On January 2, Beijing time, the Nets continued to sit at home to meet the Clippers, although the three main players of the Clippers hung up the exemption card, but they still stubbornly reversed, 120-116 beat the Nets to give the latter two consecutive losses! Harden scored 30 points and triple-doubles for the second consecutive game!
In the first half of the competition, Harden felt cold outside the touch of many three-point attempts without success, but the breakthrough remained aggressive, and through the needle lead tandem with the whole team, the individual half of 10 2 sent 8 points, 6 boards and 6 assists. Durant scored a steady 16 points, and the mid-range shot remained unsolvable. Combined with Mills, Ade and Clarkston, who combined to score 24 points, the Net took a four-point lead at halftime.
Entering the third quarter, Durant first scored 6 consecutive points, Harden also found his form and scored 2 three-pointers, and the Nets led to 9 points to stop the Clippers. After the timeout, Harden continued to hit and throw, then made three fouls on the outside and made all three free throws, followed by another shot and retreated three-pointers. At the end of the third quarter, the Nets extended their advantage to 7 points, and Harden scored 16 points, 4 boards and 5 assists in a single quarter!
In the final quarter, Harden came on a hit and pulled back from mid-range and committed a foul before grabbing his 10th rebound of the game to reach a triple-double. In the final 6 minutes, Harden easily broke through the layup to help the Nets lead to double digits, and personally cut 30+ in the fourth consecutive game! However, in the final stage, the Nets offense came to a standstill, the Clippers played a climax to complete the rebound, and in the last 23 seconds, Mann hit a key three-pointer in the bottom corner, and finally the Clippers completed the reversal with a maximum of 13 points behind.
In the whole game, Durant scored 28 points, 9 boards and 3 assists on 11 of 24 shots, Harden scored 9 points on 22 of 3 points, 3 of 3 free throws, 15 shots, 13 of 13 air cut 34 points, 12 boards and 13 assists, and scored a triple-double for the third time in his last four games! For the fourth consecutive game, he delivered at least 30 points and 10 assists to continue to set a new Nets record, but unfortunately failed to help the team win.