0 frontcourt boards, 22 rebounds, an ugly victory!
The Clippers finally won! At the end of the game, the score of the two teams was finally fixed at 112-106, and the Clippers reversed their opponents to win! But is this really a game worth celebrating? I don't think so! Because this is undoubtedly an extremely ugly game for the Clippers. Although they eventually completed the comeback, they exposed their biggest weakness in this game: the interior defense was useless. What's even more incredible is that their interior line was completely blown up by the league's penultimate Detroit Pistons, which can be called incomplete!
In this game, the Clippers who were fighting at home took the lead and played a 12-2 dream start when they came up! Then the Pistons returned the Clippers a 12-2 under the bombardment of Aville's sudden throw, and the two sides entered a tug-of-war! The Pistons who fought away were getting braver and braver, and the Clippers suffered a scoring panic in the second quarter, and the Pistons led the Clippers by 9 points at halftime. In the third quarter, the Clippers recovered four points under the leadership of Xiaoka, and the two sides entered the final battle in the fourth quarter with a five-point difference! Paul George took over the game in the final quarter, scoring 15 points alone in the final quarter, and finally led the Clippers to complete the reversal and successfully defend the dignity of the home court.
In this game, the Clippers scored five double-doubles, including George scored a game-high 33 points plus 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Leonard scored 24 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, Harden contributed 14 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, Wei Shao 13 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, and Coffey 12 points and 1 assist. The Pistons also had five double-doubles, with Cunningham scoring 22 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists, Ivey 23 points, Duren 10 points and 18 rebounds, Thompson 10 points and 8 rebounds, and Fontecchio 20 points and 9 rebounds.
As everyone knows, the Clippers' inside rebounds in this game were completely blown out by the Pistons! The Clippers had 35-57 rebounds and a net loss of as many as 22 Pistons, of which the frontcourt board was even more miserable 0-14! It is worth mentioning that this is the first time in the history of the Clippers that there are 0 frontcourt boards in a single game. Winning with a spree of 22 rebounds and the team not grabbing a single offensive rebound was a bizarre win for the Clippers. If it weren't for the Detroit Pistons, who are the bottom of the league, they wouldn't have been so lucky to escape today!
Although the Clippers have completed a unique comeback, this is not something to be happy about, and it should even be worried! Just imagine, the team with the lowest record in the league can hammer the Clippers' inside rebounds, which inevitably makes people feel a little worried about their championship prospects this season! Since ancient times, it has been the inside lineman who wins the world! Obviously, the Clippers' interior shortcomings have become their fatal wound in the championship. Zubac, Plumlee, and Theis, the three centers guarding the Clippers' weak interior line, can't help but be in vain! The Clippers are too optimistic and confident to attack the championship with such an interior configuration. Aren't you really afraid that the high-intensity playoffs will beat your three centers into a sieve?