Today's NBA, the focus battle is about to start, and the Clippers are visiting to challenge the Suns. At present, the Suns have the same record as the Pelicans, and they have the advantage of each other, ranking 6th in the West, and the Clippers have won three in a row, but they are only 1.5 wins ahead of the Mavericks. Compared to the Clippers, the Suns want to go straight to the playoffs and will fight every game. Nick and Harden are out for this game.
In the first quarter of the game, Durant made Powell foul and rarely lost 2 free throws; Zubac and Powell hit one after another, George scored three points, and the Clippers started the game 9-0 dream; Eubanks stopped the bleeding with 2 points; Well, George hit three points one after another, and then Mann received a slam dunk in the air, and the fast-break threw and threw in succession, Zubac scored consecutive dunks, George scored three points, and the Clippers sent a 35-4 lead to 31 points, shocking the four, and the Suns only scored 4 in 11 minutes. In the end, Booker and Beal made fouls and helped the team score through free throws, and the Suns scored only 10 points in the first quarter, trailing the Clippers by as many as 27 points.
In this quarter, the Suns' Big Three shot 0 of 12 and scored 6 points from the free throw line alone.
In the second quarter, Coffey and Powell teamed up to hit three three-pointers, and the Clippers led by 34 points at 46-12. Ball made a jumper, Hylandri made a jumper, the Clippers played a 16-6 offensive run, and the difference expanded to 37 points, Eubanks, Durant, Allen shot, Gordon scored three points, Westbrook scored three points, Coffey counterattacked and layup, Zubac hit a jumper, O'Neal shot, Durant and Allen counterattacked and scored a slam dunk, and at halftime, the Suns trailed the Clippers by 33 points at 66-33. The Suns' home basket is like a cover, which is very unfriendly to the Suns.
The Suns tried to launch a counterattack, Beal scored three points, and then Booker made Mann a three-point foul, 2 of 3; Zubac made a layup, George counterattacked and scored; O'Neal, Durant, Allen shot; Zubac and Mann responded; O'Neal hit a three-point shot, and then Wei Shao returned with three points, and after half a quarter, the Suns still trailed by 30 points. Durant broke through for a layup, a three-point pull, and the Suns chased 25 points. Wei Shao made a fast-break throw, Powell hit a three-point shot, and Beal and Durant hit both free throws, and the difference remained between 25 and 30 points. The last 3 minutes and 19 seconds. Durant and Beal combined for four free throws, and Gordon hit consecutive three-pointers to narrow the Suns to 12-0 to 16 points.
In the final quarter, the Suns continued to attack, O'Neal scored three points, Booker hit all free throws, Durant hit three points, Mann shot to stop the bleeding, Coffey responded with three points, and the Suns once narrowed to 10 points. 7 minutes and 55 seconds. O'Neal and Powell quarreled and were whistled for a technical foul and hit 50 boards each. Beal broke through the pick-and-roll, and then broke through the layup in a row to make it 2+1, scored 8 points in a row to stop the Clippers, and the difference was chased to 7 points. Powell broke through the layup to help the Clippers break the scoring drought, O'Neal and Allen missed three-point shots in quick succession, and George hit both free throws, and the Clippers once again established a double-digit advantage. Bill's offensive was wasted.
Allen made two fouls, hit both free throws, and Durant turned around and scored a jumper, chasing a nine-point difference in three minutes. George made Booker foul and made both free throws. Beal made another layup, followed by a foul and a turnover, and Coffey hit both free throws and Willis hit another shot to bring the margin to double digits again. In the end, the Suns suffered a nightmare start 4-35, trailing by as many as 37 points in the third quarter, and once chasing a 7-point difference in the final quarter. The sun falls to 7th.
In this game, Wei Shao scored 16 points, 15 rebounds and 15 assists, achieving a triple-double, his 199th regular season appearance, the first in history, and the first triple-double in his Clippers career.