After just winning a big victory at home, the morale-boosting Portland Trail Blazers took a break and ushered in the challenge of the Clippers, which cannot be underestimated.
In terms of the Blazers, the core of the team, Lillard, is in hot form, and the Tigers will usher in a comeback, whether the Blazers can defend the home court and avenge the Clippers' two consecutive wins, which has undoubtedly become a major attraction of this game!
On the other hand, on the Side of the Clippers, the little card continues to hang up the free card, and Paul George single-core leads the team, whether he can pick up the victory on the road, which can be said to be both an opportunity and a challenge for George, and a big war is obviously inevitable!
However, after four quarters of competition, although in the first half, the Clippers, who were dominated by anti-aways, once overpowered the Blazers in the first quarter under the excellent play of Paul George + Reggie Jackson, and achieved a nearly 11-point lead.
But after returning from the second quarter, the Clippers were fully muted, and Lillard + Powell + Covington hit three consecutive points, leading the team to play a wave of counterattack frenzy, instantly turning the situation on the court.
In addition, in the second half, CJ McCollum suddenly ushered in the third quarter, scoring 10 points in a single quarter to help the Blazers widen the score gap.
At the same time, at the moment of the final showdown, Lillard took over the offensive banner, bombed 10 points in 6 minutes, completely took over the game, and finally the Blazers, who were full of enthusiasm, also defeated the Clippers at home 111-92, completed the reversal revenge at home, won two consecutive wins at the same time, and also gave the opponent Clippers two consecutive defeats!
Playing at home in this game, facing their own basket Blazers can be described as a multi-point blossom, playing a team performance of 4 people scoring in double figures and all the staff.
In the case of the three major helpers CJ McCollum + Powell + Nurkic, who jointly contributed 40 points and continued their stable performance, the play of the team's star Lillard is particularly critical!
Lillard played hot in the game, starting 33 minutes, shooting more than 50% of the 9-of-17 shooting, hitting 5 three-pointers from the outside, cutting a team-high 25 points, plus 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 steal.
Among them, his heroic performance of scoring 10 points in the final quarter not only became an intractable existence for the opponent, but also made a great contribution to the Blazers to win the game!
Rationally speaking, after experiencing the struggle of the previous few games, Lillard, who gradually found his state, is obviously still the arrow figure of the Blazers, and in the next schedule, lillard can lead the Blazers to play what kind of season performance, it seems that it is indeed a thing worth looking forward to!
On the other hand, the Clippers' performance in this game, the team suffered a 19-point defeat, obviously still needs to be examined.
After all, as the team's starting player, Reggie Jackson + Bledsoe + Zubac + Batum 4 people in this campaign, only 6 of 29 shots in the whole game, Zubac attacked and defended both ends of this game, and was completely destroyed by the Blazers Nurkic.
And under the all-round performance of Paul George playing a super god battle, the whole game cut 42 points + 8 rebounds + 2 assists + 1 steal + 1 block, these 4 people have no feel, and at the same time completely lose the sluggish performance of the crosshair, it is indeed hard to blame!
Obviously, for the Clippers, who have lost twice in a row, in the absence of small cards, although Paul George can play a brilliant game performance, the unstable state of the rest of the team is still a problem that Clippers head coach Tyrone Lu is difficult to solve.
As for whether the little card can return healthy this season with the progress of the schedule, help Paul George share more pressure, and lead the Clippers back to their form and enter the right track of impacting the playoffs, we obviously have to wait and see!