The small card narrowly beat the Magic by 29 points! George scored 14 points and Harden scored 8 points on 12 shots
On March 30, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and today the Magic sat at home to usher in the challenge of the Clippers, after they lost to the Warriors, the team also wanted to win to stop the decline, and the Clippers narrowly defeated the 76ers to regain some confidence, they must want to win in a row, and a vicious battle is inevitable, so let's talk about the game process first, and then talk about the players' play.
Contest Recap:
At the beginning of the first quarter, Harris scored four points in a row to take the lead for the Magic, Mann responded with three points, Suggs and Wagner scored five points in a row, and Leonard scored consecutive points to help the team establish the lead, and the two sides played very inefficiently in this quarter, and the Clippers only led by four points in the first quarter. In the second quarter, under the leadership of Banchero and Suggs, the Magic's offense picked up, but relying on the play of the quadruple, the Clippers still maintained a slight lead, and the Clippers led by 2 points at halftime.
Yibian rematch Zubac and George scored consecutive points to help the team establish an 11-point lead, Banchero and Suggs led the team to chase directly to only 1 point, but at the end of the quarter, Coffey and Leonard hit three points to help the team lead by 8 points to end the third quarter, and the Magic played a wave of 17-2 climax in the final quarter to directly overtake the Clippers, but in the last moments, George scored 4 points in a row, Harden sent a key steal, and finally the Clippers narrowly won the opponent 100-97.
Magic multi-point flowering
Although the Magic have lost against the two giants in the West recently, they have played their own style, their defensive execution and resilience are commendable, a team full of talent and athleticism, their young players did not squander their talent on offense, but focused on the defensive end, and have to admire Moseley's coaching ability, and they locked up the opponent's offense very well in this game.
Banchero shot 8-of-18 from the field, 1-of-6 from three-point range with 23 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, Wagner Jr. got 13 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists on 5-of-13 shooting, Suggs shot 6-of-14 from the field, 2-of-4 from three-point range and got 15 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists, and Big Wagner scored 12 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.
The Clippers are shrinking the defense to let the Magic shoot three points, as a result, they shot 10 of 29 three-pointers, with a shooting rate of only 34%, which is still a relatively good game, this season, the Magic's three-point average hit 11 league-to-bottom first-to-bottom three-point shots, 35% three-point shooting rate, sixth to last in the league, their projection ability is very limited, but the team's talent is good enough, next season I believe Moseley will let Suggs, Wagner Jr. and others improve their projection.
The Magic have risen to prominence this season, they are now fifth in the East, and the team's boss is just a sophomore Banchero, and I believe that as the career progresses, when their young players all realize their talents, then the future of the Magic is definitely worth looking forward to.
Harden should learn from Paul
Although the Clippers ushered in two consecutive wins after the win, their recent form is obviously not as good as before the All-Star, I guess everyone can see it, why is this? I think it's Harden's problem, first of all, Harden still has a star-level ball-handling core level before the All-Star, but everyone has seen his recent play, and his performance is not stable, especially in terms of individual offense, this game shot 3 of 12, 1 of 7 three-pointers, got 11 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals, if it wasn't for the key steals, he would have to take the blame for this loss.
The main reason why Harden didn't play well after the All-Star was that his physical fitness was not good, Harden lost his peak by Nash during the Nets period, and now his state will decline every season It is also an indisputable fact, now he can't play the defender alone, and the offense relies on Zubac's blocking, but Zubac will be targeted because of his slow pace, so he doesn't play much time, so it also affects Harden's offense.
Now Harden I think it's time for him to learn from Paul from the Suns, he should admit that he has lost his peak, cut down on individual singles, get the right open opportunities and then shoot, and then use his experience to help on the defensive end, and give the ball to players who are more confident of scoring, so that the team's offense can be better. Xiaoka played well in this game, shooting 12 of 21 from the field, and 3 of 6 from three-point range, with 29 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists.
George's play in the first three quarters of this game is also unwatchable, with a total of 4 of 14 shots, 1 of 5 three-pointers and 12 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, if it is not for the final key 4 points, he will also take the blame for the loss. Zubac scored 14 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists, Powell got 10 points and 1 assist, Wei Shao only played 18 minutes and scored 5 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, and was abandoned after only 1 minute in the final quarter.
In the final quarter, Wei Shao called his teammates off the court to defend, he really wanted to help the team. Speaking of which, what do you want to say about the current Clippers and Magic?