Beijing time on March 9, 2023, today's NBA game, the 34-33 Clippers face the 32-34 Raptors at home, Clippers starters: Wilson + George + Leonard + Morris + Zubac, Raptors starters: VanVleet + Barnes + Anunobi + Siakam + Poelter.
In the first quarter, Barnes and Siakam scored, Leonard and Morris responded, the Raptors 8-4, Poeltl and VanVleet extended the point difference to 7 points, Leonard and Zubac scored, Barnes, Boucher, Anunoby responded, the Raptors led by 9 points, Leonard, Gordon scored, Anunoby, VanVleet responded, the difference was 10 points, Plumlee dunked, and the Raptors led 25-17 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, Mann, Wilson, Gordon chased the point difference to 1 point, Boucher and Siakam scored, George and Mann equalized the point difference, Siakam and Poeltl extended the point difference to 5 points, Leonard, Zubac, George overtook 2 points, VanVleet and Anunobi scored, Zubac and Leonard responded, and the two sides tied 49-49 at halftime.
In the third quarter, Zubac, Wilson, George led by 5 points, Poeltl, Anunobi scored, Zubac, Leonard, George responded, the Clippers led by 8 points, Siakam and Anunoby chased the gap to 2 points, Gordon, Mann, Plumlee, George extended the gap to 13 points, Trent and Boucher chased the gap to 9 points, and the Clippers led 83-74 in the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, Trent scored consecutive points, Plumlee, George responded, the difference of 8 points, Boucher three points, George, Batum, Zubac responded, the difference of 11 points, Anunoby scored, George, Mann, Leonard responded, the difference of 15 points, Barnes, Anunoby teamed up to chase the difference to 4 points, 55 seconds left in the game, Zubac dunked, the Raptors missed consecutive shots, Leonard hit 2 free throws, the game was over, the Clippers beat the Raptors 108-100, from trailing by 10 points to winning, completing the reversal.
Leonard had 24 points, 12 boards, 4 assists and 3 steals on 8-of-15 shooting, and he showed his determination to win. George scored 23 points, 2 boards and 4 assists on 8-of-19 shooting, Zubac scored 17 points, 8 boards and 2 blocks, Mann scored 14 points, 4 boards and 4 assists, Wei Shao created a surprise in this game, he played 23 minutes, 3-of-6 for 7 points, 2 boards and 7 assists, the highest number of assists in the team, and the highest plus-minus +12 in the team.
For the Raptors, Siakam had 20 points, 6 boards and 5 assists on 9-of-21 shooting, Barnes had 20 points, 5 boards and 4 assists, VanVleet had 13 points, 4 boards, 9 assists and 3 steals, Anunoby had 18 points and 3 boards, Poeltl had 8 points, 11 boards and 2 blocks, and Boucher had 14 points and 6 boards.
The Clippers won today, the Lone Rangers lost today, and the Western Conference ranking changed dramatically, with the Lone Rangers dropping from fifth to eighth in the West 34-33. The Warriors were 34-32 to fifth, the Clippers were 35-33 to sixth, and the Timberwolves were 34-33 to seventh.