harden shot, Alexander fouled, George pressed the buzzer for three points, and the halftime was over, and the Clippers were 59-61.
In the first half, Leonard had 12 points and 2 assists, George had 7 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Zubac had 6 points and 3 rebounds, Mann had 3 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Harden had 9 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist, Powell had 14 points and 3 assists, Coffey had 6 points and 3 assists, and Westbrook had 2 points and 3 assists. For the Thunder, Alexander had 19 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists; Dort 8 points; Jalenway 6 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists; Holmgren 11 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks; Keady had 4 points and 2 rebounds; Aaron Wiggins had six points and two rebounds.
In the second quarter of the game, Zubac dunked violently, Dort made a layup, Leonard shot back, Dort scored three points again, and Leonard jumped in color, the small card is indeed very stable, but the Thunder continued to score, Mann scored three points to 70 draws, Holmgren and Isaiah Joe scored successively, Dort's layup also had a layup, the Clippers couldn't defend at all, Zubac slammed a dunk to stabilize the situation, Alexander shot, Leonard jumped, Zubac was Jalen Weigai one after another, Wiggins layup hit 2+1, the Clippers fell behind by 9 points, Coach Lu reluctantly called a timeout, but Wei Shao's layup was blocked again, Keady three-pointer, Coffey, Powell, Koffee, Powell, three layups, 17 points, Powell three points to stop the bleeding, the end of the third quarter, the Clippers 82-96, the Thunder 82-96.
Can the Clippers tie the score in the final quarter? Jalenway, Dort's layup, George's layup also went in, but it was not a simple thing, Holmgren 2 + 1, opened a 19-point gap, Harden 3 points to stop the bleeding, Keady 2 + 1, Harden 2 + 1, Kofei 2 + 1, Kofei layup, George three points, the Clippers began to fight back, but the Thunder did not give them this opportunity, Keady, Holmgren, Alexander, take turns to attack, the Clippers are also helpless, in the third quarter, they made too many mistakes, Lu Gui decisively replaced their bench, In the end, the Clippers lost 107-129.
Leonard scored 20 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 turnovers on 9-of-13, 0-of-2 from 2-of-2 free throws, and he has tried his best to save the team from the bottom several times, but neither George nor Leonard played as well as they should, which is also the biggest threat to the Clippers. George's performance was just too embarrassing, with 14 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6-of-16, George's performance was really unpredictable. Harden's performance was not very good, he played badly in the game, especially when George had no touch, Harden played very badly, and in the final stage of the game, he didn't even shoot three points.
When George didn't score, Leonard couldn't win the game alone, so the Clippers had to let Harden give it his all. Zubac had 13 rebounds and 12 rebounds, and his defense was blocked by Jalenway, and Mann had eight points, six rebounds and six assists. On the bench, Wei Shao only got one of nine, only two points and five assists, Powell got 19 points, two rebounds, three turnovers, and scored 14 points in the second quarter, becoming the team's anchor, while Coffey got eight points, three assists, and two steals. In the first game after the All-Star break, the Clippers suffered a big loss, which is not a good sign, and the weaknesses on the interior are obvious. After this game, the Clippers are still firmly in third place in the West, although the Denver-Hornets matchup continues at the start of this article, and perhaps the Clippers' position will change.
For the Thunder, Alexander had 31 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 blocks, 2 turnovers, 12 of 19, 3 of 3, 4 of 6, 4 of 6 free throws, the Clippers had nothing to do with him, Holmgren 17 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 turnovers, Jalen Williams, 18 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 blocks, 12, Keady 12, 5 rebounds, 1 block, 3 turnovers, the new Thunder four less, enviable, Dort, 19 points, 3 rebounds. After beating the Clippers, the Thunder are still in second place in the West with three wins.