On April 5, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continues, and the Clippers will face the Nuggets on their home court. This game is a matchup between two teams in the West, and it can be said that it is a strong dialogue. The Clippers are consistently ranked fourth in the West, while the Nuggets are currently ranked second in the West. The outcome of this match does not have much impact on the standings of the two teams. But it does have a huge impact on the opponents in the playoffs. The Clippers will surely be aiming for a final victory on their home court. In this game, Leonard of the Clippers will not play, and Murray of the Nuggets will not play. In the end, after four quarters of fierce competition, the Clippers defeated the Nuggets at home. Four incredible and three indisputable facts in this game!
Starting lineup
Clippers: Harden, Mann, George, Tucker, Zubac
Nuggets: Reggie, Pope, Porter Jr., Gordon, Jokic
Tournament recap
First Quarter: Gordon scored two points on a shot, Pope hit a three-pointer on the left to give the Nuggets a 5-0 lead. Zubac then hit a board to score two points, and George hit a mid-range jumper to tie the score at 4-5. Then the Nuggets' Reggie hit a three-pointer from the outside, Pope hit another three-pointer, Jokic assisted Pope on a layup, and Porter Jr. hit a three-pointer to make it 16-4. The Clippers finally answered with two points from Mann and quickly stopped the bleeding. Then Gordon played a 2+1, and the Nuggets extended the score. The first quarter ended with the Clippers at 20:31 for the Nuggets.
Second Quarter Game: Powell hit two points from the field, Coffey hit a three-pointer, Powell hit a three-pointer, Westbrook scored two points on a layup, and the Clippers started the game 10-0. The score was tied at 30:31. The Nuggets finally scored two points on a shot from Porter Jr., and Gordon scored two points on a dunk to quickly stop the bleeding. Plumlee then scored two points on an empty catch. Coffey countered and hit a layup to hit a 2+1, and the Clippers tied the score at 34:35. With Harden hitting a three-pointer, the scores were tied at 37-37. After that, the two teams scored each other, and the Clippers ended at halftime 53:49 Nuggets.
Third Quarter: Mann scored two points on two free throws as the Clippers started the game 2-0. Then the Nuggets' Gordon dunk hit a 2+1. The Nuggets tied the score at 52-55. George then hit a three-pointer, Mann hit a breakaway shot for two points, and George hit a mid-range shot for two points to put the Clippers at 62-53. Jokic then assisted Porter, who scored two points on a basket. George then hit two shots to return for four points. The Clippers tied the score at 66-55. After that, the Clippers became more and more courageous. The third quarter ended with the Clippers 75:70 Nuggets.
Fourth quarter: Gordon scored 1 point from the free throw line, and the Nuggets started the game 1-0. Then Harden hit a step-back jumper to score two points and Coffey hit a two-point shot to tie the score at 79-71. Gordon then scored two more points from the free throw. Coffey then scored two more points from the free throw. The Clippers tied the score at 81-75. Then Westbrook scored four straight points on two shots, and the Clippers tied the score at 86-77. After that, both teams score against each other. In the end, the Clippers won the game at home against the Nuggets.
Four incredible
First, and incrediblely, the Clippers were beaten 16-4 by the Nuggets in the first quarter. As soon as it came up, it was beaten by the Nuggets, and the Clippers without Leonard's team were really reduced to a second-rate team, and the Clippers were beaten to the point of no return, and they have been in the role of chasing points. At the end of the first quarter, the Clippers turned out to be 13:27 Nuggets. In the second quarter, the Clippers suddenly exploded. At halftime, the Clippers led the Nuggets by four points, 53:49.
Second, George played very well in this game, and his performance was remarkable, and at the end of the first quarter, he scored 9+0+1 in 4 of 8 three-point shots. George's performances in recent games have been incredible. At halftime, George scored 12+1+1 on 4-of-9 shooting. In the third quarter, George began to play offense, firing all the time. Consecutive shots hit. At the end of the game, George scored 28+4+2 on 10-of-21 shooting.
Third, Powell played really bravely in this game. It's incredible. It won't be the Clippers' Bobby Bryant. Absolute best 6th person. At halftime, Powell scored 10+3+3 on 4-of-9 shooting, including 2-of-5 three-pointers. At the end of the game, Powell scored 11+3+3 on 4-of-12 shooting.
Fourth, it is incredible that Kofi, who came off the bench in this game, performed very well, although he did not shoot much. But at halftime, two shots and two hits scored 5+5+0 data. Hit rate 100%. At the end of the game, Coffey scored 9+6+1 on 3-of-5 shooting.
Three indisputable facts
First, Jokic of the Nuggets is really too stable, really invincible, this is an indisputable fact, at the end of the first quarter of the game, Jokic scored 10+7+3 in 5 of 6 three-point shots and 0 of 1 three-point shots. No. 2 Jankic's hands were explosive, and at halftime, he scored 20+9+4 on 9-of-12 shooting, including 2-of-4 three-pointers. At the end of the game, Jokic scored 36+17+10 on 14-of-24 shooting.
Second, Harden is indeed old, since the All-Star break. Harden is playing a game that is not as good as one. It is an indisputable fact that this is still the performance of giants, and it is a high-level blue-collar worker. At the end of the first quarter, Harden actually scored 0 of 4 shots and scored 0 + 3 + 1 data three-point shots and 0 of 2 three-point shots. Although the second quarter ended the game, at halftime, 4 of 11 shots scored 14 + 5 + 3 data three-point shooting 2 of 6. This data is obtained many times. The hit rate is extremely low. At the end of the game, Harden made 6 of 23 shots and scored 20+6+8 data.
Third, Leonard is definitely the thigh of the Clippers, which is an indisputable fact, and the last game in which the Clippers lost to the Kings without Leonard on the road is a strong proof that the Clippers without Leonard are a second-rate team in the NBA.
Summary: The Clippers are in the absence of Leonard in this game. Under George's leadership. The Clippers played unity basketball and played bloody. Defeated the Nuggets, a Western Conference powerhouse, on their home court. This game is full of gold. Hopefully, the Clippers will play more and more in the rest of the game. Play your due level in the playoffs and win this year's NBA championship, come on Clippers, come on Harden!
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