** Fans Incentive Plan The Clippers beat the Wizards 140-115 at home, and after being beaten by the Lakers by 21 points in the last game, the team needs to quench their thirst with a victory. The Wizards became an outlet for the Clippers, and it was known from the course of the game that the Clippers wanted to look aggressive at the beginning, and the Clippers led by 3 points in the first quarter. In the second quarter, Harden went crazy, he scored 21 points in a single quarter and dreamed of returning to the Rockets, and under such a crazy blow, the Clippers scored 46 points in a single quarter, once stretching the difference to 15 points.
In the second half, Harden's offense was still efficient, and Leonard also entered offensive mode, and he killed the basket many times, and the Wizards couldn't do anything at all. At the end of the third quarter, the margin reached more than 20 points, and the final quarter almost became garbage time. In the whole game, the Clippers Big Three were on fire, Harden had 28 points, 4 boards, 8 assists and 3 hats, 9 of 13 shots, 6 of 9 three-pointers, Leonard's hand was generally 9 of 20 and got 27 points, 9 boards and 4 assists, this shooting rate was inefficient for Kazi, George came back to score 22 points in 8 of 15, and the Big Three 77 + 19 + 15.
It's worth mentioning that this season, when Harden, George and Jr. all scored 20+, the Clippers had a 6-0 record. This can explain the chemistry between the Big Three, as long as Tyronn Lue doesn't play tricks. In the last quarter of the last game, Tyronn Lue once put on a lineup of Plumlee, Westbrook and Tucker, plus Harden and Kazi, which was simply a Lakers ATM. Tyronn Lue didn't dare to play today, and didn't dare to give Tucker for a minute. Because Tyronn Lue understands that the next game will not be easy.
The Clippers are heading for a crazy March, with a league-high 17 games in a single month, including eight top-six playoff powerhouses, four back-to-backs, and 10 on the road. If there is one sentence, the Clippers are ushering in the devil's schedule. So Harden is the key to whether the Clippers' record can go further, because George has announced after the game that he may not play back-to-back games. After all, he has just returned from injury, especially the next game against the Timberwolves and Bucks, and the news revealed by George is that he doesn't want to play.
And then everyone knows that for the playoffs, it is generally a stop-and-go game, so the direction of the Clippers has come to the helm of Harden again. And there are no players who have reduced the burden on Harden, Wei Shao was unlucky to be injured today, suffering a fracture of his left hand, and the news revealed by Tyronn Lue is not optimistic. If Wei Shao undergoes surgery, he may be reimbursed for the season, and Wei Shao's comeback time is temporarily indefinite. We all know that it is a negative effect for you to let Wei Shao play for more than 15 minutes, but Wei Shao, who strictly limits the time, is indeed okay.
At least Willis can give Harden a breather, and Tyronn Lue's new decision is to play Hyland as point guard, and Harden's take on that decision is that he will give Hyland some advice. So the situation of the Clippers is not optimistic, and now Tyronn Lue doesn't dare to play Harden without the ball, and the next thing is to give the ball to Harden. Leonard and George also said after the game that if the team wants to win, they will resolutely give the ball to Harden and unconditionally believe in Harden's choice. When he was in the Nets, the team was left with Harden, and Nash just didn't let Harden play the single-core leading team mode.
Nash configured James Johnson and other refusal shots for Harden, and then hid Thomas and Sharpe, who worked well with Harden. Now it's time for the Clippers to come into play with Harden's system, and if the Clippers want to keep pushing up, they need to go back to their previous winning streak. The playoffs don't need you to try new tricks like Tyronn Lue, the playoffs are all about individual star ability. Just like Durant felt that Kerr's pass-and-cut system was not as good as a star's singles in the playoffs. Kerr himself said that the most effective thing is to give the ball to Durant and Curry, and passing and cutting the ball is just a toy to get through the boring regular season. Now the Clippers are the same, how is it not a tactic to give the ball to James?