In today's NBA regular season, the Clippers defeated the Knicks 144-122 and won 7 in a row, which is also the longest winning streak in the league. The Knicks' strength is actually not weak, after all, they are 6th in the East, and they beat the Suns not long ago, when Brunson scored 50 points, but for back-to-back reasons, coupled with the momentum of the Clippers, the Knicks can only return with hatred. And after the game, the commentator said a very classic sentence: "The current Clippers have a tendency to be invincible in the West." ”
This evaluation is suspected of deliberately raising the strength of the Clippers, but from another point of view, it is enough to prove the strength of the Clippers, first of all, during the 7-game winning streak, they have double-killed the Warriors, defeated the Nuggets of the full lineup, and the Kings, which is full of gold. Secondly, the chemistry of the Clippers is becoming more and more skillful, the cooperation of Harden and Leonard can be seen everywhere, the frequency of blocking and dismantling of Harden and Zubac is increasing, George is no longer messing around, and Wei Shao has also found his position, these are all visible improvements. Last but not least, Leonard continued to turn on the robot mode and re-execute his peak performance.
We directly use data to prove Leonard's strength, according to statistics, during the 7-game winning streak, Xiaoka averaged 29.4 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.3 steals per game, and the three-point shooting rates were 61.7%, 56.8% and 94.9% respectively, which entered the 210 club. During the same period, Harden's average data per game was 18.0 points, 9.9 assists, 5.3 rebounds and 1.4 blocks, and the three-point shooting rates were 46.6%, 41.7% and 89.6%, which is also very good.
Leonard blasted 36 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists in the game, and his performance during this period can be called the first person in the league, take today's game as an example, Leonard jumped at the beginning, and then Brunson and DiVincenzo scored consecutive points, at this time it was Leonard who hit a three-point response, and in the second half of the first quarter, Leonard shot a three-point shot and then hit it. In the second quarter, the point came, Leonard and Harden tacitly cooperated, after the small card received the bearded pass, the single successfully caused the kill, and in the first half of the third quarter, Harden first assisted Leonard to score a three-point shot, and then assisted the small card to score a layup, and the true power of Carden's combination was fully demonstrated.
It must be admitted that Leonard is indeed too happy with Harden by his side, Harden himself has top-level organizational skills, and if the beard wants to score, then it can also attract defensive attention, and Leonard will naturally get easy scoring opportunities. And after the game, Leonard also personally thanked Harden, Xiaoka said in an interview: "Harden made my game much easier, let me get open opportunities, he is speeding up the improvement of defense, Harden let me quickly get into the game, not only me, Harden improved the level of our team's game." Leonard understood what he meant, and he was personally thanking the bearded man.
It has been 47 days since Harden joined the Clippers, Leonard is now also thanksgiving, Harden's improvement of the Clippers is all-round, and Ka Jiao finally has an excellent playmaker around him, although Wei Shao can also pass the ball as a starter, but Wei Shao's projection ability is a short board, easy to be emptied, the opponent is 5 defense 4, Ka Jiao is under a lot of pressure, and Harden does not have this problem as a starter, after all, the beard's three-point ability is very strong. He also spoke about his recent performances, with Leonard saying: "I've felt great in the last few games, it's been a team effort, we've started to build chemistry and we'll continue to figure it out. ”
I have to say that Leonard is too modest, he played well, and he thinks that it is the credit of his teammates, what is called a good leader, Leonard explained it perfectly. To sum up, the Clippers are on the right track, Leonard's performance at the peak level is certainly the focus, but we can't ignore the credit of Harden, it is the beard who has improved the strength of the Clippers and made Leonard score easier, of course, we can't ignore Wei Shao, without Wei Shao's willingness to play as a substitute, I'm afraid the current situation of the Clippers is still a mess. Congratulations again to the Clippers for winning 7 in a row, Harden finally ushered in the picture of expectation, the Clippers' next opponent is the Pacers, I don't know what kind of sparks will be sparked in the battle between Harden and Haliburton.