Excellent Live News: February 20, , 2020-21 season NBA regular season
Moving on, the Los Angeles Clippers host the Utah Jazz.
In this game, George scored 15 points in his comeback.
In the end, the Clippers beat the Jazz 116-112.
In the first quarter, both teams relied on the comeback players to score the first points. The Jazz scored 5 points with a COSCO shot, and the Clippers relied on George’s singles to score points with a step-back jumper.
At the beginning, the two sides scored alternately. The Clippers relied on Ibaka and George’s two three-pointers to take the lead and entered the first timeout when they started at a slight disadvantage.
The Jazz also fell behind in this wave of duels and fell into the passivity of chasing points. After a timeout, the Jazz chased up the score with the performance of Favors scoring 6 points in a low post, but Lu Wei, who recently supported the team’s offense, also scored 6 points in a row for the Clippers
Hold on to the lead.
In the tug-of-war at the end of the quarter, the Clippers had a better offensive. In addition to Morris’ three-point goal, Leonard and George scored successively to help the Clippers end the first quarter with a 31-23 lead over the Jazz.
No points scored.
In the second quarter, both teams were blocked on the offensive end, and then Zubac caused a foul by the Jazz and broke the deadlock with free throws.
Then, Ingles and Lu Wei scored a three-pointer against each other, and the scores of the two teams rose staggered. Then, Reggie Jackson used a three-pointer to help the Clippers take a 10-point lead.
After that, the difference between the two teams has been around 10 points.
The Clippers widened the point difference many times, but the Jazz immediately scored consecutive points and struggled to chase points again.
At the end of this section, the Clippers temporarily led the Jazz 57-49.
After changing sides and fighting again, Mitchell, who scored only 6 points in the first half, quickly entered the game. First, he made a foul and made two free throws, and then led the team to chase points with a counterattack three-pointer.
After the timeout, the Clippers did not regain their status. On the contrary, Mitchell made another throw goal. The Jazz also seized the opportunity of the Clippers’ inefficient scoring and began to counterattack continuously. Mitchell then scored again.
With 5 points, and Conley and Bogdanovic hit two three-pointers together, the Jazz sent an 18-6 offensive to overtake the score in one fell swoop.
Kawhi supported the Clippers’ offense at the end of the duel, while the Jazz relied on Gobert and Clarkson to score one after another to catch up with the score. Both sides failed to take advantage of it.
Hold the pressure and end the third quarter with a 4-point lead.
In the last quarter, in addition to the main force duel, the Clippers’ role players decided the outcome. Morris and Beverly hit 4 three-pointers together at the critical moment to help the Clippers successfully open a double-digit lead and establish the victory.
Two key offensive rebounds established the victory. Although Mitchell hit consecutive difficult three-pointers at the last moment, the Clippers kept the victory with steady free throws.
In the end, the Clippers beat the Jazz 116-112 and ended the latter’s 9-game winning streak.
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jazz vs clippers full game replay
jazz vs clippers full game replay
Scores and data of both sides: Scores in a single quarter: 23-31, 26-26, 26-22, 37-37 (Jazz in front) Jazz (24-6): Mitchell 35 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals, Bo
Gerdanovic 23 points and 2 assists, Conley 16 points, Gobert 8 points, 15 rebounds and 3 blocks, Ingles 5 points and 2 assists, Clarkson 19 points and 2 steals, Favors 6 points and 7 rebounds.
Clippers (22-9): Leonard 29 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, George 15 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, Lu Wei 19 points, 2 rebounds and 2 steals, Morris 17 points and 7 rebounds, Ibaka 9 points and 9 rebounds
4 assists, Beverly 17 points and 2 rebounds, Zubac 3 points and 8 rebounds.
Both sides start: Jazz: Conley, Mitchell, O’Neal, Bogdanovic, Gobert Clippers: Beverly, George, Leonard, Batum, Ibaka