The Clippers challenged the Celtics back-to-back away games, Porzingis was out due to injury, the Celtics started Holiday , White, Brown, Tatum and Horford, and the Clippers started Harden, Mann, George, Leonard and Plumlee.
At the beginning of the first quarter, George hit a jumper in the face of Horford, but Tatum had a 2+1 and a rebound to help the team lead 7-4, Harden broke through to make a free throw, the Green Army continued to play iron on the outside but could grab the frontcourt rebound, Tatum scored a layup again, and Coach Lu called a stop. After the timeout, Xiaoka stepped up, a three-pointer plus a steal and a rebound layup to help the Clippers overtake the score, Harden assisted Mann for a dunk, George made free throws, and responded with a 9-0 mini-climax to lead to 6 points. Then Wei Shao came up, Deng's offensive foul was replaced, the young master came up and contributed, and after Plumlee scored a dunk, the 19-11 Green Army called a timeout. Back in the game, a three-pointer from a small card and a free throw from Powell held on to the lead, but before the end of the first quarter, Pritchard hit a three-pointer to put the Greens up by five points at 21-26.
In the second quarter, the two sides rotated the lineup, Harden and Wei Shao led the team, Deng Ge once again showed his passing strength, continuously assisted to feed his teammates, Tatum also scored in return, Theis dunked 2+1, the Clippers 10-5 small climax, 36-26 lead to 10 points to stop the Green Army. After the timeout, Jaylen Brown threw a throw to stop the bleeding, but he also stepped on Harden's three-point foul and was whistled for a first-level malicious foul, Harden hit all three free throws and then followed up with a layup again, leading by 13 points at 43-30, and the Celtics called a timeout again. This timeout really worked, Tatum made a steal and counterattacked, Holiday chased a three-point wave 5-0 small surge, and it was the Clippers' turn to take a timeout. Back in the game, Mann's three-pointer and Plumlee's hook hand were also 5-0, and the Clippers led the Celtics by 16 points at halftime, 55-39.
After Tatum scored three points in the third quarter to narrow the gap to 12 points, a wave of offensive frenzy began on the Clippers' side, with Harden combing the offense in an orderly manner, and Xiaoka and George each firing. Dengo scored back-to-back assists from Plumlee and Mann to take a 26-point lead at 72-46 before the Green Army called a timeout. However, the timeout didn't work at all, and when it came back to the game, the small card turned to block Kornet, and the Clippers blasted a wave of 21-0 small surge in 6 minutes, and the difference was 33 points at the most. Just before the end of the third quarter, Pritchard hit a three-pointer to put the Celtics up by 31 points, 60-91.
Mazzulla went straight to the third team in the final quarter and announced that he was abandoned. Xiaoka, Harden, and George also rested, and Wei Shao led the team alone for a while and went down. The game is directly reduced to garbage time.
In the end, the Clippers defeated the Green Shirts 115-96 away and won five consecutive victories. Let's take a look at the players' performances!
Death slam dunk, and the small card beat the league first in three quarters
Facing the Celtics, who are the first in the league, Xiaoka only needs three quarters to blow up the opponent and then leave work early.
In the first half, he was a steady output, shooting 5-of-7 from the field and 2-of-3 from three-point range, scoring 12 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal. In the third quarter, the small card changed back to God of War mode, and scored 14 points in a single quarter. In one round, he received a pass from Harden, and was directly turned around and broke through the 2.16-meter-separated Cornet, and the Clippers bench collectively fell into madness.
In the whole game, Kazige only played 29 minutes, shooting 10 of 15, 3 of 5 three-pointers, 3 of 3 free throws, and scored 26 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block.
2 of 11, Harden plus or minus +36
Due to the consumption of playing the Raptors yesterday, Harden's hand today is not good, but the combing offense is still at the master level.
In the first half, he was 2-of-9, 0-of-5 from three-point range and 5-of-6 from the free-throw line for 9 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, with a plus/minus of +19.
In the third quarter, Deng Ge paddled directly, with 2 rebounds and 3 assists in a single quarter, and clocked out in advance. In the whole game, he played 27 minutes, shooting 2-of-11 from the field and 5-of-6 from the free-throw line, and although he only had 9 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, the plus/minus was a terrifying +36.
Tatum slashed 21+11 in the air, and the Celtics lost in shame
Today's game was arguably Celtic's most humiliating defeat of the season. Tatum became the team's only fig leaf.
He finished with 10 points and three rebounds on 4-of-5 shooting in the first quarter. In the first half, Tatum shot 5-of-8, 1-of-2 three-pointers, and 1-of-1 free throws to finish with 12 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.
In the third quarter, he had 9 points and 6 rebounds in a single quarter, but the team was beaten and was forced to clock out in the final quarter.
In the whole game, Tatum only played 30 minutes, shooting 8-of-18 from the field, 2-of-4 from three-point range, 3-of-3 from the free-throw line, and a double-double of 21 points and 11 rebounds.