On October 12th, Beijing time, the NBA preseason continued, and today the Clippers sat at home to usher in the challenge of the Trail Blazers, the two sides played to the last moment of the game, and finally the Clippers dunked and killed the opponent, although the preseason game is insignificant, but from the game we can see the outstanding performance of some players, and then we will briefly talk about the game process, and then talk about the players who played well in this game.
Contest Recap:
At the beginning of the first quarter, Jones scored 3 points with free throws to help the Clippers take the lead, Grant responded with 4 points in a row, Harden hit two three-pointers in a row, and Grant and Rupert responded with 4 points. In the second quarter, Hyland turned on his personal mode, he scored 8 points in a row to help the Clippers establish the lead, but under the leadership of Ayton, the Trail Blazers quickly caught up with the difference, Ayton scored 8 points and 6 rebounds in a single quarter, and the Clippers were still 1 point behind at the end of the first half.
The Clippers did not let Harden play again, Jones Jr. led the team to establish a 6-point lead at one point, Ruppel and Henderson scored successively to help the Trail Blazers catch up with the point difference again, and at the end of the quarter, Jabari Walker broke through and scored, and the Trail Blazers led by 2 points to end the third quarter. In the final quarter, under the leadership of Jordan Miller, the Clippers caught up with the difference, and in the last 4 seconds, Henderson made 1 of 2 free throws, and the two sides fought to a 99-all draw, and in the next round, Kai Jones completed a quasi-final shot in the air, helping the Clippers narrowly win 101-99.
Henderson was sleepwalking, Klingen had no possession
When Henderson was drafted, the outside world once boasted that he had the opportunity to replace Wemban as the top pick in the draft, but now, these media were complete nonsense, Henderson didn't have this ability at all, he played a season last season, and it stands to reason that he should play better than the rookie season, but Henderson still played very badly, with 13 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, and 7 turnovers on 4-of-16 shooting in this game.
Henderson's athleticism is top-notch, so the Trail Blazers have always wanted to rebuild around him, the team won Klingen this summer, is to let him and Henderson form an inside and outside combination to support the team's future, this game The two also had a few blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation, but the embarrassment is that Henderson did not pass the ball to Klingen at all, which resulted in Klingen having no ball, and Klingen got 7 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block on 3-of-5 shooting in this game.
With the arrival of Klingen, Ayton has a sense of distress, he practiced projection hard in the offseason, and the defensive end is more active, this is for his future if he is traded, can have better trade value, Ayton is very talented, but there is no star temperament, it is estimated that he does not want to win, just want to play his own happy basketball to make a lot of money, this game Ayton shot 4 of 8, 2 of 2 three-pointers got 8 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals.
The Clippers pick up treasures
Harden got 14 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal on 5-of-10 shooting, Jones Jr. played a good performance under his feeding, he scored 16 points on 4-of-8 shooting, Jones will replace George's starting No. 3 position in the new season, I hope he can play a satisfactory performance. Jordan Miller also continued his excellent performance in the past few games, scoring 15 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal on 6-of-12 shooting, and scored 6 points in the final quarter to lead the team to a reversal.
The biggest contributor to the team's win in this game is undoubtedly Kai Jones, he dominated both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, 8 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 5 blocks on 4-of-8 shooting, dominating both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, this game of Kai Jones can be called "Goat", this is not the first time that Kai Jones played so well, in the last game against the Nets, he got 13 points, 5 rebounds and 1 block on 6-of-8 shooting, and 4 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks on 2-of-3 shooting against the Warriors.
So far in the preseason, Kay Jones has averaged 8.3 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1 steal and 2.7 blocks in 23.6 minutes per game, and his shooting rate is as high as 63%, which is amazing, and when it comes to Kay Jones, he has to mention the Hornets, he is a player won by the Hornets with the No. 19 pick in the first round in 21, and his draft template was Siakam that year, and his athleticism was very good, but he didn't get too many opportunities during the Hornets period.
And he didn't get a chance not because the Hornets didn't want to give him a chance, after all, he was also a top-20 pick player, and he was very talented. The reason why the Hornets didn't give him a chance in the end was that they couldn't stand his neuroticism, Kay Jones often claimed to be Gaot, and even said that he was better than Sanqiu and James when he was broadcast live to fans, which caused the Hornets to be dissatisfied, after all, he had too much negative impact on the team, and the team was also very tired of him, and finally gave up this cancer.
As a result, the Clippers chose to take him with a base salary, and now it looks like the Clippers earned it, and now that Kay Jones has fewer off-court problems, he has also given the team a lot of help on the bench. Speaking of which, what do you have to say about the Clippers and Kay Jones right now? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.