On March 7, 2024, Beijing time, in today's NBA game, the 27-34 Rockets hosted the 39-21 Clippers, the Rockets fought back-to-back, they defeated the Spurs yesterday, do they still have enough physical strength to fight with the Clippers today? The Clippers were defeated by the Bucks who lacked the letter brother 2 days ago, and today they are aiming to be strong**, can the Clippers do it? Clippers starters: Harden + Mann + George + Leonard + Zubac, Rockets starters: VanVleet + Jalen Green + Dillon + Smith + Shin Jing.
In the first quarter of the game, Jalen Green and Shen Jing scored 4 points in a row, Mann and Harden scored 5 points in a row in response, Smith made 1 of 2 free throws, Harden responded with a layup, the Clippers led by 2 points, VanVleet, Jalen Green, and Smith scored in a row, and the Clippers only Leonard scored, the Rockets overtook 6 points, Theis and Harden chased the difference to 1 point, Thompson, Jalen Green, Shen Jing, and Whitmore played 12-0, the Rockets led by 13 points, Powell and Hyland scored, and the Rockets led 27-19 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, Landale made a rebound, the Rockets led by 10 points, George, Zubac, and Coffey chased the difference to 4 points, Holiday , Whitmore, and Thompson expanded the difference to 13 points, Leonard shot in the middle, Whitmore scored 5 points in a row, Holiday scored 3 points, and the difference was 18 points, Leonard made a layup, Shen Jing and VanVleet responded, and the difference came to 20 points, Mann, Leonard, Powell, and Harden chased the difference to 10 points, Dillon scored 5 points in a row, Leonard made a layup, and the Rockets led 57-44 at halftime.
Shen Jing had 9 points, 13 boards, 6 assists and 2 steals on 4-of-9 shooting in the half, Whitmore had 12 points and 1 board, Leonard had 12 points and 3 boards on 5-of-9 shooting for the Clippers, Harden had 10 points and 4 boards on 4-of-8 shooting, and George had 2 points and 4 boards on 1-of-6 shooting.
In the third quarter of the game, Plumlee started in place of Zubac, Smith scored three points, the Rockets led by 16 points, George, Mann, and Plumlee played 7-0, and the difference was chased to 9 points, and after a pause, VanVleet, Smith, and Jalen Green scored continuously, although Plumlee and George responded, but the difference expanded to 14 points, Leonard, Mann, and George chased the difference to 8 points, Smith scored three points, Jalen Green scored 5 points in a row, George scored three points, Mann, and Theis dunked, the difference was 9 points, Landale made 2 free throws and 2 hits, Leonard, Theis, Mann and Hyland chased the difference to 4 points, Shen Jing and Dillon scored 4 points in a row, and Leonard hit a mid-range shot to lead 86-80 in the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter of the game, Shen Jing scored 4 points in a row, the Rockets led by 10 points, Hyland made a layup, Dillon responded with a layup, Harden was fouled on three points, 3 of 3 free throws, a difference of 7 points, Thompson made a layup, Harden and Plumlee chased points, the difference was 5 points, Dillon shot and Whitmore scored three points, Harden made a layup, George scored three points, Plumlee received an empty catch, the difference was only 3 points, Whitmore shot, Leonard scored three points, the difference was 2 points to stop the game, and Shen Jing and VanVleet scored continuously after the pause, Powell and Leonard teamed up to chase the points, and the two sides were tied, Shen Jing made 1 of 2 free throws, George made three points, Leonard shot 2 + 1, the Clippers overtook by 5 points, with 2 minutes left in the game, Smith scored three points, Powell made 1 of 2 free throws, VanVleet technical foul, George made 3 of 3 free throws, Jalen Green made a mistake, Harden made 2 of 2 free throws, the difference was 8 points, there were 37 seconds left in the game, Shen Jing dunked, Harden made 2 of 2 free throws, Shen Jing made a layup, the game was over, the Clippers beat the Rockets 122-116, and completed a big reversal when they were once behind by 20 points.
Leonard had 28 points, 6 boards, 7 assists and 2 steals on 11-of-18 shooting, Harden had 21 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists on 6-of-13 shooting, George had 21 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists on 7-of-15 shooting, Mann had 15 points and 2 boards, Powell had 12 points and 2 boards, and Plumlee had 8 points and 11 boards.
Shen Jing scored 23 points, 19 rebounds and 14 assists on 10-of-19 shootingHe set a career record for assists, with 12 assists previously, and the 21-year-old posted his fourth triple-double, continuing the Rockets' all-time record for a 21-year-old。Smith had 19 points and two boards, Whitmore had 17 points and two boards, VanVleet had 15 points, four boards and eight assists, Jalen Green had 15 points and three boards, and Dillon had 11 points, two boards and three assists.
The Clippers remained in fourth place in the West after the win, but the gap with the third-place Nuggets narrowed to 15 games, the gap with the second-place Thunder has narrowed to 2 games, the gap between the top four in the West has narrowed, and the ranking of the top four in the West is still very variable.