The Clippers' winning streak ended, Leonard scored 30 points, and Harden scored 11+7+8
Seven Consecutive Passenger Tours East
The Los Angeles Clippers' seven-game winning streak in the East continues, and the last win over the Celtics once again gave a glimpse into the team's dominance. At present, the Clippers have won five consecutive victories and are third in the West, and as long as they win one more game, they can move to the second place in the West, because the Thunder, who are first in the West, and the Timberwolves, who are second in the West, are also fighting fiercely, and they will definitely have a loser. The Clippers will face the Cleveland Cavaliers, who are fifth in the East, and their defensive efficiency is the third highest in the league.
The Clippers' hole card is naturally Kawhi Leonard, a small card in a healthy state, and he is a well-deserved god of war. In addition to that, the team also has George and Harden and Westbrook. The Cavaliers' hole card is Mitchell, an All-Star guard in his playing year, who once scored 71 points in a single game, and his scoring explosiveness can be imagined.
The Clippers challenge the Cavaliers
At the beginning of the first quarter, the Cavaliers showed home-court advantage, Mitchell scored 10 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists on 4-of-5 shooting, Allen had 4 points and 5 rebounds, and the team blossomed more points, scoring 28 points in a single quarter, while the Clippers scored 25 points, including Leonard 8 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, and Coffey and Powell each scored 4 points. After returning from the game in the second quarter, Mitchell's hand declined, with only 4 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals on 1-of-4 shooting, but Okoro became a wonder soldier, scoring 13 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist on 4-of-7 shooting, and the Cavaliers scored another 28 points in a single quarter and continued to widen the difference.
The small card had six points and two rebounds on 3-of-4 shooting, Harden also had four points, two rebounds and three assists, Powell hit two three-pointers, and the Clippers scored 27 points in the first quarter, and at halftime, the Cavaliers led the Clippers by four points at 56-52. In the second half, the small card was still unstoppable, with 10 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal on 3-of-6 shooting, George also got 7 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, and the team scored 29 points in a single quarter, but the Cavaliers scored 32 points, Mitchell scored 9 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists, and LeVert also had 7 points and 1 steal, and the difference between the two teams came to 7 points.
In the final quarter of the game, the Clippers kept catching up, Xiaoka got 6 points and 2 rebounds on 3-of-6 shooting, Harden got 7 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal, but the Cavaliers withstood the pressure, Strus got 6 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, Mitchell also had 5 points and 1 assist, Allen had 8 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, and scored 5 points in a row at the last moment to lock up the win. In the end, the Cleveland Cavaliers managed to defeat the Los Angeles Clippers 118-108.
Missed the second place in the west
The Clippers' winning streak ended, and Leonard still had no solution, scoring 30 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists on 13-of-25 shooting from the field. Harden shot 3-of-8 from the field, with only 11 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists, and he gave it all in the final quarter. George shot 3 of 11, 13 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Powell on the bench 18 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Wei Shao 13 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Coffey 13 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, the whole team of 6 scored double-doubles, but only 11 of 34 three-pointers, the shooting rate was not ideal.
After losing this game, the Clippers also missed the second place in the West, but I believe that in the future schedule, the Clippers still have a chance to hit the second place in the West. As many as 7 players in the Cavaliers scored double-doubles, perfect team basketball, Mitchell got 28 points, 4 rebounds and 12 assists, showing the strength of the star, Allen 20 points, 17 rebounds and 3 assists, Okoro 17 points and 3 assists, Strus 14 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, Mobley Jr. 10 points and 9 rebounds, LeVert on the bench 13 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, and Niang had 10 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.