On February 1, 2024, Beijing time, the NBA regular season focus game, the Clippers (30-15) challenged the Wizards (9-37) away. Before the game, the Clippers had just lost to the Cavaliers and suffered a losing streak, but they still ranked fourth in the West, and the Wizards recently won two in a row, and they are on the rise. Both teams will be looking to win and move up the rankings today, so this game can be said to be very interesting.
In the first quarter, the Wizards and the Clippers started to maneuver under the leadership of Kuzma's 14-point explosion in a single quarter, while the Clippers played more overall under Harden's needle lead, leading the Wizards by 2 points at 37-35 into the second quarter. In the middle of the second quarter, the Clippers suddenly made a force on the defensive end, and played a wave of 8-0 small climax in the middle of the quarter to open up the score gap, and at halftime, the Clippers led the Wizards 66-60.
In the third quarter, the Clippers broke out and completely took over the game, and they played a wave of 9-0 small climax in this quarter to instantly push the difference to 15 points. Then Harden and Leonard took turns to exert their strength, and the two combined for 20 points in a single quarter to help the Clippers play an overwhelming score advantage of 40-19, and the difference between the two teams had widened to 27 points at the end of the third quarter. The huge point margin made the final quarter early into garbage time, and in the end, the Clippers defeated the Wizards 125-109 on the road to win the game smoothly. At the same time, due to the Nuggets' defeat to the Thunder today, the Clippers successfully overtook the Nuggets to become the third in the West after the win, which can be described as a double happiness.
In this game, the performance of the Clippers supergiant Harden was very amazing, he started the game for 32 minutes, shot 7 of 15, 5 of 10 three-pointers, and scored 25 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, 2 turnovers and 4 blocks, with a plus/minus of +20. Today's Harden not only has a personal strong offensive aspect, but also does a remarkable job in connecting the team, Xiaoka, Coffey, and Powell have all been successfully activated by Harden, of which Xiaoka cut 31 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals and 1 block, Coffey scored 17 points, and Powell got 14 points and 7 rebounds. On the defensive end, Harden did his best, completely without the previous "eye defense", and delivered a game-high 4 blocks, and the overall performance was perfect.
While leading the team to victory, Harden also broke an NBA record that Jordan held for 319 games. After this game, Harden scored at least 25 points + 5 rebounds + 5 assists in a single game in the 320th game of his career, surpassing Jordan's 319 games and becoming the third in history. The top two all-time players are James with 678 games and Oscar Robertson with 502 games.
Harden has not only achieved the ultimate glory of surpassing the basketball god in terms of personal data, but it is even more gratifying that the Clippers have become the hottest championship team in the league, especially in the process of the Northern Expedition and the Eastern Crusade, which is really powerful. Judging from the current situation, it is not surprising that this year's NBA championship will be between the Clippers and the Nuggets, and as long as there are no injuries, the Clippers have a better chance of winning. What do you think about this?
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