The Clippers were fined 25,000 for violating the rules!Pierce explained that the Clippers are out: small card injury + Harden is unreliable

On April 20, Beijing time, the NBA officially announced a fine, and the Los Angeles Clippers were fined $25,000 for violating the league's injury reporting rules; ESPN experts predicted that the Mavericks would advance, and Pierce predicted that the Clippers would be out, citing the small card injury and worrying that Harden would not be reliable.

NBA officials issued a fine statement — the Clippers did not accurately disclose the playing status of Paul George, Norman Powell and Westbrook before the final regular-season game against the Rockets on April 15, but all three players did not ultimately play, and no one was listed as absent or rested due to injury in the team's injury report.

This season, the Clippers are in 4th place in the West with 51 wins and 31 losses, and they will play the Mavericks in the first round.

According to the schedule, the Clippers and Mavericks will start playing G1 in the first round at 3:30 am on the 22nd.

One of the major variables in the Shipman 3.0 series is the injury, Xiaoka has been absent due to inflammation of his right knee, and has not healed for 19 consecutive days, it is reported that Xiaoka has not participated in the full-court 5-on-5 confrontation training, but shams reported that Xiaoka has received injection treatment to relieve knee swelling and is expected to make a comeback in G1.

Pierce, who predicted that the Mavericks would knock out the Clippers, said: "[Losing Leonard] is a huge loss, and this is your strongest star. Every year you have high hopes for the Clippers, but I'll be honest, but there's always something bad going on with them that is like a big black cloud over Los Angeles. If the small card is absent, the pressure on Harden will be even greater. I thought this was Harden's best chance, he wasn't the Rockets' first choice, and he wasn't the 76ers' second pick, and he had to score 40 points to win in the playoffs. But now that Xiaoka is out of the game, Harden has become the second star again, to be honest, I am not very comfortable relying on Harden at this age.

It remains to be seen who will make it to the Western Conference semifinals between the Eastern European duo and the Clippers Big Four.