Harden 15+10 Leonard milestone, LeFoou dreams of returning to the top, and Wei is rarely good and bad
On January 2, Beijing time, the NBA regular season was in full swing, and the Clippers played against the Heat at home. Although the Heat has suffered an injury attack recently, Butler's injury has made the Heat a little passive, but the Heat has played team basketball, so the current Heat has a record of 19 wins and 13 losses and ranks fourth in the East, it should be said that the Heat played such a ranking is still unexpected, but now it is more difficult for the Heat to continue to win, after all, this game Heat is playing against a strong team like the Clippers, and in this game the Clippers will welcome back Leonard, so it will be difficult for the Heat to continue to win.
According to statistics, this is Leonard's first time against the Heat since February 6, 2020, and he has won 12 straight regular season games against the Heat, with his last loss to the Heat coming on April 1, 2013. Before this game, Tyronn Lue was interviewed about whether Leonard has a time limit, and Tyronn Lue laughed: I can't remember, Happy New Year. Although Tyronn Lue did not say it explicitly, Leonard most likely did not have a playing time limit in this game, which is very beneficial to the Clippers. The Heat starters: Lowry, Herro, Kane, Harkes, Adebayo, and the Clippers starters: Harden, Mann, Leonard, George and Zubac.
In the first quarter of the game, the two teams played a stalemate, relying on Adebayo Heat to only occupy a one-point lead, and in the next game, George scored free throws, but then Lefu also scored on a layup, Robinson hit a three-point shot after Wei Shaozhong shot, Powell hit a three-point shot to stop the bleeding after Lefu singled George to score, and Herro hit a three-point shot after Wei Shao's mistake, and the Heat led the Clippers by 4 points. In the next game, Wei scored less to stop the bleeding, but the Clippers performed poorly in the final stage, and Love and Robinson helped the Heat extend the lead, and the Clippers trailed by 12 points at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Heat continued to expand their lead, but fortunately, Powell and Coffey hit three-pointers, and the Clippers finally chased seven points after Leonard hit a shot. In the next game, Leonard continued to break out, and the Clippers once managed to tie the score, but unfortunately soon Harkes and Lowry responded, so the Heat was able to occupy a slight lead, and soon Powell and George hit three-point responses, and the Clippers led by 1 point at the end of the half.
In the third quarter of the game, Harden began to hit three points, Leonard continued to score, and the Clippers slowly opened the score, and at the critical moment, Adebayo stepped forward to help the Heat score, and then Adebayo assisted Lefu to score after the Heat once chased 5 points, but soon George broke out with three points, and the Clippers once led to 10 points. George continued to score to help the Clippers extend their lead, and then Bam Adebayo scored to stop the bleeding, Leonard missed Halkes and scored on a dunk to put the Heat up by 10 points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter of the game, Leonard continued to break out, and the Clippers had a lead of 16 points after hitting three points, and in the next game, Love and others scored to stop the bleeding, but Harden also found his state, assisted Zubac to score and hit three points, and the Clippers also led to 21 points, and then the Heat gave up the game and both teams were replaced with substitutes, and finally the Clippers defeated the Heat 121-104.
Although the Heat want to beat the Clippers, it can be seen in the game that the difference in strength between the two teams is still quite large, especially when the Heat's outside three-point start to play iron, then it will be more difficult for the Heat to beat the Clippers. However, in this game, Lefu is dreaming of returning to the top, and it is Lefu who has an outstanding performance in the game, so the Heat once took the lead, and at the end of the game, Lefu got 17 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists in 7 of 11, and Adebayo really tried his best in this game, and Adebayo got 21 points, 15 rebounds and 4 assists at the end of the game. And Harden played easily in this game, not to mention the well-organized team on the court, Harden also had an efficient performance on the offensive end, and Harden got 15 points, 4 rebounds and 10 assists at the end of the game.
As for Leonard's milestone in this game, Leonard got 24 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists in this game, so Leonard's career regular season score exceeded the 13,000 mark, and in this game Leonard played quite aggressively, and many violent dunks on the court can also see that Leonard is recovering well, which is also good news for the Clippers. However, Wei Shao's performance in this game was good and bad, although Wei Shao was able to score some points and complete the steal, but Wei Shao's mistakes still made the Clippers uncomfortable, and in the first half of the game, Wei Shao once played the top, and at the end of the game, Wei Shao got 8 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 turnovers, while George got 23 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in this game.