Ranked in the top three! The Clippers won 7 games in 8 games, Wei Shao met the milestone Harden was sluggish after missing the All-Star
On February 3, Beijing time, the NBA regular season ended with a focus battle, the Clippers defeated the Pistons, the Clippers' four giants Leonard, Paul George, Wei Shao and Harden teamed up to play, Leonard and Wei Shao performed well, Leonard 33 points, Wei Shao 23 points, the total score exceeded the 25,000 mark, George played strong in the last quarter. Harden's first game after missing out on the All-Star list was a bit sluggish, shooting 1-of-10 from the field and 0-of-5 from three-point range, scoring just four points.
In this game, the Clippers achieved a reversal, the Clippers still trailed the opponent by 6 points in the first quarter, and in the second quarter, under the leadership of Leonard, the Clippers scored 38 points in a single quarter, from 6 points behind to 6 points ahead, and Wei Shao and Leonard both scored double-doubles. In the third quarter, the Clippers withstood the onslaught of the opponent, Leonard hit consecutive three-pointers, and when the Pistons narrowed the gap to 1 point, Wei Shao hit a three-pointer to stop the bleeding, and also hated Duren. The Clippers held the lead in the final quarter, and George scored back-to-back points to lead the team to victory.
In the fourth quarter, Wei Shao scored a layup, and his career regular season total score reached 25,000, ushering in a milestone.
Leonard and Wei Shao played very well, and it was a pity that Harden had a bad hand in this game, only an embarrassing 1 of 10, and he missed all 5 three-point shots. Harden has missed the All-Star for two consecutive years after missing the All-Star bench, and it is a pity that this game is also the first game after the loss.
Harden missed the All-Star, it is indeed a pity, after coming to the Clippers, Harden's performance is very good, and there are many players in the team who score, so Harden sacrifices his scoring data, more about passing and organization. Clippers coach Tyronn Lue has expressed his joy for Leonard and Paul George to be selected as All-Stars, but none of this would have happened without Harden, who has meant a lot to our team by taking on the role of a traditional point guard who can get other people involved and also score, so Harden played a very important role.
In this way, the Clippers have won two consecutive victories, and in the last 8 games, the Clippers have won 7 of them, with a record of 7 wins and 1 loss, a wave of 5 consecutive wins, and was terminated by the Cavaliers in the later stage, and now they have defeated the Wizards and Pistons in a row, and won consecutive victories again. In the Western Conference standings, the Clippers are firmly in the top three in the West with a record of 32 wins and 15 losses, and there is a small gap between them and the Timberwolves at the top of the table.