On January 11, Beijing time, the NBA pinnacle battle came to an end, and the Clippers won the Raptors 126-120.
I believe everyone saw how Rajakovic, the head coach of the Raptors, opened his eyes and scolded the referee after losing the game to the Lakers, when he was so angry that his lips trembled and his face turned white. His words caused a reaction, and everyone also foresaw this game, when the Clippers were playing the Raptors, the referee was too partial to the Janhuang Lakers because of his weak heart, so this game must be to look back, embarrassed to target the Raptors again, and sure enough, the Raptors also had more free throws than the Clippers.
But even if the Clippers suffered a 13-18 loss in free throws, they were still upright, did not rely on the referee, and won the game, relying on their own offense, defense, teamwork, and hard power. Looking at the statistics of several core players of the Clippers, Leonard 29+7, George 29+6, Mann 13 points, Powell 13 points, Harden 14+11, Zubac 12+11, 6 people scored double-doubles.
What's more, only three players on the Clippers team got free throws, Leonard made 7 of 7 free throws, Powell made 2 of 2 free throws, Theis made 2 of 2 free throws, and Harden made 2 of 2 free throws for the final tactical foul. The Big Four combined for nine free throws, and the remaining two had zero free throws, what does that mean? But do you say that with the assault ability of Harden, Wei Shao and Xiaoka, can you really not break through? Is it really incapable of making fouls? The four superstars don't make any free throws, is this normal?
When did Harden's free throws come? With 21.3 seconds left in the fourth quarter, he finally walked to the free throw line. At that time, the Clippers led by four points, and the Raptors deliberately fouled Harden before he went to make two free throws. In addition, the rest of the Clippers superstars didn't have a whistle at all, and the full-court free throw ratio was 18-13, the Raptors made 16 of 18 free throws, and the Clippers made 13 of 13 free throws, which was a dignified victory and won the respect of opponents.
The Raptors also hugged and saluted the Clippers one by one after the game. Because they don't rely on referees to win, the Raptors lose convincingly. It can only be said that the Raptors have tried their best, but the Clippers have Gundam. Kageorge's 29 points each is too powerful, Harden is a super double-double 14+5+11, and the Big Four combined scored 78 points, and it is not easy to win them. Especially in the last 35.4 seconds of the game, Paul George received the ball and killed the game with three points, expanding the difference to 6 points and locking the win.
But at least this kind of victory is acceptable to the Raptors, because they know that the Clippers win by hard power, not by referees. After the game, all of them hugged the Clippers one by one, especially the head coach of the Raptors, who personally came over and hugged Tyronn Lue.