Excellent Live News: News on December 26, , the Clippers beat the Nuggets 121-108 away, the Clippers welcome
Come 2 consecutive victories.
It is worth mentioning that with 6 minutes and 7 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Leonard and Ibaka collided while fighting for a rebound under the basket. Ibaka hit Leonard’s face hard with his elbow, and then
After the victim fell to the ground, a large amount of blood flowed out of his mouth. After simple treatment, he returned to the locker room for treatment.
Subsequently, the Clippers officially announced that Leonard will not return for this game.
In the first quarter, Batum took the lead in scoring a three-pointer from the bottom corner. Jokic ran back and easily dunked. George and Porter hit long shots respectively.
Empty basket, Porter steals and sent a wonderful dunk, but the Nuggets also made a mistake, Lu Wei sent a long pass to help Batum dunk in response, the two teams fell into a tug-of-war, the score alternately led on the field, Lu Wei and Ibaka
Hitting three-pointers one after another finally opened up the point difference, but Jokic attacked the basket continuously to help the Nuggets bite the score.
At the end of the first quarter, the Clippers lead the Nuggets 32-26.
In the second quarter, when the Clippers came up, it rained a wave of three-pointers. They scored four consecutive three-pointers and rewritten the score to 44-30.
The Nuggets immediately launched a counterattack, Morris scored 6 points alone, Button also scored 2+1, and the Nuggets chased the score to 39-47.
Leonard and Ibaka hit 2+1 one after another, at 6 minutes and 26 seconds, Leonard hit another three-pointer, and the Clippers extended their lead to as many as 16 points.
After returning from the timeout, the Clippers did not score a goal in a two-minute sports battle until 3 minutes and 40 seconds left in the quarter, when Beverly’s three-pointer made the Clippers break the deadlock.
Since then, the Clippers once again control the rhythm of the court.
The Nuggets relied on Jokic’s three-pointer at the buzzer to chase the score to 55-72 at the end of the first half.
After changing sides, Leonard hit a jumper in the penalty area, Ibaka broke through and sent a wonderful one-armed dunk, while the Nuggets were scoreless in the first two minutes of the second half. Porter finally scored a three-pointer to break the deadlock.
But Leonard immediately responded with a long-range shot. Murray broke through an emergency stop and scored two points. After the timeout adjustment, Zubac caught the ball and made a layup.
Qi cut in, turned around and hooked to score 2+1. The two teams saw-saw around the 20-point point difference. George scored five points in a row with a sudden outside shot, and Kennard missed a long shot at the buzzer.
At the end of the three quarters, the Clippers lead the Nuggets 98-79.
In the final quarter, Murray began to show off, leading the Nuggets to a 16-8 offensive climax, chasing the score to 95-106. At 6 minutes and 7 seconds, Leonard and Ibaka collided while fighting for rebounds under the basket.
Together, Ibaka hit Leonard’s face hard with his elbow, bleeding profusely from his mouth and fell to the ground for a long time. After simple treatment, he returned to the locker room for treatment.
After the game restarted, Ibaka and Lu Wei hit three-pointers one after another, and the Clippers rewritten the score to 114-100.
Although the Nuggets also performed later, they eventually lost to the Clippers 108-121.
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Clippers vs Nuggets Full Game Replay
Clippers vs Nuggets Full Game Replay
Scores and statistics of the two sides: Scores in a single quarter: 32-26, 40-29, 26-24, 23-29 (Clippers in front) Nuggets (0-2): Jokic 24 points, 9 rebounds and 10 assists, Murray
23 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Morris 13 points and 4 assists, Barton 15 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Porter 10 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Millsap 8 points and 1 rebound, Harris 2 points and 2 assists, Dozier 7
With 2 rebounds, Hartenstein scored 6 points and 5 rebounds.
Clippers (2-0): George 23 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists, Leonard 21 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, Batum 13 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists, Ibaka 15 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Beverly
9 points and 2 rebounds, Lu Wei 8 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, Kennard 8 points and 6 rebounds, Zubac 12 points, Reggie 5 points and 3 assists, Patterson 5 points and 3 rebounds.
Both sides start: Nuggets: Murray, Harris, Porter, Millsap, Jokic Clippers: Beverly, George, Leonard, Batum, Ibaka