It seems far away the time when the Clippers were skating to integrate James Harden in the first part of the month of November, with six defeats in a row… The last victory in Phoenix, won with authority and control, confirms that Los Angeles now has benchmarks solid.
“They have a lot of firepower”can only note Eric Gordon, formerly of the house, for the Los Angeles Times. “And if we don’t break their rhythm, they are very difficult to beat. »
The Californians are currently on four victories in a row and have a record of 18 victories in 23 matches since this black series. To the point of closing a lot of mouths, notes James Harden.
“The adaptation is perfect. I knew that from the beginning and that's one of the reasons why I wanted to be part of this.”underlines the 2018 MVP. “It’s obvious that it got off to a bad start and that it gave a lot of people the opportunity to say negative things. Today, we no longer hear from these people. They disappeared. I knew it would end like this. »
An 11-game winning streak with Kawhi Leonard
Clearly, the Clippers are in the right car and are only three victories behind the Wolves, leaders of the Western Conference. Even if there are still points to improve.
“I love where we are right now,” confides Paul George. “We are not content with our current situation, we always ask ourselves how we can progress. We work, we are a group that works. It's a cliché but we have no limits. »
One last figure proves it perfectly: the Clippers have not lost with Kawhi Leonard – absent four matches to end the year 2023 – since November 30, that is to say eleven victories in a row.
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Kawhi Leonard | 28 | 34.5 | 52.2 | 42.8 | 87.2 | 1.1 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 24.4 |
| Paul George | 30 | 34.5 | 45.1 | 39.8 | 93.1 | 0.7 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 22.9 |
| James Harden | 27 | 34.0 | 46.7 | 42.8 | 86.3 | 0.3 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 8.0 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 17.6 |
| Norman Powell | 32 | 25.6 | 50.5 | 44.9 | 88.2 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 13.3 |
| Ivica Zubac | 32 | 26.9 | 64.4 | 0.0 | 62.1 | 3.2 | 6.5 | 9.7 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 12.2 |
| Russell Westbrook | 32 | 23.9 | 46.8 | 28.4 | 63.5 | 1.6 | 4.9 | 6.5 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 11.4 |
| Bones Hyland | 15 | 15.2 | 40.4 | 36.4 | 83.3 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 7.6 |
| Daniel Theis | 21 | 16.9 | 52.6 | 47.6 | 74.2 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 7.3 |
| Terance Mann | 26 | 25.7 | 39.6 | 20.3 | 74.2 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 6.7 |
| Bj Boston, Jr. | 5 | 8.7 | 41.7 | 25.0 | 100.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 5.8 |
| Mason Plumlee | 6 | 17.0 | 63.2 | 0.0 | 42.9 | 1.3 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Kj Martin | 2 | 15.7 | 40.0 | 20.0 | 50.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 5.0 |
| Amir Coffey | 20 | 14.6 | 46.7 | 34.3 | 92.3 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 4.0 |
| Robert Covington | 3 | 23.1 | 33.3 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 3.0 |
| Moussa Diabate | 10 | 5.8 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 2.7 |
| Nicolas Batum | 3 | 18.0 | 37.5 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.7 |
| Kobe Brown | 22 | 10.7 | 40.7 | 31.4 | 50.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 2.5 |
| Joshua Primo | 1 | 5.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Jordan Miller | 3 | 3.9 | 66.7 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
| Pj Tucker | 12 | 14.4 | 28.6 | 27.3 | 100.0 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 1.2 |
| Xavier Moon | 2 | 5.8 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
