The Clippers are 26-5!Harden is plus/minus +344!
On February 6, Beijing time, the Clippers played the Hawks away, which was the last game of the Clippers' 7-game streak, and the Clippers lost 1 of the previous 6 games. Since the Clippers are playing back-to-back, the team is cautious to rest him today, even though Zubac has returned. Clippers starters: Harden, Mann, George, Leonard, Plumlee.
Today, the NBA officially announced the Player of the Week, with the Clippers' Leonard and the Hawks' Trae Young selected. The Clippers went 3-1 last week, averaging 29.8 points, 8 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2 steals and 1 block per game, shooting 56.6%, 48% and 100% from three. The Hawks went 3-0 last week and Trae Young averaged 31 points, 11.3 assists and 1.7 steals per game.
Let's take a look at the last 27 games, Jr. has shot 58 percent from the field, 51 percent from three-point range, and 91 percent from the free throw line, a proper 200 club! Clippers reporter Farbod Esnaashari has been dominating the game for the past two months, but he won the weekly award for the first time this season.
Speaking of the game, the Eagles started 5-0 and had good momentum. The Clippers immediately ramped up their defensive intensity, and a three-and-a-half-minute wave of 16-2 stopped the Hawks. Harden had a good outside touch, scoring 9 points and 4 assists on 3-of-4 three-pointers in the first quarter, and the Clippers shot 6-of-9 from three-point range. Trae Young was not comfortable with a high-intensity defense, scoring just two points and three assists on 1-of-2 shooting in the first quarter.
In the past 30 games, Harden's plus/minus has been as high as +333, the first in the league in the same period! Harden assisted in 17 games in which the Clippers went 15-2, can they continue this record today? At the end of the first quarter, the Clippers led by 9 points at 37-28. At the beginning of the second quarter, Ka Jr. and George rested, the Clippers' defensive intensity decreased, and the Hawks' offense picked up.
In the second quarter, the Hawks sacrificed joint defense, and the Clippers' outside feel declined, with three and a half minutes left in the half, and the Hawks chased down to only 3 points. Ka and George are more outward, but Plumlee is not good at protecting the frame. Despite Capela's injury, the Hawks beat the Clippers 7-3 on rebounds. At the critical moment, it was Xiaoka who succeeded in a row to help the Clippers stop the bleeding!
The Clippers started with a positive plus/minus and the bench was all negative, with the Hawks scoring 27 points in the halftime and the Clippers 19. The Hawks led 17-15 in assists and scored 30-26 inside. Trae Young didn't shoot much on 3-of-5 shooting, but he had seven assists to revitalize the team. The Clippers scored a net minus 9 points in the second quarter, and the first half was over, and the two teams were tied 66-66!
The first quarter was smooth, and in the second quarter, the Clippers made consecutive mistakes on both offensive and defensive ends: the small card single-defended Trae Young, but Wei Shao blindly pinched the shot, and the Hawks easily killed the basket to complete the empty catch. The most stable was still Xiaoka, who scored 14 points on 6-of-9 in the half. The Hawks' top scorer was Hunter, who also scored 14 points on 4-of-5 shooting, with a game-high plus/minus of +7.
The Hawks knew Trae Young couldn't defend and continued to defend in the second half. With two minutes left in the third quarter, Trae Young hit a three-pointer and the Hawks took a four-point lead. Theis was hatted twice in a single quarter, but fortunately hit a three-pointer in the quarter. At the end of the third quarter, the Clippers led by one point at 102-101. The small card scored 23 points in the first three quarters, Hunter had 25 points and 7 rebounds, and Trae Young had 17 points and 9 assists.
The difference is only 1 point, and it is difficult to say who will die. In the fourth quarter, the Hawks overtook again with a wave of 5-0, Wei Shao rushed to the basket + dunked, Harden scored three points, and the scores of the two teams rose alternately. Coach Lu presented five small lineups: Big Four + Coffey, Wei Shao helped Harden and Xiaoka block and dismantle on the court, and the effect was good. Murray was invisible in the first three quarters, and made 2 consecutive three-pointers in the fourth quarter!
The Clippers trotted up and rebounded with four minutes left in the final quarter, and the Clippers still led by four points. Trae Young was called up on the defensive end, and the Hawks couldn't help it. Wei Shao first assisted the small card 2+1, and then the defensive end of the big hat Trae Young. In the last 1 minute and 06 seconds, Harden faced Trae Young 3+1, the Clippers led by 10 points, and Den Wei killed the game.
Although Bogdan hit a three-pointer, the game ran out of time. At the end of the game, the Clippers defeated the Hawks 149-144 and ended their road trip 6-1. Wei Shao cut 13 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, and in the fourth quarter, he regarded himself as a blue-collar center: rushing to grab rebounds, blocking and dismantling, defensive caps, and off-court saves, he really fought hard.
Xiaoka shot 36 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists on 13-of-20 shooting, and Harden scored 30 points, 8 rebounds, 10 assists and 2 steals on 7-of-14 shooting. When Harden first arrived, the Clippers lost six in a row, and Deng said, "When we figure it all out, the terrifying moment is coming!" The Clippers are 26-5 in the last 31 games. This season, Harden assists in double-double games, and the Clippers are 16-2!
In the past 31 games, Harden's total plus/minus has come to +344, continuing to rank first in the league! The data of other players, just look at the picture! The terrifying moment belonging to the Clippers has come: