On February 13, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued to unfold, and the Clippers lost 100-121 to the Timberwolves at home and missed the chance to rise to the first place in the West. In this game, the Clippers were able to bite the score in the first half, but suddenly collapsed in the second half, and the opponent was beaten 19-40 in a single quarter, and the point difference was also opened, and the Timberwolves directly opened the point difference to more than 20 points in the final quarter, and the game lost suspense early.
This is a battle for the first place in the West, the Timberwolves showed a good state, the intensity of the two teams is still quite large, and the Clippers relied on a small lineup to take the initiative in the second quarter, a wave of 20-6 offensive directly overtook the score, and took a 4-point lead at halftime. But in the second half, the Clippers suddenly lost fire, completely suppressed by the Timberwolves, and the effect of the small lineup was not good.
This time, the Clippers' disadvantage on the inside was exposed, and they were directly blown up, and the inside score fell behind 42-64, and the gap was still very large. With Zubac unable to limit the opposing side, the height disadvantage in the small lineup is still obvious, and Gobert has also completed the dunk on Leonard, which still needs to be improved. None of the Clippers scored 20+ points in the whole game, which was also the third time this season; The 21-point defeat was also the second-largest loss margin of the season, and the last time was a 37-point rout to the Celtics.
The reason why the Clippers lost their opponents completely, the Big Four are also rare, and it is understandable that they lost. This time, the Clippers shot just 40 percent from the field5%, Leonard only 18 points in 8 of 17, George scored 18 points in 5 of 16, Harden scored 17 points in 5 of 13, Wei Shao scored 11 points in 3 of 11, no one shot more than 50%, and some adjustments need to be made.
George hit two three-pointers in this game, bringing the Clippers' career three-point shooting tally to 739, surpassing Piakowski (738) and becoming the Clippers' all-time three-point leader. It's a pity that George failed to continue the form of the last game and did not bring firepower support to the team, and losing the game can also see the gap for the Clippers and can continue to improve.