On December 30, Beijing time, the NBA Clippers defeated the Grizzlies 117-106 at home, winning two consecutive victories and giving the Grizzlies two consecutive defeats! Leonard continued to be absent in this game, and the bearded Harden once again activated the role of the assist master in the case of poor shooting hand, and he used 13 ghostly second passes to activate the team's seven scoring doubles, and finally cleanly captured the Grizzlies and Morant. After the game, Harden said in an interview with reporters with the team: "
It was a real team basketball game tonight, we had seven players in double figures, everyone was doing their best to contribute to the victory, Paul George, Westbrook, Coffey, Zubac, Powell and the others were all attacking each other, these guys were fantastic!"
"Yes, I love the moment when I didn't score tonight, I can lead the team to victory in other ways, I love the crazy attacking and scoring of my teammates, the chemistry of our team at the moment is getting more and more tacit, everyone is willing to sacrifice themselves for the sake of the team's victory, and we are on the right track to hit the big goal!"
Harden played 43 minutes and 30 seconds in the whole game, and it was the team's No. 1 playing time, head coach Tyronn Lue really didn't dare to let him rest, every time Brother Deng got off the court for a while, the Grizzlies would play an attack wave, there was no way to make Harden an all-rounder? He didn't feel good about shooting in this game, only 4 of 13 shots, 2 of 9 three-point shots, 6 of 8 free throws, and got 16 points + 4 rebounds + 13 assists + 2 blocks.
After the game, head coach Tyronn Lue was very happy to praise Harden: "He is a talented player, he has all kinds of skills, he will choose the best and reasonable way to lead the team to victory, this is the moment we really need him!"