Rejected a 26-point comeback!The Clippers held on to the victory in a thrilling way!Ka Pepper blasted 53+10+6!Harden 15+5+10

At 10:00 on March 23, Beijing time, the NBA regular season was in full swing, and the Los Angeles Clippers went to challenge the Portland Trail Blazers away. The Clippers' last win over the Trail Blazers on the road ended their two-game losing streak. The current record is 43-25, ranking fourth in the West. The Clippers are currently four wins behind the Timberwolves, and it will be difficult to complete a counterattack with more than 10 games left in the regular season. The Trail Blazers have a 19-50 record after a four-game losing streak and have missed the playoffs ahead of schedule. The Clippers made a change to their roster from their previous matchup, with Mann starting up and Coffey returning to the rotation.

In the first quarter, the two teams continued to play iron, Mann used free throws to break the drought, Murray made a basket and scored the first goal of the Trail Blazers; after that, the two sides played another round of iron, Zubac dunked in the air and continued to firepower; the two teams alternated points, fought to 10 draws, and the Clippers made a wave to open up the difference; Xiaoka hit a 3-point shot, and the difference came to 8 points, directly stopping the Trail Blazers! After the pause, the difference continued to be opened, and Xiaoka hit a jumper, and the difference came to double digits! At the end of the first quarter, the Clippers led by 15 points at 42-27;

In the second quarter, George and Coffey teamed up with a wave of 5-0 to stretch the difference to 20 points! Walker, Hender, and Bantonson hit the basket in a row and scored six points in response, and the Clippers shouted a halt; after a timeout, Harden hit a 3-point shot, George made 2 fouls and made 2 free throws, and Reese scored 3 points to break the Trail Blazers' scoring drought of nearly 2 minutes; Harden assisted Mann to get up and down on the outside, Rhys and Banton scored 4 points in a row to stop the bleeding, and Zubac hit the empty cut and dunked again; the two sides mainly played inside in this quarter, hitting the basket again and again to create opportunities. At halftime, the Clippers entered the second half 70-53 with a 17-point advantage;

Yibian fought again, Xiaoka broke through the dunk and scored, George continued to score 3 points, and a wave of 5-0 points came to 22 points! After that, the two sides alternated points, and the point difference remained at 20+; George scored 4 points in a row to continue to open the difference, and Banton cut George to make 2+1; Xiaoka scored a quick stop jump shot, Banton scored 3 points and then hit, and 1 person carried the team's banner of chasing points; but the Clippers offense has always remained strong, Theis and Mann scored 4 points in a row, directly stopping the Trail Blazers! After the 3rd quarter, the Clippers led by 21 points 101-80;

In the final quarter, Reese hit a 3-point shot, Harden assisted Mann to break through to a layup to make 2+1, and then Mann made a layup again, Coffey made 2 free throws and 2 hits, and the difference continued to be widened; Harden hit a 3-point shot, Walker scored 5 points in a row, and the Clippers shouted a halt! Boston came back from a timeout, and the difference came to 26 points! But the Trail Blazers did not give up, and fought back 6-0 and struggled to narrow the gap! After that, the Trail Blazers continued to exert their strength, and the difference was once narrowed to 6 points! In the end, time was not enough, and the Clippers held the victory 125-117.

Statistics:

In this game, George scored 31 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, Xiaoka 22 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block, Harden 15 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, Mann 20 points, 1 board, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, Zubac 6 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block;

For the Trail Blazers, Kamara had 11 points and 7 boards, Murray had 21 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, Reece had 13 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, Simmons had 3 points and 6 assists, Henderson had 24 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists and 2 steals, Walker had 14 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, Banton had 17 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, Ruppel had 5 points and 2 boards, and Moses Brown had 9 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.