On December 17, Beijing time, in the 25th round of the NBA regular season, the Los Angeles Clippers hosted the New York Knicks, and the Clippers star Paul George returned from injury, and finally the Clippers defeated the Knicks 144-122 at home, winning 7 consecutive victories. The performance of the players is rated in the form of: 1 is superb, 7 is good, and 1 needs to be improved.
1. 1 person is super-god,
Leonard: This game continued to continue the good state of the game, in the first quarter he hit a jump shot to get the first point of the game, and then hit a three-pointer in a row, and then counterattacked and dunked, scoring 12 points in the first quarter on 4-of-5 shooting, turning around and hitting a backward jumper in the second quarter, and at the end of the second quarter, he singled Randle to score a difficult 2+1, and at the end of the half, he scored 20 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals on 6-of-8 shooting, helping the Clippers lead the Knicks by 11 points 77-66.
In the third quarter, there were three-pointers, and then the basket played 2+1 again, the Clippers led the Knicks 87-71, expanding the score to 16 points, and then the bottom corner three-pointer pulled out and then hit the Clippers 102-82 to lead the Knicks by 20 points, and in the third quarter, 6 of 8 in the third quarter and scored 16 points, the game dreamed of returning to the top, clocking out of work in the third quarter, playing 30 minutes 12 of 16, 5 of 6 three-point shots, 7 of 7 free throws, 36 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 robs, 0 turnovers, many consecutive performances this season have been efficient, and if it continues like this, it can compete for MVP.
2. 7 people are good
Harden reduced the number of individual shots due to George's return from injury in this game, and hit a breakthrough layup in the first quarter, and a three-point shot in the second quarter, helping the Clippers lead the Knicks 64-61.
With 10 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks on only 4 shots in the half, and 10 points, 4 rebounds, 12 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks on 2-of-6 shooting in the game, Harden has recently fallen in love with defense and prefers blocks. The most important thing is to make it easier for teammates to score and revitalize the team.
George: In the first quarter, he came up and broke through the basket and turned around to shoot, and in the second quarter, he counterattacked and received Mann's pass and hit the basket, and then he shot three shots in a row, and then broke through the basket and hit the board, scoring 6 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists on 3-of-8 shooting in the half.
In the third quarter, he came up to counterattack and chased a three-point shot ruthlessly, stopping the Knicks to help the Clippers lead the Knicks by 16 points at 94-78, and then received Harden's second pass to the bottom corner of the three-point shot, and scored 4 points in a row in the fourth quarter, continuing to help the team maintain the lead, scoring 25 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists on 11-of-18 shooting in the game.
Zubac: Hit a series of pies in the opening game, a little bit of a stretch in the first quarter, scoring 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting, didn't have any shots in the second quarter, only 1 shot, and got 11 points and 6 rebounds on 4-of-7 in the first half. With 13 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks in 5 of 9 in the game, the game was really good, and the defense was okay.
Wei Shao: Played only 7 minutes in the first half, broke through the basket in the first quarter and hit under the board, scoring 4 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists on 1-of-2 shooting. Poor performance at the end of the third quarter, continuous mistakes allowed the Knicks to continue to fight back and chase points, and in the fourth quarter, he made timely adjustments and scored 4 points in a row, and scored 10 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal on 4-of-7 shooting in the whole game.
Mann: In the second quarter, he broke through to make a layup and hit 2+1, and hit a three-pointer at the end of the quarter to help the Clippers lead the Knicks by 6 points at 67-61, and then counterattacked and received Harden's breakthrough three-point shot in the bottom corner to help the Clippers lead the Knicks 70-61, and performed well in the second quarter, seizing the opportunity to shoot open three-pointers, and scored 11 points on 3-of-66 in the half. He scored 13 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists on 4-of-8 shooting in the game, and he grasped all the open three-pointers, and there was no problem averaging 15 points per game.
Bao Kobe: The state of this game is still good, in the first quarter to break through the basket and hit consecutive shots, in the second quarter to break through the basket and hit layups, 3 of 5 in the half to score 8 points, 6 of 10 shots and 16 points and 2 rebounds, the performance continues to be stable, keep it up, can compete for the best 6 man.
Theis: In the second quarter, Harden hit a second pass, and then made consecutive fouls to the free throw line, scoring 7 points and 1 rebound on 1-of-3 from the field, and the finishing ability under the basket needs to be improved.
In this game, the Clippers played a terrifying offense, played team basketball, the whole team had 36 assists in this game, 16 of 33 three-point shots, and a terrifying shooting rate of nearly 50%, and the main players clocked out again in the third quarter, and the team won 7 consecutive wins to rise to sixth in the West with a record of 15 wins and 10 losses, and the Clippers became a luxury battleship just around the corner. The Clippers will play the Pacers in their next game.