The Lakers narrowly beat the Clippers, James dunked the century, and Harden only shot 4 of 13
Los Angeles Derby
The two teams in Los Angeles are now in very different situations. The Clippers have won on a winning streak, Harden has become the team's final piece of the puzzle, and Leonard has also played a dream back to the top, and the team currently occupies the fourth position in the West and is a worthy favorite to win the championship. As for the Los Angeles Lakers, it can be described as very embarrassing, winning the mid-season championship is exciting, but then the team has lost continuously and is now on the verge of the play-offs, which also makes head coach Ham unstable.
In this game, that is, the Los Angeles derby, the Lakers, who lost four in a row, met the Clippers, who won five in a row, the goal of the two teams is clear, the Lakers want to end the losing streak, Russell ushered in a comeback in this game, the Clippers want to continue the winning streak, and the team can play except for Diabate on the injury list.
James century buckle
At the beginning of the first quarter, the Clippers had the upper hand, George scored 9 points, 2 rebounds and 2 steals on 3-of-6 shooting, Leonard and Zubac scored 4 points each, and the team only scored 24 points in a single quarter, which is not much, but the Lakers only scored 19 points, including Davis 6 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, and James 5 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist. After returning from the game in the second quarter, the Lakers gradually regained their form, James had 8 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists on 4-of-6 shooting, Reaves also had 7 points on 2-of-3 shooting, Wood had 5 points and 2 rebounds, and the team scored 30 points in a single quarter, but the Clippers withstood the pressure.
George lost the magic of the first quarter, and Leonard only scored 2 points, but Zubac scored 10 points and 2 rebounds, and Harden also had 9 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, and the team also scored 29 points in a single quarter, and at the end of the half, the Clippers continued to lead the Lakers by 4 points at 53-49. In the second half, James led by example, scoring 8 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists on 3-of-4 shooting, and also staged a free throw line jump to block George's five best shots, Reddish Iron Tree hit 2 three-pointers in a row, and Russell, who came off the bench, also hit 2 three-pointers, the team scored 32 points in a single quarter, and successfully overtook the Clippers by 4 points.
In the final quarter of the game, the Lakers continued to exert their strength, and after Russell hit a three-pointer, he successfully extended the team's lead to 10 points. Powell hit back-to-back three-pointers to narrow the gap to one point, and then the two teams were deadlocked. Prince hit a key three-point shot, Harden didn't have a jumper, James broke through and scored another 2 points, Harden stepped back for three points to keep the suspense, and then immediately adopted foul tactics, Prince made two free throws, the Clippers chose two points, Zubac scored under the basket, Reaves continued to hit two free throws, Powell drifted and missed three points, and the Lakers finally successfully defeated the Clippers 106-103.
The Lakers ended a four-game losing streak
The Los Angeles Lakers won the game hard, ending a four-game losing streak and ending the Clippers' five-game winning streak. James dreamed of returning to the top, with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists on 11-of-19 shooting, his personal performance at critical moments, and the violent dunk that jumped from the free throw line can be said to shock the world, after all, James is now 39 years old, but he doesn't seem to be aging. Davis also had 20 points, 10 rebounds and 3 steals on 10-of-15 shooting, Russell had 13 points and 6 assists, Prince had 13 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, Wood also had 9 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks, and Reaves had 8 points and 2 assists.
Powell missed a game-tying three-pointer to score 14 points on 3-of-12 shooting, George had 22 points, four rebounds and three assists, and Zubac was the team's top performer with 22 points and 19 rebounds on 9-of-13 shooting, including 10 rebounds. Leonard was not in good shape, with only 15 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists on 6-of-17 shooting, and Harden only 15 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists on 4-of-13 shooting. Wei Shao on the bench had 7 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists.