On February 3, 2024, Beijing time, the NBA regular season ushered in the game between the Clippers and the Pistons, and George was not on the injury list for the Clippers in this game, and he has returned to the game, so the Clippers have returned to their original starting lineup, still Harden, Leonard, George, Mann and Plumlee, and the Pistons start Duren, Cunningham, Bogdanovic, Ivey and Knox.
In the first quarter of the game, the Clippers started the game with George as soon as they started, and the effect was not good, except for the first shot, the next two times were not, but the pace of the game was slow. On the contrary, the Pistons played more reasonably, handled the ball quickly, and allowed more people to participate in the offense, and after the Clippers missed the shot, they could also play a conversion offensive score, not only that, the Pistons took the lead in opening the outside firepower, and Bogdanovic and Ivey both made three-pointers to help the Pistons start the game ahead of the Clippers.
The Clippers have a big feature, no one hits the inside, Harden tried twice, the effect was not good, even Leonard didn't shoot! After that, Leonard also rushed inside, played two plus one, and Wei Shao and Wei Shao two shot three points! The Clippers relied on Wei Shao and Leonard to change the offensive situation of the Clippers, helping the Clippers chase from 14 points to 6 points, and the Clippers trailed the Pistons 27-33 at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, the Pistons continued their three-point touch, hitting two three-pointers in a row, and the Clippers relied on the interior to score. Coach Lu used a five-small lineup early, which made it difficult for the Pistons to rush to the interior in the positional battle, but fortunately, the three-point hand was excellent, which maintained the lead. Coffey then scored five straight points, Harden converted the offense and drew a foul, and Mann scored two points on a free throw to tie the score. The Pistons' outside feel declined, and it was difficult to score, but Leonard was hot, hitting three three-pointers in a row, and the Clippers overtook the Pistons 65-59 at halftime.
In the first half, the Clippers Leonard scored 21 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists on 7-of-9 shooting and 4-of-4 three-pointers, George got 6 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists on 3-of-8 shooting, Harden got 4 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist on 1-of-7 shooting, and Wei Shao got 10 points, 1 rebound, 5 assists and 2 steals on 4-of-5 shooting. For the Pistons, Bogdanovic scored 15 points on 5-of-5 shooting and 3-of-3 three-pointers, Ivey had nine points, Duren had seven points and nine rebounds, Suser had 12 points and Gallinari had seven points.
In the second half of the game, the Pistons made consecutive three-pointers, once chasing the score to 2 points, Leonard began to exert strength, made two three-pointers in a row, and then assisted Plumlee to complete a layup to help the Clippers continue to fire. On the Pistons, Bogdanovic also made a three-pointer, and Duren hit the inside to complete a violent dunk, and the two sides began a battle of offense. The Clippers began to relax after taking the lead, and the Pistons chased the score to 1 point after Bogdanovic and Cunningham scored in a row, and Wei Shao continued to exert his strength, scored three points again, and blocked Duren for a conversion dunk, and then scored against the Gallinari defense, scored a backhand layup, and after Powell scored a three-point shot, the Clippers led the Pistons 101-90 at the end of the third quarter.
In the final quarter of the game, the Clippers opened the score with a wave of 7-0, and finally the Pistons relied on Suser to score consecutive points to help the team chase points, and the Clippers' offense was also very good, and Coffey and Theis could score consecutive points. Fortunately, Ivey and Burks scored 5 points in a row, and after Duren made a violent dunk, a wave of 8-0, and the difference was chased to 7 points. George then scored five points in a row, and after a steal, he assisted Leonard to complete a dunk, and the difference returned to 16 points. Then, although the Pistons were able to score, the Clippers were relatively better, and George began to score back-to-back points, and the game lost suspense, and the Clippers eventually beat the Pistons 136-125.
In this game, Wei Shao shot 10 of 13, 2 of 3 three-pointers, and got 23 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists and 2 steals.
The statistics of the whole game, the Clippers Leonard got 33 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists on 12-of-17 shooting, George got 18 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals and 1 block on 8-of-16 shooting, Harden got 4 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists on 10-of-10 shooting and 0-of-5 three-point shooting, Wei Shao 23 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists, Powell 15 points and 5 rebounds, Coffey 14 points, Plumlee 12 points and 9 rebounds, and Mann 12 points. For the Pistons, Bogdanovic had 26 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists on 9-of-13 shooting, Cunningham had 16 points, 3 rebounds and 11 assists, Duren had 11 points and 13 rebounds, Ivey had 28 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, and Sussell had 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting and 5-of-6 three-pointers.