In an NBA game that ended today, the Clippers defeated the Wizards 140-115, there was no suspense in the process, the Clippers led by 3 points in the first quarter, Harden suddenly broke out in the second quarter, the Clippers extended the difference to double digits, and the third quarter was still a one-sided situation, Leonard took over the game, the difference exceeded 20 points, and the final quarter was completely reduced to garbage time. In terms of statistics, Harden scored 28 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 blocks and 3 turnovers, Leonard 27 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, George 22 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, Mann 12 points and 3 rebounds, Coffey 10 points and 3 assists, Wei Shao 6 points, and exited the game in the second half because of a fracture in his left hand, Powell had 9 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.
Since entering the All-Star level, the Clippers have changed teams, and losing to the Thunder is barely acceptable, but losing to the Kings is certainly incomprehensible, and the Clippers in that game give us the feeling that it seems to be back to when Harden first arrived, with chaotic tactics, terrible defense, and stubborn use of Tyronn Lue. In the face of the Lakers, the Clippers were ahead by a large score, and the final quarter was actually blown up by James alone, obviously, the Clippers need to make adjustments as soon as possible, the most obvious point is that Tucker is really old, as long as he plays, he will lose points, it is better to abandon it directly, Tucker will let him go if he wants to lose his temper. In addition, the rotation of Lue's coach in the transition phase also needs to be changed, and Willis, Tucker and Plumlee cannot be on the court at the same time, because these three are not good offensively and defensively.
Looking at this game, Tucker did not appear again, the Clippers finally got some improvement, Harden is undoubtedly the biggest contributor to the victory, the beard sometimes hesitates on the offensive end and the organizational end, but looking back at the previous games, we found that when Harden cut high scores, the Clippers often win easily, or Harden has to ensure at least 12 shots, such a Clippers are the strongest, just like the second quarter of the game, Harden suddenly broke out, flew and threw to cause 2+1, and hit Poole with three points, and then hit three points, Harden went down to earth, the Wizards were a little panicked, and began to wrap Harden, but the beard was unreasonable, the difficult pull rod made 2+1, shot three points and scored, and in the entire second quarter, Harden scored a total of 21 points, hammering the Wizards.
Harden in the Rockets period is a super scorer, but at the end of his career, Harden no longer pursues data, and he only wants his teammates to play during the 76ers period and the Clippers period, but from the perspective of fans, they must all hope that Harden can be full of firepower, and in the third quarter, in the first half of the season, Harden still focused on offense, attacking the frame to create damage, hitting three-pointers, and in the second half, Harden stopped shooting and began to assist Leonard. Overall, for the rest of the game, Harden should continue today's style of play, first exert force on the offensive end, especially when the hand is hot, Harden does not need to restrain himself, he should shoot, in fact, his teammates are also happy to see you cut high scores, or Harden will attack more in the first half, and then revitalize his teammates in the second half.
Leonard is also an important contributor to the win, the first half of the small card play can only be regarded as decent, into the second half of the third quarter, Leonard replaced Harden to take over the game, singles cut 4 points in a row, break through to make fouls, dunk points, soar into three-pointers, two-handed dunks, Leonard made a big move, contributed 14 points in a single quarter, and the small card and beard dominated a quarter of the game respectively. Of course, we can't ignore George, who contributed 11 points in the first quarter and was in pretty good shape after his comeback, and then Leonard and Harden didn't play again in the final quarter, and George led the Clippers to withstand the Wizards' offense. In addition to the Big Three, Mann's performance is also remarkable, and there is also Coffey on the bench, who handed over 4-of-4 shooting, which is worth reusing, and the only thing that needs to be complained about is Plumlee, who is inefficient and has many turnovers.
Leonard was interviewed after the game, and when talking about the team's ranking, Jr. said: "It doesn't matter if we're in No. 1 or No. 4, we have to get better, we want to make sure we stay in the top six, we just have to try to do our best every day, that's what we're aiming for," Leonard meant very understandably, he didn't care about rankings, as long as the Clippers could keep improving. And then that's the point, when it comes to Harden's performance, Leonard replied: "Harden brings leadership, I mean, the whole team has improved because of him, he's a game-changing player, we just have to give him the ball and then you just have to watch him play as a spectator." ”
This statement is simply understood to be handing the ball to Harden, and it can be seen that Leonard wants Harden to shoot more and score more, not only Leonard, George also said a similar point in an interview before, and the whole Clippers team hopes that Harden can play aggressively, rather than just thinking about passing. Finally, Harden was also interviewed for the season, and the beard said: "My ** will do something for those hopeless kids, and seeing those kids, I feel like that's my old self, and I think Wei Shao feels the same way as me, and I hope I can play some seasons here (the Clippers) and retire here so that I can continue to be influential off the court," Harden made a commitment that he wanted to stay with the Clippers for a long time.