Wei Shao withdrew due to injury, and the Clippers won by 25 points! Harden recovers, Kuzma is efficient!
Washington vs Clippers.
Perhaps no one would have expected that the Washington Wizards, who are at the bottom of the East, would be able to drag the Los Angeles Lakers into overtime. While the Wizards ultimately ended in failure, anything can happen in the NBA. It's worth noting that after the Wizards' loss, the Pistons, yes, the Pistons, a team that has lost 28 in a row this season, their winning percentage is unmatched. This shows how poor the Wizards' record is at the moment, but Poole has been very good since he came off the bench.
This time, the Wizards will continue to advance in the matchup with the Los Angeles Clippers. The Clippers were the most talked-about game, as they were outscored by 21 points in the final quarter, and James suppressed Leonard on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, while also sending the team into self-reflection.
Willis left the field with an injury.
At the beginning of the first quarter, Kuzma got into the groove, he shot 4 of 5, scored 11 points, 1 rebound and 1 steal; Poole had 4 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, scoring 30 points in the whole quarter; The Clippers scored 33 points; After George's return, he scored 11 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist on 5-of-6 shooting; Xiaoka 9 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist; Theis had seven points and two rebounds. Back on the court in the second quarter, Harden performed well, scoring 7 points on 7-of-9 shooting, 5-of-3 shooting, 21 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, leading the Clippers to 46 points in a single quarter with an unstoppable attitude, which was an unstoppable performance.
At halftime, Kuzma scored 15 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist on 6-of-9 shooting, but the team only scored 34 points, while the Clippers led the Wizards by 15 points at 79-64. In the second half, Willis went off early with a left arm injury, Leonard had 14 points, three rebounds and two assists, and Harden scored a team-high 31 points, including seven points, two assists and one block. The Wizards were powerless, Kuzma made 2 of 2 shots, scored only 4 points and 1 rebound, Kispert scored 5 points and 2 rebounds, and the whole team scored only 21 points in a single quarter, and the gap between the two sides has reached 25 points.
Leonard and Harden are gone, and George is off the bench, which is why they will be behind. The Wizards were not left behind, Kuzma and Bagley came on one after another, but the score did not shrink in the slightest. The Wizards weren't just a rotation player, and in the end the Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Washington Wizards 140-115 to end their two games.
Harden's dream at the top.
The Los Angeles Clippers ushered in a big victory, and Harden returned to his old form, shooting 9-of-13 from the field and hitting all three-pointers, scoring a team-high 28 points, four rebounds and eight assists. He holds the record for 21 highest scoring points in NBA history, and after Curry and Ray Allen, he shot over 2,900 three-point percentages. Leonard finished with 27 points, nine rebounds and four assists on 9-of-20 shooting. George had 22 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists. Mann had 12 points and three rebounds, and Bryant had 10 points and three assists. Willis finished with just six points and one assist on two of three shots.