The Clippers won by 25 points! Harden's two pairs are getting better and better, 3 big data is completely transformed, and 2.17 million are found to be treasured
The NBA regular season competition continues, the Clippers go to the away to challenge the Spurs, the goals of the two teams this season are completely different, the Clippers aim to compete for the championship, and in the case of a good start, continue to bet on the Big 4 to get Harden through trades, which makes the team suffer a losing streak, and the Rockets narrowly beat the Rockets before the game to end the 6-game losing streak, on the other hand, the Spurs, the team's goal this season is to fully develop Wembanyama and Sochan, and they are in an 8-game losing streak before the game.
Therefore, there was not much suspense in the game, and after a short tug in the opening quarter, the Clippers showed a lineup depth advantage in the transition period, gradually pulling the score apart, and in the second quarter, the Clippers stretched the difference to double digits in one go, leading the opponent by 11 points at 66-55 at halftime.
The Clippers were firmly in control of the game, did not give the Spurs the slightest chance to turn the game, and then extended the lead to more than 20 points in the early part of the final quarter to easily take away the victory.
In the end, the Clippers defeated the Spurs 124-99 in almost three quarters, winning Harden's first consecutive win after joining, and also giving the Spurs a wave of nine consecutive losses.
Throughout the game, the Clippers can be said to be getting better, and Coach Lu finally found a suitable strategy for the Big 4 after constantly trying to match the lineup.
That is Harden with Leonard, the former makes the ball for the latter, and George and Westbrook play at the same time, focusing on impact and uncertainty.
That's the way it was in this game, with Harden pumping cannonballs next to Leonard, and George and Westbrook helping the team pull away in the transition.
Among them, Harden connected the whole team through assists when he was not feeling good, played 28 minutes in the game, shot 4 of 12, and easily handed over a double-double of 13 points, 3 rebounds, 10 assists and 0 turnovers.
This is not only the first double-double in Harden's Clippers career, but also the sixth time in his career that he has achieved a double-double in assists and zero turnovers in a single game, helping the Clippers end a six-game losing streak on the road.
Leonard and Harden played the same game as before, also played 28 minutes, shot 8 of 17, and easily handed over 21 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal.
Because Harden and Leonard are the same as above, both have a plus/minus of +17, tied for third on the team.
Judging from this game, Harden and Leonard are very reasonable, and the pick-and-roll coordination between the two is extremely incomprehensible, Harden can create hand-to-hand space for the small card by passing the ball after the pick-and-roll, and the latter frequently finishes with a stable mid-range.
George and Wei Shao's combination also worked well, next to Wei Shao, George found his form, 11 of 16 in the game, 4 of 8 three-pointers, and efficiently cut 28 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 steal, with a game-high plus/minus of +23.
Wei Shao made 4 of 11 shots, got 10 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals, and did not make a single turnover.
Judging from the three statistics of the past two games, the Clippers are being reborn and completing their transformation and going through the most difficult run-in period.
The first statistic is rebounding, the Clippers beat the Spurs 51-48 in rebounds in this game, and in the last game against the Rockets, the Clippers tied the Rockets with 47 rebounds, which is completely different from the Clippers' losing streak.
This change is due to the newly signed inside lineman Theis (base salary of 2.17 million), Theis played 21 minutes and 29 seconds in this game, 8 of 10 shots, 1 of 1 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, 19 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, he quickly formed a good chemistry with Wei Shao and George.
The second statistic is turnovers, with the Clippers having just seven turnovers in this game, well below the team's average of 14.82 turnovers per game since the start of the season (fourth-to-last in the league).
In this game, Harden and Wei Shao changed the style of the former mistake kings, and handed out a total of 16 assists, but there was no turnover.
The last statistic is steals, the Clippers gave 15 steals in the whole game, the Spurs only delivered 4 steals, and the Clippers sent 10 steals in the last game, which was also better than the Rockets' 6, which means that the Clippers are building a stable offensive and defensive system.