On January 27, 2024, Beijing time, the NBA regular season focus game, the Clippers (28-14) visited Toronto to face the Raptors (16-28). Before the game, the Clippers won a wave of 3 consecutive wins and the momentum was booming, while the Raptors suffered a wave of 3 consecutive defeats, and the Clippers wanted to extend the winning streak by defeating their opponents, and the Raptors also wanted to end the losing streak by winning. Therefore, this game is sure to be full of highlights. In the end, after four quarters of fierce competition, the Clippers defeated the Raptors 127-107 on the road to celebrate a four-game winning streak. The core player ratings are as follows (out of 10 points): 4 are perfect, 4 are passing, and 1 is hip pulling.
Clippers players' performance ratings:
Leonard (perfect 9)
At the beginning of the first quarter, he received Harden's ball, and in the final stage of the counterattack, he received Wei Shaomiao's pass and flew inside to dunk to help the Clippers lead the Raptors 23-13.
A one-on-one death entanglement in the middle and late second quarter caused Schroder to miss the ball, and a mid-range pullup jump shot in the final period helped the Clippers lead the Raptors 56-44. At the end of the half, Xiaoka showed a very versatile performance, shooting 3 of 6, scoring 6 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 turnover and 1 block.
In the middle of the third quarter, George hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner, followed by two consecutive mid-range one-on-one shots, and a three-pointer from the top of the arc after receiving a wonderful pass from Harden in the middle and late stages, helping the Clippers lead the Raptors 87-68.
At the end of the game, Leonard started the game for 30 minutes, shooting 7 of 13, scoring 16 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 1 turnover and 2 blocks, with a plus/minus of +11. In this campaign, Xiaoka's full-court performance can be described as a combination of offense and defense, and the overall performance can be called perfect.
Harden (10 points)
In the early part of the first quarter, a dragon made a strong inside layup, and then concocted a 2+1 layup again to help the Clippers lead the Raptors 9-6.
Early in the second quarter, he hit a 45-degree three-pointer from Theis's hand-handed pass, and then used a step-back three-pointer to make a foul and hit all three free throws in the same position. Midway through the second quarter, he hit a hard layup with his body to give the Clippers a 48-36 lead.
At the end of the second quarter, he hit two layups in a row with the ball. At halftime, Harden's performance was perfect, shooting 6-of-10 and scoring 17 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 turnover and 1 steal.
Midway through the third quarter, he dribbled and hit a throw. A three-pointer from a back-and-down playback early in the fourth quarter helped the Clippers take a 106-97 lead over the Raptors.
At the end of the game, Harden started 34 minutes, made 8 of 14 shots, scored 22 points, 10 rebounds, 13 assists, 1 steal, 1 turnover and 1 block, with a game-high plus/minus of +27. Harden's performance in this game was impeccable, it was simply the peak, and it must be rated perfect.
George (perfect 9)
Midway through the first quarter, he hit a one-on-one pullup jump shot. In the middle of the second quarter, he broke through the inside line with the ball and hit a one-handed layup, and at the end of the quarter, he hit a three-pointer at the top of the arc after receiving a wonderful pass from Harden, and then hit a one-on-one one-on-one step-back three-pointer, and then hit two foul free throws, and one person scored 10 points in a row to help the Clippers lead the Raptors 66-48. At halftime, George performed well, shooting 4 of 9, scoring 10 points, 1 rebound, 1 turnover and 1 block.
At the beginning of the third quarter, he hit a three-point shot at the top of the arc with a wonderful pass from Plumlee, and in the middle of the period, he hit a wonderful pass from Plumlee to cut the inside line to make a layup to make 2+1, and hit three foul free throws in the middle and late stages, helping the Clippers lead the Raptors 84-65.
Hit two foul free throws late in the fourth quarter. At the end of the game, George started the game for 28 minutes, made 6 of 15 shots, scored 21 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 2 turnovers and 2 blocks, with a plus/minus of +13.
Plumlee (7.5 pass)
At the beginning of the game, Mann broke through the basket and hit a rebound to help the Clippers open the scoring. In the middle of the first quarter, he received a two-handed pass from Harden and hit a two-handed dunk, and in the middle and late stages, Leonard hit the ground and cut inside to complete a two-handed folding back dunk, helping the Clippers lead the Raptors 19-9.
At the end of the second quarter, he received a wonderful pass from Harden and hit a cake inside line. At halftime, Plumlee played 4-of-5 shooting, scoring 8 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.
At the beginning of the third quarter, the second offensive rebound on the inside line was successful. At the end of the game, Plumlee started the game for 25 minutes, shooting 5 of 12, scoring 12 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 0 steals, 1 turnover and 0 blocks, with a plus/minus of +19. In this game, Plumlee showed the ultimate ability to eat cakes, and the overall performance met people's expectations.
Mann (7 passing)
At the beginning of the first quarter, Leonard made a wonderful pass and hit an inside layup, and in the middle of the quarter, Harden used his speed to cut directly into the interior and hit a two-handed dunk to help the Clippers lead the Raptors 17-8. In the second quarter, Mann didn't score as an athletic player, grabbed two rebounds and dished out an assist. At the end of the half, Mann played well, shooting 2 of 4 and getting 4 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.
Grabbing a rebound in the third quarter. At the end of the game, Mann started the game for 23 minutes, made 3 of 6 shots, scored 6 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 0 steals and 0 turnovers, and had a plus/minus of +20. In this game, Mann played reasonably well on both offensive and defensive ends, and his performance could be rated as passing.
Powell (7 passing)
Hit a toss in the middle of the first quarter between the moves. Early in the second quarter, he hit a 45-degree open three-pointer and then hit two foul free throws to give the Clippers a double-digit lead at 44-32. At the end of the half, Powell played averagely, shooting 2 of 7, scoring 7 points, 2 rebounds, 1 steal and 2 turnovers.
He hit one foul free throw at the end of the third quarter, hit two consecutive free throws from Harden in the middle of the fourth quarter, and hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner at the end of the fourth quarter. At the end of the game, Powell came off the bench for 25 minutes, shot 6 of 13, scored 17 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists, 1 steal, 2 turnovers and 0 blocks, plus or minus -2.
Coffey (crotch pull 5 points)
He grabbed a rebound in the first quarter and didn't contribute anything in the second quarter. At the end of the third quarter, he broke through with the ball and threw it into 2+1. At the end of the game, Coffey played 19 minutes off the bench, 2 shots and 1 hit, scored 5 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 0 steals and 1 turnover, plus or minus 0.
Theis (Pass 6)
Grabbing a rebound in the first quarter. In the middle of the second quarter, he received a wonderful pass from Harden to the ground, and he cut inside to eat cakes and dunk. At the end of the third quarter, he received a pass from Wei Shaomiao, and he hit a dunk to help the Clippers lead the Raptors 89-77.
At the end of the third quarter, he hit a second offensive dunk under the basket. At the end of the game, Theis played 18 minutes off the bench, shooting 3 of 4, scoring 6 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 0 steals and 2 turnovers, with a plus/minus of +6. Theis played in a decent way on the inside in this game, and his performance reached a passing level.
Westbrook (perfect 9)
At the end of the first quarter, he went straight to the inside line to make a layup and made two free throws, and then used his body to open the way to make two free throws, and then stepped past the opponent in the counterattack and hit a one-arm dunk to help the Clippers end the first quarter with a 29-20 lead over the Raptors.
At the beginning of the second quarter, he used the rhythm to hit the inside layup, and then received Harden's wonderful pass to cut the inside line to get a dunk, and then used the body's inside line to attack Taishan to make a basket and then hit it, helping the Clippers lead the Raptors 46-32.
At the end of the half, Wei Shao performed well, shooting 4 of 8, scoring 12 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 0 turnovers and 1 block. In the third quarter, Wei Shao missed all 3 shots, grabbed a rebound on the defensive end, and handed out a steal. He hit two foul free throws early in the fourth quarter, then broke through the inside line with the ball and hit a layup, followed by a counterattack layup to give the Clippers a 103-86 lead over the Raptors.
In the middle of the fourth quarter, he held the ball and broke through to the layup. At the end of the game, Wei Shao played 25 minutes off the bench, shot 7 of 14, got 20 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 0 turnovers and 2 blocks, plus or minus -2.
At this point, the rating of all the players of the Clippers team has ended, if you have different views, please criticize and correct in time! The opponent of the Clippers in the next game is the Celtics who will face the first in the East back-to-back tomorrow, and I hope that the players who performed well today can make persistent efforts to continue their good competitive state, and those who are not performing well should also learn from the pain, find time to find their skills, and strive to help the Clippers defeat strong opponents and continue this wave of winning streaks, so as to impact the first place in the West! In a word: support Harden, support the small card, come on for the Clippers!
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