On April 8, Beijing time, the Clippers played at home against the Cavaliers, and the Clippers successfully defeated the Cavaliers 120-118 at the end of the game. The Cavaliers have been in bad form recently, in this case, the Cavaliers have suffered 2 consecutive defeats, and now the Cavaliers are fighting back-to-back, Mitchell is also absent from this game, it can be said that the Cavaliers want to beat the Clippers It is still difficult, and this game is quite important for the Clippers, after all, the Mavericks are eyeing the Mavericks, and after this game, the Clippers will face the Suns twice, and it will definitely be a hard battle, so the Clippers need to win to reduce the pressure for themselves.
After the start of the first half, the Cavaliers played a wave of 12-4, but under the leadership of Harden, the Clippers also chased the score, but unfortunately as the game progressed, the Clippers' offensive state declined, on the other hand, the Cavaliers had Strus to continue to score, and the subsequent Cavaliers played a wave of 11-0 to expand the lead, and the Clippers were already behind by 21 points at the end of the half. In the second half of the game, the Cavaliers continued to expand their lead, seeing that the Cavaliers may gradually lose the suspense of the game, the Clippers began to break out, under the leadership of George, the Clippers continued to narrow the point difference, although Garland helped the Cavaliers stabilize the situation at the critical moment, but the Cavaliers really couldn't prevent George, and at the critical moment, Mann and Coffey hit three points, and in this situation, the Clippers tied the score, and then George hit a quasi-kill, and finally the Clippers reversed the Cavaliers by 26 points to win the game.
The Cavaliers lost the game really uncomfortable, after all, in this game, the Cavaliers once led to 26 points, although the Clippers chased the score closely, but the Cavaliers still have a chance to tie the score or kill directly, but unfortunately the Cavaliers did not seize such an opportunity, and finally the Cavaliers were reversed, and after suffering 3 consecutive defeats, the Cavaliers fell directly to the fifth place in the East. At the end of the game, Garland had 28 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists, Allen had 17 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist, LeVert had 18 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Strus had 20 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists, and Mobley had 20 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.
The Clippers were able to win the game really relied on George, this is not just George hit the quasi-kill at the last moment, if the previous game was not for George's offensive explosion, then the Clippers would not see the hope of reversal, so George's play in this game is quite important, and George is not only excellent on the offensive end, but also on the defensive end George also has a huge contribution, after all, in the fourth quarter of the game, the Clippers played a small lineup, and at the last moment, Garland broke through the inside line and encountered George's block, which also made the Cavaliers' chances of killing smaller and smaller, so this game George is really an offensive and defensive one, and George got 39 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists at the end of the game。
Harden's offensive state in this game is good, at the end of the game Harden got 22 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in 6 of 11, and at the same time Harden also had a rare angry scene in this game, in the third quarter of the game, Harden's offense was obviously interfered with by Strus, but the referee did not blow the penalty, Harden was very dissatisfied with this and yelled at the referee, Harden was also whistled for a technical foul, and Harden's angry scene is still quite rare, which shows that Harden is very dissatisfied, but although Harden is in good shape in this game, Harden was also abandoned in the back。 As for Wei Shao, he also made a contribution in this game, after all, Wei Shao was present in the Clippers chasing stage, and Wei Shao played actively at this time, especially at the last moment, Wei Shao successfully defended Strus, and the Clippers also won, and at the end of the game, Wei Shao got 8 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, and the plus/minus +18 was also the second highest in the team.