Today!CCTV5 does not turn, 1 platform live NBA Los Angeles Clippers VS Heat, Harden PK Butler
At 11:30 a.m. Beijing time on January 2 (today), a strong matchup of the 2023-2024 NBA (American Professional Basketball League) regular season was staged at the famous Staples Center Arena in Los Angeles, California, and the Los Angeles Clippers sat at home to face the Miami Heat.
Because it is not the NBA live broadcast day of China Central Radio and Television, there are no broadcast plans on major CCTV sports platforms, including CCTV5, and local stations such as Guangdong Radio and Television Sports Channel and Shanghai Five Star Sports will not broadcast live on TV.
But there is one big platform that will conduct live broadcasts on the Internet and mobile phones, and that is Shanghai SITV Sports.
This season, the bearded James Harden, who had a poor time with the Brooklyn Nets, joined the Clippers and formed the Big Four with Leonard, Pickled Pepper Paul George and Westbrook, and the empty city became the favorite team to win the championship. After surviving the dismal record at the beginning of the franchise, the Clippers' record has improved all the way. In the last game, in Leonard's absence, the other three of the Big Four led the Clippers to a two-game winning streak against the Morant and Smart Grizzlies of Memphis, George scored 23 points and Harden scored a double-double with 16 points and 13 assists, and the team won two in a row.
The Heat led by Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro and others were the big dark horses last season, and they went all the way to the NBA Finals without being favored, but unfortunately lost to the Denver Nuggets led by Serbian center Jokic. This season, the Heat had a good start, but lost to the Utah Jazz in the last round, ending a four-game winning streak, and Butler did not perform well, with only 8 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.
The Clippers are fourth in the NBA Western Conference standings, tied with the Sacramento Kings at 19-12. The Heat sit fourth in the Eastern Conference standings and are tied with the Orlando Magic at 19-13.
The rankings of the Clippers and the Heat are very delicate, and as long as they lose this game, they will be overtaken by the pursuers behind them and drop one place in the rankings.
Leonard will most likely continue to be sidelined, and the matchup between Harden and Jimmy Butler will be a highlight, with the two stars coordinating the team's offense and playing on the court will determine the outcome of the game.
Who will have the last laugh in the competition between the fourth Clippers in the West and the fourth Heat in the East?