In the past three games, he has averaged 28 + 7 rebounds and 5 assists!4 years, and Maddie's Tanhua has left the Knicks to cash in on his talent
On January 11th, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and today the Clippers sat at home to welcome the challenge of the Raptors, before this game, the Raptors just played a game with the Lakers yesterday, they lost to the opponent by 1 point, the team was back-to-back, and Sika also missed the game, in this case they are not favored to win, and as a result, relying on the excellent performance of the whole team, they actually forced the Clippers to a desperate situation.
We won't say much about the process of the first three quarters of this game, because the two sides fought in the first three quarters of the Clippers but fell behind by 1 point, before entering the final quarter, George scored 7 points in a row to help the Clippers overtake the opponent and establish the lead, relying on the play of the Big Three, the Clippers once led by 11 points in the last 3 minutes, seeing that the game has lost suspense, Barrett scored 5 points in a row to bring back the suspense of the game, but Xiaoka and George scored 5 points in a row to extinguish the possibility of the Knicks' counterattack, and finally they defeated the Raptors 126-120.
In this campaign, the Clippers scored 29 points on both sides, 10 of 18 shots from the field, 2 of 4 three-pointers, 29 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 blocks, and at the last moment, one hit two to complete the breakthrough dunk This operation is a bit of Jordan's shadow, George shot 12 of 22 in this game, 5 of 9 three-pointers got 29 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, and George scored 15 points and 2 assists in the final quarter is the key to the team's lead in the fourth quarter.
Harden scored another double-double in this game, he shot 5 of 13 from the field, 2 of 7 three-pointers got 14 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists, facing the Raptors with a five-small lineup, Harden had no chance to play a single mismatch, his offense was inefficient, but Harden's organizational skills were good enough, it is worth mentioning that Harden has doubled his assists in 6 games in the past 7 games, and it can be seen that he is getting more and more adapted to the team's system.
It is estimated that Xiaoka's choice to reduce his salary and renew his contract may be to let the team renew Harden in the offseason, recently Xiaoka and the team reached a 3-year contract of 152 million, this contract is 8.5 million away from the super cap salary, it is estimated that George's renewal will be a similar contract, and if they all reduce their salaries, then it must be for the team to sign Harden, but Harden is not in a hurry to renew his contract in the near future, and he intends to consider renewing his contract in the offseason.
In this game, under Harden's tandem, Zubac scored 12 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists, Mann scored 13 points and 2 rebounds, and Powell scored 13 points and 3 rebounds.
After talking about the Clippers, let's talk about the Raptors, facing Leonard and George's defense in this game, Barnes did not play his due performance, 5 of 10 shots, 1 of 5 three-pointers got 12 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 blocks, although he did not play well in the face of the top gate, but it was very good not to venture to the top to play blindly, Schroder entered the starting line and scored 22 points and 4 assists.
Quickley's performance is also good, 7 of 16 shots, 2 of 4 three-pointers got 25 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 steal, since joining the Raptors to get the starting position, Quickley's performance is too good, he won 20+ in 4 of the 5 games after joining, according to this play, it is expected to win a big contract in the offseason, the Raptors are not like the Knicks have no salary space, they can give Quickley the contract he wants.
Barrett shot 10 of 16 from the field, 4 of 6 from three-point range and scored 24 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Barrett showed his star temperament well in this game, daring to fight against Leonard and George at critical moments, and he also played a good performance against the Lakers in the last game, 10 of 13 shots, 1 of 3 three-pointers scored 23 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, and scored 37 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 steal in the previous game against the Warriors.
In the past three consecutive road trips, Barrett has been the best player on the team, averaging 28 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal per game, shooting 67% from the field, 58% from three-point range, and 3.3 three-pointers per game. Previously, Barrett was only a three-in-command player during his time with the Knicks, and he didn't have as many tactical positions, so he didn't fully use his talent.
Well, now that he came to the Raptors, he got plenty of ball possession and proved himself, Barrett was a 19-year draft pick, a genius on par with Zion at the time, he was known for his offensive kaleidoscope and all-round in college, and the original draft template was Maddy, but because he did not have an absolute core position after joining the Knicks, and Thibodeau also limited his shots in various ways, resulting in him not playing particularly well.
Now in the Raptors, he has explained what it means to move people to the dead, Barrett is a Canadian player, and the team intends to develop him as a core, if he can, I think Barrett should stay here for a long time, after all, the fans here will love him more, and he can be regarded as fighting for his hometown. Speaking of which, what do you have to say about Barrett now?