At 3: 30 am on April 23, the NBA playoffs continued, and the Clippers played at home against the Suns. In the first three games between the two sides, the Clippers won one game first, and the Suns won two games in a row. The key point was that Cam hurt his knee, G3 could not play, and G4 still could not play. In the words of reporter Woj, the Clippers can play the rest of the season with a small card. And the famous Hayes has confirmed that Leonard has no timetable for his return yet! Leonard’s sudden injury caused a lot of criticism, but for the Clippers, the actual situation is that we have to expect the basic salary to lead the team again! In the battle of G3, Wei Shao and Powell tried their best, but at the last moment of the battle, it was still hard to recover! No one will deny that Wei Shao has nothing powerful, but when Cam and George are absent at the same time, it seems that this series knows the ending early.
As the leading side of the Suns, coach Monti attracted many questions, saying that he let Durant and Booker play for too long (they played for more than 40 minutes in the first three games). Monti said bluntly before the game that he didn’t want this, but the goal of the team must be to win first and then lose. In today’s game, there are basically no secrets between the two teams. The Clippers made some adjustments to the starting lineup: Wei Shao+Powell plus Gordon+Little Morris+Zubac. Tyrone Lu once again put Little Morris in the starting position, which was equally helpless. batum felt worse, but Covington was not favored by Tyrone Lu. The Suns started with: Paul Gabuk, Durant, Craig and Ayton. The whole race is divided into three stages, and the clippers in mourning pose once again brought difficulties to the sun! In the first stage, the Clippers were in the advantage of tug-of-war.
Powell, the opening Clippers general, ate two prisoners very early. The sun led by Durant and Booker played a 9-4 climax. The Clippers were obviously more cautious in the opening stage. Wei Shao made mistakes one after another, and Little Morris made three points while the iron was hot. Fortunately, Powell and Gordon cooperated with each other and slowly narrowed the score. In the middle, Booker made a direct hit with a three-pointer in the basket, and the Clippers stopped playing. The Sun was always in the lead in the first half. Who knows the sudden change of the situation in the second half: Wei Shao accelerated the layup and feeding cakes, Zubac and Gordon grabbed the three-pointers, and Wei Shao made an outside shot. When the Clippers came off the bench, Gordon and Plomley joined hands to continue to widen the difference, and the Clippers played a wave of 21-7 back and forth, overtaking the Suns by 7 points. As long as little Morris is not present, Wei Shao leads the team to win points, and Gordon leads the team to win points. And the suns rely on Durant and have been making free throws.
The second stage is the competition in the second and third quarters. During this stage, the Clippers are at home and often eat whistles. Durant and Booker also slowly turned the tide. At the beginning of the second quarter, the Clippers were punished by two fouls in just two seconds, and Tyrone Lu was dumbfounded. It was impossible to have a confrontation. After the Clippers pulled the difference to 11 points, the Suns launched a counterattack: Craig countered the dunk, Eaton ate the cake at the basket, Paul flew for a layup, Durant chased a three-pointer, and the Suns tied the score 13-2! At a critical juncture, little Morris finally scored 4 points to stop the bleeding, but Durant stormed without bullets. At this stage, the most obvious advantage of the Sun is that Booker and Durant continue to create free throws. Fortunately, Powell’s three-point hemostasis ended in the first quarter.
In the first half of the third quarter, the tug-of-war was still slightly better than the clippers. After Ayton and Booker scored goals one after another, Wei Shao and Powell scored 3 points under the basket. Wei Shao actually staged a famous drama of catching the ball in one step and dunking three points with one arm in two steps! Wei Shao was aggressive, but Paul and Durant scored two 3-pointers in the middle, still turning the tables. In the second half, Wei Shao continued to score goals, but Booker scored three points, Durant glided layup+dry pull three points, and the Clippers were completely helpless! There are many penalties in the game that I can’t understand, just like the ball of Wei Shao’s big hat Durant. It is definitely a good hat to play it clearly in slow motion, but the referee is touting Wei Shao’s foul; For example, Plomley’s parking pick-and-roll and the referee’s blowing cover foul are the home of the Clippers!
The third stage is the fourth quarter, and the two sides are in melee. Paul’s middle distance, Durant’s 2+1, Booker’s 3 points and the 3 giants shot at the same time, but Wei Shao gave Hylander a cake, and then he scored 3 points, and the Clippers doggedly chased the points again and again. In the middle section, Wei Shao resisted Durant’s throw, threw back the jumper and got Booker, and then cooperated with the active shooting. Wei Shao scored as many as 10 points! But the scores of Paul and Durant kept the Suns in a 5-8 lead. At the decisive moment, Paul also hit a three-pointer, and then hit a difficult throw! Wei Shao still didn’t give up, Paul with a big hat, but later little Morris hit the airball world with a three-pointer, and there was no suspense in this game! The Clippers lost to the Suns 100-112 at home, and the Suns led the Clippers 3-1.
In terms of data, Durant scored 31 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists, Booker scored 30 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, Paul scored 19 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists, and Ayton scored 15 points and 13 assists. On the Clippers side, Wei Shao scored 37 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, Powell scored 14 points and 4 rebounds, Gordon scored 10 points and Mann scored 13 points. Wei Shao did his best! From the first second of the game to the loss of suspense at the end of the game, Wei Shao still struggled like a warrior! But the sun is here, Booker has a strong impact, and Durant has a strong killing ability. Among them, Paul, who stood out in the fourth quarter, took turns to play the Clippers, and the Clippers did not have an advantage at home. The Sun made one penalty in 27 and the Clippers made one penalty in 10.
