Today the Warriors are at home to the Clippers, with George, Jr. and Wilson all starting the game, but Zubac doesn't play this game, so Lu coaches Plumlee to start. On the Warriors' side, Wiggins and Curry are still absent.
In the first quarter, the two sides played inextricably, Klay hit consecutive shots with full firepower as soon as he came up, and the dream chasing felt good, which quickly helped the Warriors establish a lead. In addition to Gordon and George, the other three-point hands on the Clippers side are also good, and the scores of the two teams alternately rise. After being replaced by the substitute, Kuminga was full of energy, and the basket dunked to stop the Clippers, and after the timeout came back, Xiaoka began to exert his strength, leading the team to play a wave of small climax to overtake the score. The Clippers led the Warriors by one point at the end of the first quarter, 27-26.
Earlier in the second quarter, the two sides rotated their lineups, and the Clippers, led by Batum and Highland, blossomed inside and out, running a 10-6 lead to five points. But Poole scored six straight points to stabilize the situation, and then Lu coached back to Wei Shao and George, who immediately activated Plumlee as soon as he returned, and the Warriors called a timeout at 39-34. After the timeout returned, the main players of both teams all returned, caught in a hard tug-of-war, Gordon suddenly broke out to cut consecutive points, helping the team extend the point gap to 9 points, and the game forced into a timeout. Then Xiaoka singled DiVincenzo, and the referee gave an offensive foul at the first time, but Lu challenged and succeeded, and changed the defensive foul to give Xiaoka two free throws. After hitting a three-pointer, the Warriors trailed by 11 points at halftime, 45-56.
In the second half, the Warriors finally started the state of Brave three madness, and the Clippers' offense was deadlocked, and after consecutive shots and irons, the point difference was narrowed by the Warriors little by little. What was even more unfavorable was that Wei Shao began to go up on the field, and Director Lu immediately called out a timeout when he saw that something was wrong. But this timeout didn't have any effect, Klay's three-pointer, Poole's free throw, Looney's dunk, the Warriors played a wave of 12-2 mini-climax to rally by 4 points, and the Clippers could call a timeout again. After the timeout returned, the younger card immediately hit a shot to stop the bleeding for the team, but the other players could not score, while the Warriors' three-point shot from the outside rained down, leading by as many as 18 points in a single quarter, and the Warriors scored 26 points at 42-16 in the quarter, and led by 15 points at 87-72 at the end of the third quarter.
The Clippers were still crazy about playing three points from the outside at the beginning of the final quarter, but Poole was still bombarding, and the three-point shot stopped the opponent again. Then the two teams changed back to the main force and entered the final showdown, but the Clippers could not score three points from the outside, and the Warriors seized the opportunity to lead to 21 points in one fell swoop, directly playing the game, and Lu announced that he gave up with 7 minutes and 28 seconds left.
In the end, the Warriors defeated the Clippers 115-91 at home, giving the opponent a four-game losing streak, let's take a look at the specific performance of the players!
Suffered a shocking reversal of 36 points, and the small card was cut 21+7+2
The Clippers led the Warriors by 12 points at most in the first half, but lost by 24 points in the third quarter, suffering a total of 36 points from the outside.
The personal performance of the star Xiaoka is still remarkable. He played 19 minutes in the first half, shooting 6-of-7 from the field, 2-of-2 from three-point range, 1-of-1 from the free throw line to score 15 points plus 4 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block, no turnovers and fouls, plus-minus +7.
He scored six more points in the third quarter, but couldn't stand up to his opponent, Poole, and the difference went from 11 points ahead to 15 points behind. In the fourth quarter, the card went up and played a few rounds, and the crazy iron game of his teammates was completely reduced to garbage time, and he did not play again.
In the whole game, Xiaoka played 32 minutes, shooting 8 of 12, 2 of 3 three-pointers, 3 of 5 free throws, 21 points, 7 rebounds and 2 steals.
Enraged by Wilson, Poole scored 22 points in a single quarter
In the first half, Poole apparently did not find his shooting touch, shooting 3 of 10, 0 of 3 from three-point range, and 3 of 4 from the free throw line to score only 9 points and 2 rebounds.
But in the third quarter of the game, Poole was completely enraged by Wei Shao, and then began to run away! He shot 5-of-9 in a single quarter, including 4-of-8 three-pointers, plus 8-of-8 free throws, and scored 22 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 2 steals, helping the Warriors outscore their opponents by 26 points in the third quarter!
In the fourth quarter, he fired and stopped the Clippers again with three points. In the game, Poole played 31 minutes, shooting 9-of-20 from the field, 5-of-12 from three-pointers, 11-of-12 from the free throw line, and blasted 34 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.
At the same time, he set another record in this battle:
The 22 points in a single quarter was the second 20 points in a single quarter in Poole's career, and it was his 11th 30+ in a single game this season.
Klay rebounded to a new high
Poole didn't play well in the first half, but Klay continued to produce steadily, contributing 16 points and five rebounds.
His three-pointers helped the Warriors tie the score in the third quarter and grabbed 11 rebounds without finishing the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, because the Warriors confirmed the victory early on, Klay did not shoot again. He played 30 minutes, shooting 7-of-16 from the field, 3-of-8 from three-pointers, 2-of-2 from the free throw line, and recorded a double-double of 19 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 block.
It is worth mentioning that 11 rebounds also set a new career high for Klay in rebounding, compared to 10 previously.
12+20, Plumlee grabbed the rebound
In addition to Klay, the Clippers' Plumlee today was also crazy for rebounds.
He played 17 minutes in the first half, contributing six points, 14 rebounds and two assists on 2-of-2 shooting.
According to statistics, 14 rebounds in the half set a new career high for any half rebounds in Plumlee's career.
In the whole game, he played 28 minutes, shooting 3-of-5 from the field, 6-of-6 from the free throw line, contributing 12 points, 20 rebounds and 2 assists, and was the best player on the team except for Xiaoka.
George and Wei Shao both pulled their crotches
George and Wei Shao, as the other two giants of the Clippers, actually pulled their crotches in this game, and did not give Xiaoka enough support at all.
Wei Shao had 8 points and 5 assists in the first half, but in the second half, he gave out an assist, played 28 minutes, shot 3 of 12, 0 of 5 three-pointers, scored 8 points, 6 assists and 4 turnovers, and rarely had a rebound.
George was even more cold and crazy to play iron, 8 points and 5 assists in the first half, 3-of-13 in the first three quarters, and not a single point in the fourth quarter.
In this game, he played 27 minutes, shooting 3-of-15 from the field, 1-of-8 from three-point range, 4-of-4 from the free throw line, and cut down 11 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.
With the win, the Warriors have won four straight games, with a 33-30 record to remain fifth in the West, but only one win behind the fourth-placed Suns. The Clippers are 33-32 and ranked 7th in the West, but only half a win ahead of the eighth-placed Timberwolves.