On January 9, 2024, Beijing time, in the NBA regular season, the Clippers played the Suns at home. The Clippers lost to the Lakers in back-to-back games yesterday, but they are still fourth, and the Suns also lost the game last time out and are currently in ninth place. The two teams can be said to be in the same situation, and both teams are in desperate need of a win to save the downside. This game can be said to be a strong dialogue, the Clippers side of Diabate does not play, the Suns side of Azubuik, Little, Damion Lee, Bol Bol four do not play. It is worth mentioning that the Suns' Durant also played. In the end, the Clippers won the final game with a 138-111 victory over the Suns on their home court.
In the first quarter, the Clippers scored first, and in the first quarter, Harden was not in a hurry to shoot and score, but handed out 5 assists, and then the Clippers went on a 13-8 run. Slowly the Suns entered the state, gradually scored, the score overtook and became 19-18, after fierce competition, the first quarter ended, and the Clippers led by 3 points at 34-31 into the second quarter.
As soon as the second quarter came up, the Suns' Gordon scored three points, the Suns started the show time, led by Durant to start a wave of 14-4 attacks, in just a few minutes The Suns overtook the score 48-44, and then the sluggish Harden in the first quarter began to break out, hitting three points in a row, George then broke out, the outbreak of the two giants, the score was overtaken within a few minutes, and the Suns trailed the Clippers by 8 points at halftime 63-71.
At the beginning of the third quarter, the Clippers players were all soldiers and quickly opened the score, but the Suns were always in a stalemate under the leadership of Durant, and at the end of the third quarter, the Clippers led the Suns by 10 points at 101-91 into the fourth quarter.
Entering the fourth quarter, Leonard left the court with an injury, and the Clippers played a wave of 17-2 offensive surge. When the score was stretched to more than 20 points, the head coach replaced the main players on the court, and the game became garbage time, and the Clippers defeated the Suns 138-111 on their home court. Sent to the Suns for two consecutive defeats.
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Leonard played 32 minutes, scored 17 points, 3 rebounds, two assists, and 5 steals on 8-of-15 shooting, and left the game with an eye injury in the fourth quarter. Since losing to the Lakers in the last game of the same city, the performance of these two small cards is debatable.
Harden played 29 minutes, scored 19 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists on 6-of-8 shooting, although Harden did not score the highest on the team, but he delivered 10 assists. The performance was perfect!
George played 31 minutes, scored 25 points, 7 rebounds and 0 assists on 10-of-19 shooting, the highest scoring in the Clippers, and it can be said that the performance was also perfect, and the shooting rate was also extremely high.
Zubac played 27 minutes, scored 19 points, 8 rebounds and three assists on 8-of-9 shooting, and his performance was also remarkable, he scored a super double-double on the Lakers, Zubac's performance in these games was quite eye-catching, he will be the best puzzle piece for the Clippers to compete for the championship, and his excellent performance directly determines how far the Clippers can go.
Slow En played 27 minutes, scored 14 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists on 5-of-9 shooting, and his performance was also quite good.
Powell came off the bench for 20 minutes, scored 14 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist on 4-of-6 shooting, which was also a standard performance, especially in the fourth quarter.
Westbrook played 14 minutes off the bench and scored 9 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists on 3-of-6 shooting.
Finally, I hope that the Clippers will play better and better, and I hope that Leonard will not be affected more, and I hope that the Clippers will continue to win, and the healthy Clippers are strong contenders for the championship!