In the NBA regular season on January 9th, São Paulo, Brazil time, the Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Phoenix Suns 138-111 at home.
The specific score of the whole game (the Clippers are behind): 31-34, 32-37, 28-30, 20-37.
Player data:
Suns: Durant 30 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, Booker 20 points and 5 assists, Beal 15 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Gordon 12 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, Nurkic 8 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Allen 8 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Goodwin 4 points, Metu 4 points and 2 rebounds, Okogie 4 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, Diop 3 points, Lee 2 points and 1 rebound, Yuta Watanabe 1 point, Eubank Si 4 rebounds.
Clippers: George 25 points and 7 rebounds, Zubac 19 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, Harden 19 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists, Leonard 17 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Mann 14 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Powell 14 Points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist, Westbrook has 9 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists, Coffey has 9 points and 2 rebounds, Theis has 6 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Boston has 5 points, and Plumlee has 1 point, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.
Game review:
In this game between the Clippers and the Suns, the performance of both sides was very close in the first quarter. The score kept rising alternately, and no team could firmly hold the advantage. Clippers player George scored 10 points in the first quarter, including 2 three-pointers, and ended the quarter with a 34-31 lead. However, after the start of the second quarter, the Clippers’ performance was not satisfactory. The score was gradually expanded by the Suns, and the Clippers were once 5 points behind. As the game progressed, the Clippers gradually began to catch up and overtook the Suns by 11 points. Although the Suns did some work to stop the bleeding in the second half of this quarter, the Clippers still led 71-63. In this quarter, the Clippers’ Harden scored 15 points, including 2 three-pointers, while the Suns’ player Durant scored 13 points, including 1 three-pointer.
In the third quarter, the score between the two sides was still very close, and the Clippers still maintained their lead, ending the quarter with 101-91. After the start of the fourth quarter, the Clippers’ offensive feel declined, and the point difference was narrowed to 7 points by the Suns. But as the game progressed, the Clippers regained their feeling and launched a wave of offense to gain a 30-point advantage. Although the Suns kept chasing the score in the second half of the game, the Clippers finally won the game 138-111.