At 10:00 a.m. Beijing time this morning, the Los Angeles Clippers sat at home in the 2021-22 NBA Professional League regular season and competed with the Utah Jazz as promised. In this game, Clippers coach Tyrone Lu sent Reggie Jackson, Paul George, Marcus Morris, Nicholas Batum, Ivits Zubac's starting lineup, and Jazz coach Quinn Snyder sent Mike Conley, Donovan Mitchell, Royce O'Neal, Juan Hernangomez and Rudy Gobert to start.
After the game began, Hernangomez and Conley hit three consecutive points, Paul George, who returned from injury, completed consecutive steals, and Hernangomez scored three more points. George missed consecutive shots and Zubac scored inside. Clarkson and Mitchell scored in succession, and Batum made a difficult throw to form a 2+1. Forrester's consecutive shots were good, Gay raised his hand from the outside, and as Conley soared into the ultra-long whistle three-pointer, the Jazz led the Clippers 32-14 at the end of the first quarter.
Entering the second quarter, Conley and Clarkson fired from the outside and George found the feeling of scoring three points in a row. Kennard and Conley shot each other, George broke through, and Kennard jumped into 2+1. O'Neal and Covington scored three points, Clarkson scored 2+1 and Batum scored from a distance. Kennard also had outside the line, with Guy and Mitchell making outstanding free throws. At the end of the first half, the Jazz led the Clippers 61-48.
Yi Bian fought again, entering the third quarter of the game, Mitchell broke through the layups in a row, Gobert attacked and won, and the Jazz led by as many as 25 points. Batum threw himself into the basket and Hernangomez soared into the three-pointer. George made consecutive foul throws into the net, and then he threw straight into the net. Mitchell threw a 2+1 shot, Haltenstein stepped up to score consecutive points, and George made a foul to go to the free throw line. Guy gave a sudden shot, and George and Morris Jr. hit three consecutive points. With George's layup 2+1, the third quarter ended, and the Jazz led the Clippers 94-82.
Entering the final showdown, Conley's offense was successful, and Mann and Kennard blossomed inside and out. Pascal finished the layup, and Covington and Reggie scored long-range shots. Mitchell broke through, George scored another three points and Reggie made a layup. The Jazz made more mistakes, George and Reggie assisted Haltenstein in succession, and the Clippers rebounded! Although Mitchell and Clarkson took turns playing, with George scoring and Kennard shooting with precision guidance, the Clippers took control of the initiative of the game. Clarkson threw a deflected shot, Reggie hit two free throws, and the suspense of the game's victory and defeat completely disappeared. In the end, the Clippers in doubles reversed the Jazz 121-115 and won a valuable victory!
To view the personal data of the main players of both sides:
For the Clippers (8th in the West), Paul George had 34 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, and four steals; Reggie Jackson had 21 points, 3 rebounds, and five assists; Ivitsa Zubac had eight points and six rebounds; Morris Jr. had 3 points and four rebounds; Nicholas Batum had eight points, four rebounds, and two steals; Luke Kennard had 17 points, three rebounds; Terence Mann had eight points, two rebounds, three assists; Covington had eight points; and Haltenstein had 14 points, seven rebounds, and six assists.
For the Jazz (No. 5 in the West), Donovan Mitchell had 33 points, 2 rebounds and six assists; Juan Hernangomez had 13 points and six rebounds; Rudy Gobert had nine points, 16 rebounds, two steals and three blocks; Reus O'Neal had five points, two rebounds, four assists; Mike Conley had 19 points, two rebounds, three assists; Jordan Clarkson had 17 points, two rebounds, five assists; Rudy Gay had 11 points and three rebounds; and Monroe had four points and two rebounds.
In an interview with reporters after the game, Clippers head coach Tyrone Lu praised Paul George's performance, saying: "George's comeback has undoubtedly greatly improved the morale of the team. Over the past few days, when we learned that he had a chance to play again and show up in training to run in with everyone, the atmosphere of the team has become completely different. His performance today looks really great, which I didn't expect, I didn't expect him to play so well. George's return is very important to us and he will help us a lot in the playoffs. As a perennial All-Star and offensive and defensive player, his return is very important to us. ”
In contrast, the Jazz, who suffered five consecutive losses, coach Quinn Snyder said helplessly when talking about the reason for the loss: "In the fourth quarter, we made 8 mistakes, and in terms of the second offense, the opponent scored 12 or 14 points. You could argue that we could have hit more free throws, but there were two things: we had to block people when we grabbed rebounds, and we had to protect the ball. I don't see that we are vulnerable inside, I only see that the team is not executing the things that need to be done well. ”
According to the schedule, at 8:00 a.m. Beijing time on April 1, the Clippers will play against the Bulls on the road, and at 10:00 a.m. on April 1, the Jazz will compete with the Lakers at home, hoping that in the case of being away from injuries, the players can play the ideal competitive state!
(Source: Weibo)
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