On November 28, 2023, Beijing time, in today's NBA game, the 7-8 Clippers hosted the 11-6 Nuggets, the Nuggets fought back-to-back, the Clippers had the advantage of physical strength, the Nuggets did not play Jokic, Murray, and Gordon in this battle, the Clippers lineup advantage is huge, can the Clippers finish the game steadily? Clippers starters: Harden + Mann + George + Leonard + Zubac, Nuggets starters: Reggie + Pope + Holiday + Porter + Jordan Jr.
In the first quarter of the game, Reggie made a layup, Harden responded with three points, Pope shot, Mann, George, and Leonard responded together, the Clippers 10-4, Jordan Jr. dunked in a row, Mann made free throws, Zubac dunked in response, the Clippers led by 5 points, Porter scored 5 points in a row to tie the difference, Leonard and Zubac scored, Nagy and Holiday overtook 2 points, Leonard scored three points, Holiday and Pope responded with free throws, the Nuggets led by 1 point, Theis scored 4 points in a row, and the Clippers led 28-25 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, Wei Shao and Powell expanded the difference to 7 points, Nagy 2 + 1, Wei Shao and Powell scored in a row, the Clippers led by 11 points, Strausser, Pope and Reggie played 12-0 to overtake 1 point, Zubac made a layup, Reggie scored 4 points in a row, Nuggets led by 3 points, Leonard scored three points, Reggie and Jordan Jr. responded with 4 points in a row, Nuggets led by 4 points, Leonard and Zubac scored, Reggie and Holiday responded, the difference was 3 points, Mann made a layup, Reggie made 1 of 2 free throws, and the Nuggets led 58-56 at halftime.
Reggie scored 18 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists on 8-of-10 shooting in the half, and his performance was too good, Jordan Jr. scored 9 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists on 4-of-5 shooting, becoming a wonder soldier, Pope had 8 points and 2 assists, and Holiday had 7 points and 3 boards. For the Clippers, Leonard had 17 points, 1 board and 2 assists on 6-of-12 shooting, Zubac had 11 points and 9 boards, Powell had 10 points and 1 assist, Harden had 3 points, 1 board and 2 assists on 1-of-3 shooting, George had 2 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists on 1-of-8 shooting, and Wei Shao had 4 points, 5 boards and 2 assists on 2-of-12 shooting.
In the third quarter of the game, Leonard scored 5 points in a row, the Clippers overtook 3 points, Holiday scored three points, Harden responded with three points, Reggie shot, Leonard made 2 free throws and 2 hits, the difference was still 3 points, Jordan Jr. 2+1 tied the difference, Zubac dunked, Holiday and Reggie scored 4 points in a row, Nuggets overtook 2 points, Zubac and George overtook 2 points, Watson made a layup, Zubac scored 4 points in a row, the Clippers led by 4 points, Jordan Jr. dunked, Zubac tossed, Harden scored three points, the Clippers led by 7 points to stop the Nuggets, after the timeout came back, Harden made 2 of 2 free throws, Nagy made 1 of 2 free throws, Leonard made free throws, Wei Shao made a layup, the Clippers led by 11 points, Nagy dunked, Wei Shao caused a foul on the frontcourt board, 2 of 2 free throws, and the Clippers led 88-77 after the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter of the game, Reggie scored three points, Wei Shao responded with a layup, the difference was 10 points, and then the Clippers fell into a scoring drought, Pope, Strawther, Watson, Jordan Jr. played a 10-0 tie in the point difference, the Clippers paused, Reggie threw after the timeout came back, the Nuggets overtook 2 points, Zubac made 1 of 2 free throws, Jordan Jr. dunked in the air, the Nuggets led by 3 points, Leonard tossed, Reggie responded with a layup, Zubac made 1 of 2 free throws, Reggie responded with three points, the Nuggets led by 5 points, Wei Shao hit the basket and caused a foul, 2 of 2 free throws, a difference of 3 points, Reggie, Jordan Jr. made 3 of 4 free throws to provide a 6-point deficit with 3:11 left in the game and the Nuggets called a timeout.
After the timeout came back, Leonard made 2 free throws and 2 hits, the Clippers cut Jordan Jr., Jordan Jr. missed 2 free throws, Wei Shao caused a foul, but 2 free throws missed, George made 2 free throws 2 hits, the difference was 2 points, Watson scored on the board, the difference was 4 points, Harden missed, Reggie made a layup, the difference was 6 points, there was 1 minute and 20 seconds left in the game, the Clippers timeout, Leonard forced a layup after the timeout, Porter responded with three points, the difference was 7 points, there were 55 seconds left in the game, George missed three points after the timeout, Watson counterattacked and dunked, the difference was 9 points, the game was 41 seconds left, the Clippers paused, George missed three points after the timeout came back, Pope made 2 free throws and 2 shots, Wei Shao made a layup, the game was over, and the Nuggets beat the Clippers 113-104, the remnants of the Nuggets staged a reversal miracle.
Reggie was 15 of 19 (3 of 4 three-pointers) scored 35 points, 5 rebounds, 13 assists and 2 steals, only 2 turnovers, plus or minus +25, and played a miracle performance, he also set a personal scoring record this season, he scored 5 sports goals and sent 5 assists in the final quarter The first person in the league this season, Jordan Jr. scored 21 points, 13 boards, 5 assists, 2 steals and 1 block on 8 of 11, with a plus/minus of +17. Pope had 12 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Holiday had 12 points and 6 boards, and Porter had 8 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists on 3-of-13 shooting.
Leonard had 31 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists on 10-of-26 shooting, George had 6 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists on 2-of-13 shooting, and his performance was sluggish, Harden had 11 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists on 3-of-7 shooting, playing very well, Wei Shao had 14 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists on 5-of-9 shooting, playing very hard, Zubac had 23 points and 14 rebounds on 9-of-15 shooting, and he performed well, and Powell had 10 points and 2 boards.
The Nuggets overtook the Suns after the win and returned to third place in the West, while the Clippers finished 11th in the West after the loss.