The NBA regular season continued to be in full swing, with the Clippers going to Milwaukee to challenge the Bucks back-to-back after upsetting the Timberwolves on the road. After the All-Star break, the Bucks maintained a good record of winning all five games and were hailed as the favorites to win the championship. In this game, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Chris Middleton, Bembcher, and Russell Westbrook are out due to injury, and Beverley is mentioned to start with Lillard, Beasley, Crowder and Brook Lopez. The Clippers' starting five are Small, Harden, George, Mann and Zubac. Lillard, who led the team with a single core, attracted a lot of attention in this game. It is worth mentioning that Lillard's team previously faced the Clippers on a nine-game losing streak. In addition, the physical fitness of the Clippers will also be severely tested in this game. Harden only relied on free throws to score 4 points on 0-of-10 shooting in the game, and whether this game can achieve ** is also a big attraction.
Lillard Portis 69 20, Bucks 15 points against the Clippers! Harden George scored 58 points, and the small card was sluggish
At the beginning of the first quarter, George and Da Luo shot three-pointers, Lillard hit a high jumper, Harden scored a throw, and Zubac hit two free throws. Lillard hit a three-pointer from beyond the arc, Crowder hit an outside shot, George scored from mid-range, and Mann scored a strong layup to score points. Lillard hit 2 free throws, George and Lillard shot long-range shots, Jr. scored 4 points in a row on a single, and Lillard hit another three-pointer. Portis scored on a throw, and Harden scored nine points on consecutive free throws before blocking Lillard.
Lillard hit a shot to stop the bleeding for the Bucks. Theis and Hyland attacked from the outside, and the Clippers went on a 15-2 offensive frenzy to overtake by 10 points. Connaughton made two free throws, and Hyland scored on a layup. At the end of the first quarter, the Clippers led 35-25, Lillard scored 15 points in a single quarter, Harden scored 11 points, and Jr. made 3 steals.
In the second quarter, George and Beverley fought in the middle and long distance, Portis and Coffey faced each other in the low post, and George scored again in the middle distance. The Clippers took an 11-point lead, Connaughton hit a board, Portis scored two straight shots in the low post, the Bucks went on a 6-0 run, and Tyronn Lue called a timeout. George scored in the air, Portis hooked up for points, Theis hit a throw, and Doug Rivers called a timeout.
Beverley hit 2+1 and George made 1 of 2 free throws. Harden throws, Lillard misses, and Powell dunks. Beverley hit an outside shot, Lillard scored two layups, and the Bucks responded with a 7-0 run to make the difference just two points. Zubac scored with a hook shot, the small card dunked, Lillard complained about the free throw and ate a technical foul, and the small card hit a free throw. Da Lo blocked Mann's dunk and the Clippers led 55-48 at halftime. The Bucks didn't score a point in the final 3:05 of the quarter.
In the first half, George had 15 points and 2 rebounds, Jr. had 7 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, Zubac had 4 points and 6 rebounds, and Harden had 13 points, 5 assists and 1 steal. Beverley had 9 points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals, Lillard had 19 points and 3 rebounds, and Portis had 10 points and 4 rebounds.
Rematch, George steals, Mann makes 2 free throws. Lillard scored points on a layup, and Harden assisted Zubac on an empty dunk to get the color in the air. George missed back-to-back long-range shots, Smallcard hit a three-pointer, Lillard made two free throws, and Harden scored from the outside. Lillard made a layup, and the small card continued the hot outside touch, and the Clippers led by 14 points. Harden missed 2 free throws and Da Luo made 2 free throws. George hit a long shot, and Da Luo missed 2 free throws. Harden misses and George fouls.
Connaughton and Lillard made 3 free throws, Harden and Connaughton shot three-pointers, Portis made a rebound, Lillard made 2 free throws, and the Bucks played a 7-0 offensive run. Powell blocked Lillard, and Coffey and Xiaoka hit jump shots one after another to stop the bleeding for the Clippers. Portis made a strong attack in the box, Powell made 1 of 2 free throws, and Theis scored in the box. Lillard made two free throws and Beasley scored from the outside. At the end of the third quarter, the Bucks trailed 73-81, with Lillard contributing 11 points in a single quarter, Harden 6 points, and Jr. 8 points.
In the final quarter, Beasley made a steal, but then made a turnover. George missed 2 free throws, the two teams hit consecutive outside irons, Gallinari made a dunk, Portis hit a three-pointer, the difference was only 3 points, and the Bucks saw the hope of a comeback to win. Harden singled Lillard and hit 2+1 to stop the bleeding for the Clippers, Green and Harden shot long-range shots, and Lillard and Harden each scored 2+1. Beasley scored on a layup after a steal, and Harden made 1 of 2 free throws. Portis scored with a hook shot, and the small card missed consecutive outside shots, and George made two free throws, but then he committed his fifth foul.
Gallinari made two free throws, George and Lillard exchanged three-pointers, and George missed the free throw. Tyronn Lue called a timeout, Powell missed a long shot from the buzzer, and Beverley hit a 3-pointer to tie the score. Harden was stealed, Lillard made a layup, the small card was blocked by Da Luo, Green hit a long-range three-pointer, Portis scored in the low post, and then made all two free throws, Milwaukee played a 15-0 offensive frenzy to take a nine-point lead. The Clippers continued to hit iron from the outside, and Powell hit a long-range shot to break the scoring drought. Lillard's layup was blocked by a small card, who grabbed the rebound and was fouled, and then made 1 of 2 free throws. Portis hooked up to score and George hit the iron from the outside.
Beverley assisted Portis on an open shot, and the Bucks led by 10 points to seal the win. Harden missed from the outside, and Lillard made two free throws. George scored on a long-range shot, Da Luo made 1 of 2 free throws, George hit another three points, and the game ran out. In the end, the Bucks reversed their opponents 113-106 and staged a 15-point comeback. The Clippers trailed 25-40 in the fourth quarter and collapsed in the final quarter.
Bucks backcourt giant Damian Lillard played 42 minutes, shooting 12-of-22, 4-of-9 from three-point range, 13-of-13 from the free-throw line, and blasting 41 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal. Lillard scored 19 points in the first half, 22 in the second half, and 11 points each in the third and final quarters. Lillard scored a game-high 55 percent shooting and was unstoppable on the offensive end. Statistics show: This is the first time in Lillard's career that he has scored 40+ against the Clippers.
Bucks interior stalwart Bobby Portis played 30 minutes off the bench, shooting 12-of-18, 2-of-4 from 3-point range, 2-of-2 from the free-throw line, and a big double-double of 28 points, 16 rebounds and 2 assists. Portis shot 67 percent from the field, the second-highest score on the team. Moreover, Portis is also the rebounding king of this game.
In the final quarter, Portis was like a god descending from heaven to give what he wanted on the offensive end. At the decisive moment, Portis successfully scored 9 points in 4 consecutive singles and became the hero of the victory. Portis, who scored 14 points and 7 rebounds in the final quarter, went berserk on both offensive and defensive ends and went completely crazy. The stats show that Portis is the first substitute to cut 25+15 this season. Portis led the field with a plus/minus of +14.
Lillard and Portis combined for 69 points, 20 rebounds and 6 assists, and the two went completely crazy and led the team to set off an offensive frenzy in the final quarter, which was the key to the Bucks' 15-point comeback opponent.
James Harden, the Clippers' backcourt superstar, played 37 minutes, shooting 9-of-16, 5-of-10 from three-point range and 6-of-9 from the free-throw line, scoring a team-high 29 points plus four rebounds, eight assists and one block. Harden was a great performer on the offensive end, scoring 13 points in the first half and scoring 10 straight points in the final quarter. However, Harden had no presence in the second half of the fourth quarter and was completely invisible.
Clippers forward Paul George played 36 minutes, shooting 10-of-17, 6-of-10 from three-point range, and 3-of-7 from the free-throw line, finishing with 29 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, and 5 fouls. George scored a team-high score, hit the most long-range shots of the game, and was outstanding on the offensive end.
Harden and George combined to score 58 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists and 2 steals, leading the team to a 15-point lead at one point. However, Lillard and Portis' outbursts in the final quarter undone Harden and George's efforts.
The Clippers' star Xiaoka played 37 minutes, shooting 6-of-19 from the field, 2-of-8 from three-point range, and 2-of-3 from the free-throw line, scoring 16 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals and 1 block. Xiaoka's hand was cold, and he only shot 32% from the field and dropped to 25% from three-point range. As the steal king of the game, Xiaoka performed well on the defensive end.
However, when the bucks set off a crazy counterattack at the end of the festival, Xiaoka was completely lost. In the fourth quarter, the small card was 0 of 4, 0 of 3 three-pointers, and 1 of 2 free throws, and only scored 1 point, which was also an important reason for the Clippers' tragic reversal.
For the Clippers, Zubac had 6 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists, Powell had 6 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Coffey had 4 points, and Theis had 7 points and 6 rebounds.
For the Bucks, Beverley had 12 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 steals, and three points + steals in the final quarter led a wave of reversals and was able to slash his old master. Da Lo had 6 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, Green had 6 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, Connaughton had 8 points, and Gallinari had 4 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.
Lillard scored 41 points and the Bucks reversed the Clippers in the final quarter