With the Cacho combination absent one after another and the team being bullied one after another, the Clippers finally reacted before. They traded guards Eric Bledsoe, Stys Winslow, Keane Johnson and a future second-round pick to the Blazers, thus getting guards Norman Powell and Robert Covington. To a certain extent, this operation of the Clippers can indeed change the shortcomings of no one on the scoring end at this stage, and can also effectively improve the lethality of the team's offensive end when the Cacho combination returns to the game in the future.
However, in the first game after completing the trade, they met the aspiring Champions, and lost by 24 points to their opponents with a score of 113-137. The situation doesn't seem to ease, but Powell's stunning 28-point debut in Los Angeles gives us plenty of reason to believe that the Clippers have endless possibilities. This game away to challenge the Western Conference dark horse Memphis Grizzlies, Powell, who handed over 28 points in a single game, how should he lead the team to deal with it? Let's wait and see.
In the first quarter, the Grizzlies, who played at home, did not give the Clippers a chance to breathe, and at one point they played a 38-27 single-quarter score with the successive threats of Morant and Jarren Jr. After taking an 11-point lead at the start, the Grizzlies, who entered the second quarter, were able to follow suit and continue to widen the point difference between the two teams. Jaren Jr. continued to make a threat, shooting 5 of 5 in a single quarter, shooting 2 of 3, sending 9 points and 4 rebounds, and Morant also had 7 points and 1 rebound, once again helping the team to play a 32-28 score. At the end of the first half of the game, the difference between the two sides has reached 15 points!
The point difference has been widened one after another, and no one would have thought that the Grizzlies who were easy to fight again could even lock in the victory in advance with a single blow. Morant shot 6-of-7 in the third quarter, delivered 14 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, and led the team to a 34-19 score, and by the time it reached the crucial final quarter of the showdown, the point difference between the two sides had been extended to 30 points, and there was no suspense in the game. Meanwhile, the Clippers chose to give up early, and the Grizzlies didn't continue to take advantage of the chase. Both sides send rotating players to consume the remaining garbage time.
In the end, the regular time of the fourth quarter was over, and the Grizzlies won the game with a 135-109 score. Looking back at the game, the Grizzlies star Morante's performance was really amazing, and in the process of clocking out of work in the third quarter, he actually gave the highest score of 30 points in the game, as well as 7 rebounds and 5 assists! To be sure, in the face of Morant, who was almost crazy, the little Morris on the Clippers side actually pulled Morant down in the air during Morant's layup, thus falling to the ground. And The crazy move of Little Morris was also directly blown by the referee for a second-degree malicious foul, thus expelling the appearance.
In fact, the Strength of the Clippers without the Cacho combination itself is not very strong, and in the face of a regular season dark horse like the Grizzlies, even if it loses, it is not shameful. But Morris Jr.'s malicious foul move, which is clearly impossible to lose, makes the Clippers the target of public criticism. As the trade deadline draws nearer, the Clippers' situation will only get tougher.