In a regular season game that ended yesterday, the Los Angeles Clippers narrowly defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 120-118 with a last-minute shot, making it three wins in a row, thus further stabilizing the team's top-four standings in the West, which means that they will still have home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
In this game, Wei Shao came off the bench for 25 minutes, although he scored 8 points on 3-of-9 shooting, but at the same time had 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, and more importantly, the data showed that when he was on the floor, the Clippers outscored their opponents by as many as 18 points, and the plus/minus was the second on the team, second only to Powell (+19).
As a 9-time All-Star and former regular season MVP, Wei Shao has made huge sacrifices for the Clippers this season and is willing to accept the role of a substitute. In 66 games, he played an average of 22 minutes per game, averaging 11.1 points, 5 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.3 blocks while shooting 45.5% from the field and 26.7% from three-point range.
Projection outside the three-point line is still a technical shortcoming of Wei Shao, but he has done a pretty good job in rebounding, tandem organization, and defense, under his leadership, the Clippers' second team is full of vitality, especially in the eight games after he returned from injury, he averaged 12.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game, with an overall shooting rate of 53.7% and a three-point shooting rate of 30%, helping the team achieve a 6-2 record.
There is no harm if there is no comparison, he is also a former regular season MVP and a multi-time All-Star guard, Harden played 26 minutes in this game, and got 22 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in 6 of 11, the data looks good, but at first glance, the plus/minus value is -20, the lowest in the game, it was he who was pressed to the bench in the fourth quarter, and the Clippers completed a 14-point super reversal.
I have to say that Wei Shao is much more reliable than Harden.