Derby night Los Angeles for Rivals Week, where the Lakers and the Clippers cross swords despite the absence of LeBron James (ankle). Enough to complicate the task of the former and facilitate that of the latter, since it was the Clippers who got the better of the Lakers this Tuesday evening (127-116).
Dominated during the first two battles of Los Angelesteammates of a Kawhi Leonard in triple-doubles (25 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists) and a James Harden in double-doubles (23 points, 10 assists) were almost not worried all evening. Quickly settling into control and building a lead of up to 16 points before the break, before seeing D'Angelo Russell (27 points, 10 assists), Anthony Davis (26 points, 12 rebounds) and others caught up with them, starting in the third quarter.
Finally, the Clippers turned their backs and held on, in order to better validate a new success and thus strengthen their 4th place in the West. In addition to putting the Lakers back in the negative, and therefore under the threat of leaving the Top 10 of this same conference.
TO REMEMBER
– Kawhi Leonard sees triple. Four years almost to the day after his first triple-double, “The Klaw” scored a second to guide the Clippers to a logical and authoritarian victory. Involved under the panels but especially in creation, especially when the Lakers came back to one possession at the start of the fourth quarter because he got his team back on track with his good shifts, the double MVP of the Finals does not have any no longer forgot to do what he does best, namely score points. Mainly in the first half, to start the Clippers. A boss performance for the All-Star winger.
– A one-sided derby. With LeBron James, the mission already looked complicated for the Lakers, so without him, it became almost impossible and the Clippers, trailing only once all evening, did not fail to enforce logic collectively. Carried by a fiery attack (127 points, 33 assists, 59% skill, 52% at 3-pts…), Tyronn Lue's men rolled out their basketball and punished the “Purple & Gold” by relying on , in addition to Kawhi Leonard and James Harden, on Paul George, Russell Westbrook, Norman Powell and even Terance Mann. A full match, dominated from start to finish against their rivals.
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How to read the stats? Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; O = offensive rebound; D=defensive rebound; T = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; +/- = Point differential when the player is on the field; Pts = Points; Eval: player evaluation calculated from positive actions – negative actions.
