Malone hugged Jordan Jr., Reggie was treated as a hero, Harden left, and Cacho was frustrated
In the NBA regular season, the Nuggets defeated the Clippers 113-104. The Nuggets' play in the final quarter of this game was truly terrifying. After all, they played an unsolvable offense, crushed the Clippers in a single quarter, and won the victory.
After the game, Malone hugged little Jordan for the first time. In fact, Jordan Jr. has fallen out of the stable rotation in recent seasons, coupled with the lack of defense on the defensive end, such a traditional interior line is not very helpful to the team. However, in the game with the Clippers, Jordan Jr. efficiently scored 21 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists, which was indeed surprising. The most eye-catching is Jordan Jr.'s assists, his five assists in a single game, which is higher than anyone in the Clippers. can see Jordan Jr. play so well, Malone must be happy for him.
At the same time, Reggie also became a meritorious person. Basically everyone is paying tribute to his performance because he is so good on the pitch. With 35 points in a single game, and in the face of Harden's defense, Reggie directly broke him up. Of course, except for Harden, the Clippers outside line is a piece of cake for Reggie, as long as he starts, the opposite side can't limit his breakthrough at all, which is the most surprising.
More crucially, Harden went straight back to the locker room after full-time. In fact, in the first three quarters, under the organization of Harden, the team's performance was not bad. However, after the end of the quarter, Harden kept making mistakes. Among them, there were consecutive key mistakes on the offensive end, and Reggie was continuously broken through on the defensive end. In other words, Harden collapsed on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends in the final quarter. There's no way, Harden is at that level.
Even Leonard and George all bowed their heads in frustration. In fact, neither of these two guys had a very good shooting percentage in this game. George lost the advantage at the start of the final quarter and made a series of turnovers. Leonard was 2-of-6 in the final quarter and couldn't step up to help his team score. The end result was that the Clippers couldn't withstand the pressure in the final quarter. And now the Clippers do have a lot of problems, and it is still very difficult for them to complete the perfect compatibility, and it is true that the team has too many problems.