On March 7, 2024, Beijing time, the regular season continued, the Los Angeles Clippers challenged the Houston Rockets away, the two teams have already met once this season, when the Clippers narrowly defeated the Rockets 106-100 at home, and after four quarters of fighting today, the Clippers narrowly defeated the Rockets 122-116, a 20-point reversal!
At the beginning of the first quarter, Jalenger broke through and scored a layup, and Zubaz failed to play Shen Jing on the inside. In the games that followed, the Rockets used their speed and tempo to shock their opponents. Shin Kyung is still in good form after setting a career-high 45 points. With two minutes left in the game, the Rockets took a 10-point lead at 24:14. Both players came off the bench and Whitmore came up and hit a three-pointer. At the end of the first quarter, the Rockets led 27-19.
In the second quarter, the Clippers made consecutive jumpers to narrow the gap to four points. Subsequently, the Rockets transferred Lao Fan and Shen Jing, and the offense immediately improved, expanding the difference to 11 points. The Clippers sent Harden and the offense improved. Whitmore scored back-to-back fast-push layups and hit three-pointers, and VanVleet hit a long-range three-pointer to extend the Rockets' lead to 20 points. Then the Clippers scored five straight points, and Shin Kyung scored on a throw. The Clippers hit another small high-swing, with Harden scoring on a counter and Dillon hitting a three-pointer. At halftime, the Rockets led 57-44.
In the second half, Smith Jr. hit a three-pointer, George hit a mid-range shot, Mann also hit a three-pointer, Plumlee scored a dunk, and VanVleet's three-pointer stabilized the situation. The Clippers got into shape, George also hit a three-pointer, but Green hit a three-pointer in the fourth quarter, and the two teams played inseparable, and the Rockets always had a way to deal with it. Leonard still hit a jumper in the final minute of the game, and the third quarter ended up allowing the Clippers to chase 80-86.
In the fourth quarter of the game, Shen Jing continued to score in a row, and Hyland broke through, but Harden still scored multiple offenses to chase close to 3 points. Brooks scored a breakaway and Whitmore hit a three-pointer, and the Rockets held the lead well. Although the Clippers fought back under the leadership of Leonard and George, the score came to 99-101, but Powell and Harden still had a chance to regain the lead. Shin Kyung missed at the free throw line and Harden missed a three-pointer, but George's offensive rebounding score and a 2+1 from the small card allowed the Clippers to regain the lead. In the end, Harden's four free throws and a steal became the key to the Clippers' comeback from the Rockets, who reversed the Rockets 122-116.
The Clippers Big Three were really ruthless today. Leonard went on 11-of-18 shooting and 5-of-5 free throws to finish with 28 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals, with a plus/minus of +9In the fourth quarter, there were no missed shots, 4 of 4 shots, and 10 points were cut; In the first half, George only scored 2 points, 4 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block on 1-of-6 shooting; But in the second half, he scored 10 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists on 4-of-7 shooting in the third quarter, and in the final quarter, George made 2-of-2 three-pointers and 3-of-3 free throws to score 9 points and 2 rebounds.
The Clippers once trailed by 20 points, and completed the comeback in the final quarter, and the Clippers' Big Three are still strong.
In the last game, the Clippers suffered a big reversal from the Bucks, which received a lot of criticism and questioning, after all, the Bucks lacked a letter brother in this game, but in the case of a large lead, the Clippers were reversed by the Bucks in the fourth quarter of the game and lost the game, playing with fire.
The most exciting scene in the game is Whitmore's actual windmill dunk, Hyland was stealing the ball, and Whitmore got the ball and staged a windmill dunk with a quick attack, the action was done in one go, which was very stretching and ornamental. The White Devil's strength, bounce, and feel are hard to believe that he fell to the 20th pick! However, today's top 10 balls have been booked!!
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