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At 11 o'clock Beijing time on February 26, the Los Angeles Clippers will welcome the Sacramento Kings game, which is the highlight of the NBA regular season. Prior to this game, the Clippers were third in the West, 37-18. The Clippers have only 3 wins and 3 losses in their last six league games, and the overall situation is not good. Of course, after a long season, the Clippers have moved into fourth place in the West, and overall they have a high win rate. They are one of the most luxurious teams in the NBA, and with Willis under their leadership, they can easily make the playoffs. Harden, Leonard, George, these people are very humble and willing to contribute to the team, the Clippers are very cohesive, the whole team is very cohesive, and this is the biggest reason why they won the championship.
Conversely, the Kings were seventh ahead of this game, 32-23. The team, which is considered the biggest dark horse in the West, did not make the All-Star Game this season, with Fox and Sabonis not selected. Fox is averaging 26 per game this season8 points, 41 rebound, 56 assists, 1With nine steals, he averaged 74 points per game so far, the most in the league. Conversely, Sa has averaged 20 per game this season2 points 132 rebounds, an average of 2-13 per game in the league2 rebounds are at the top of the list and the highest in the league. You know, Xiao Sa faced Jokic, Brown, and Towns this season, a total of 6-0.
In this game, both sides were starters, Kings, Fox, Hurt, Barnes, Keegan Murray, Sabonis, Clippers, Mann, Zubac, Harden, Leonard, Powell. Paul George missed a league game with a knee injury. After Zubac jumped the ball, the Clippers controlled the ball, Zubac turned and made a layup, Mann returned a beautiful layup, Barnes grabbed a rebound, Murray made a three-point shot in the restricted area, Powell made a 45-degree three-pointer, and Barnes made a big stride three-pointer! Fox hit two empty baskets.
At the beginning of the first quarter, the two sides attacked and defended each other, and each other won and lost. Willis scored two points on a fast breakaway, and Leonard also scored two points, and at the end of the first quarter, the Clippers led the Kings by three points at 28-25. In the second quarter, Fox took the ball in the half, forced a breakthrough, scored a layup, Theis Dragonfly penalty, jumped in the air, and Fox came to a fierce layup, and then at the free throw line, two free throws in a row, Duarte's three-point hit, Harden stepped in Europe, grabbed two points, Harden took this opportunity, another three-pointer, and then another three-pointer, he ate Sack Jr. in the restricted area and threw the ball into the basket! The Kings were the first team to equalize. The Kings opened the scoring with a layup from Sa Jr. and a mid-range shot from Fox to help the Kings stretch the score to five points.
For the Clippers, Harden's three-point shooting percentage was low, the small card was not as good as before, and with George's absence, the Clippers had a seven-point lead at 58-51 in the first half. In the second quarter, Hurt made a three-point cross, Xiao Sa passed, Barnes scored three points, Zubac dunked, Powell scored three points, and Monk also shot through Yang on the three-point line, pulling the score to 10 points, and the Clippers had no chance at all. Shawka's form was getting worse and worse, Harden couldn't help, and Zubac and Mann played well, scoring both free throws.
After three quarters, the Kings outscored the Clippers by nine points, 89-80. The cooperation between Wei Shao and Harden scored four points as soon as they came up, but the Kings where Monk is located are even stronger, they continue to attack the basket, Fox and Barnes are all at the last moment, helping the Kings lose to the Clippers 123-107, ranking fifth in the West, and the Clippers fell from third to fourth in the West.
The Kings' Daron Fox finished with 33 points, six rebounds, seven assists and three steals. Harrison Barnes 22 points. Domantas Sabonis had 17 points, 15 rebounds and 12 assists. Kevin Herbert had 15 points and three rebounds, and Malik Monk had 12 assists. 21 points, Clippers' Norman Powell. Kawhi Leonard had 20 points, eight rebounds, three assists and four steals. James Harden had 20 points, five rebounds, and eight assists, and he had a very good performance. Ivica Zubac had 16 points and six rebounds; Terence Mann had 14 points, six rebounds and four assists.