On February 3, 2024, Beijing time, the Clippers continued their Eastern Conference tour, challenging the league's bottom-ranked Pistons away, and finally defeated the Pistons 136-125 to win two consecutive victories.
After this game, the Clippers have a record of 32 wins and 15 losses, and continue to consolidate the third place in the West. Since December, the Clippers have a 24-5 recordIt is one of the hottest teams in the league, and looking back at the 11th place in the West at the beginning of the season, the Clippers are now soaring like rockets.
In the first quarter of the game, the Pistons who fought at home were in a very good state, making a perfect start of 20-6, while the Clippers' Harden and George's two cores did not feel good, but fortunately, Leonard scored 12 points alone and Wei Shao played 5 points and 5 assists, and the two led the Clippers to support by 6 points, and at the end of the first quarter, the Clippers trailed the Pistons by 6 points at 27-33.
In the second quarter of the game, the Clippers team's hand warmed up, gradually reflecting the strength of the strong team, Leonard scored 9 points on 3-of-3 three-point shooting in this quarter, Harden also ushered in the first sports battle after 0 in 6, Wei Shao scored 5 points on 2-of-2 shooting, and the Clippers scored 38 points in the second quarter, and completed the overtake at the end of the first half, leading the Pistons by 6 points at 65-59.
In the second half, the Clippers who returned from the break completely took over the game, Leonard felt hot three-point bullets, Plumlee and Wei Shao blossomed inside and out, Wei Shao scored 7 points in 3 of 4 in this quarter, and the Clippers led the Pistons by 101-90 by 11 points in the third quarter.
In the final quarter, George, who only scored 8 points in the first three quarters, scored 10 points in a single quarter, and the Clippers maintained a double-digit lead steadily, and the game lost suspense as time passed, and finally the Clippers reversed the Pistons and won easily.
This game, the ClippersLeonardArguably the biggest contributor to the team's victory, he scored 21 points on 7-of-10 shooting in the first half, helping the team to overtake the score at halftime when they trailed by as many as 14 points in the first quarter. The whole audience he was tallHe finished with 33 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block on 12-of-17 shooting, including 6-of-8 three-pointers and 3-of-3 free throws, and 0 turnovers, plus/minus +18,Scored 30+ points in three consecutive games.
Another big contributor to the Clippers' win was coming off the benchWei ShaoHe played 25 minutes, shooting 10-of-13 from the field, 2-of-3 from three-point range, and 1-of-2 from the free-throw line to finish with 23 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists and 2 steals. With the 23 points scored in this game, Wei Shao's career total points in the regular seasonJust reached 25,000 points, becoming the first pair in history to score more than 25,000 career points in the same season with HardenAfter the game, Wei Shao took the game ball as a commemoration, and Leonard also got up to applaud Wei Shao for the first time. In addition,Westbrook is the 25th player in NBA history to score 25,000 pointsAmong active players, only James and he can do 25,000 points, 9,000 assists and 8,000 reboundsHistorically, only Wei Shao has done it as a defender.
After the game, Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said in an interview with reporters about Willis, "Willis has at least saved the team's game this season. He plays every game with passion and energy. gave wei shao a very high evaluation , and also said that in addition to xiaoka , george , wei shao and harden are also all-stars in his heart .
George had 18 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals and 1 block on 8-of-16 shooting; Harden was in poor form, shooting only 1 of 10, 0 of 5 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, 4 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 steal, with a plus/minus of +8;Amir Coffey 14 points, 4 rebounds and 4 steals; Putramley 12 points and 9 rebounds; Powell 15 points and 5 rebounds; Terence Mann 12 points.
Piston'sCunningham had 16 points and 11 assists on 7-of-17 shootingAttack; Bojan Bogdanovic finished with 26 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists on 9-of-13 shooting, including 6-of-9 three-pointers and 2-of-2 free throws. No. 25 rookie Marcus Suser was 8-of-10, including 5-of-6 from three-point range, and finished with 21 points, 1 rebound and 2 assistsAttack; Gallinari 11 points; Jalen Duren 11 points and 13 rebounds; Jaden Ivey finished with 28 points, seven rebounds and three assists on 11-of-18 shooting, 3-of-8 three-pointers and 3-of-6 free throws；No. 5 pick Osar Thompson was 1-of-4 with 3 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 1 block.