James Harden was masterful to pay 50 points for a Mower The team that once again underwent a series of injuries at the most inappropriate time.
Harden was useful with his game by spending 14 for 24 on the field, six for 13 from the three -point beach and 16 for 20 of the Lencrères francs for a Clippers team which is in a fall from the stars break.
Harden was attentive to playing 38 minutes and 27 seconds on how victories and losses are essential this time of year for the clippers.
It included essentially for mowers to deliver them to a 123-115 Victory Above the Pistons de Detroit at Intuit Dome on Wednesday evening.
“Knowing that we had a lot of guys, which made me a little more aggressive,” said Harden. “Aggressive by scoring and playing games.”
Harden produced the eighth match of 50 points in the history of the Clippers franchise and the first from Lou Williams on January 1, 2018 in Golden State.
Harden was a great reason why the Clippers broke a sequence of three consecutive defeats.
“To see him go out and mark 50 on a consecutive back, at the age of 35, says a lot about him and competitions every night and playing again 38 minutes again,” said Clippers coach Tyronn Lue. “But we needed everything.”
From the start, Harden was on the attack. He punished the pistons with 23 points at the first quarter, and it was only the start of things for him.
He missed only three of his nine goals on the field and two of his six three points in the first 12 minutes.
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“He had 23 in the third quarter, but he was more direct,” said Lue. “He put himself directly in his gunshots, put himself in his place, not too dribble. Just go to his squares and therefore when he makes his back three – of course, he can go to the line of free throws, he can go to the basket – but when he makes his three, it’s a difficult cover. “”
The Clippers were without Kawhi Leonard, who could not play in the consecutive game for the Clippers due to the management of the right knee.
They were without top scorer Norman Powell, who could not play because of a tension with the right hamstrings. They were without a key role, Derrick Jones Jr., who could not play because of a tension of the right groin, and they were without the newcomer Ben Simmons, who could not play because of the management of the left knee.
The message of LUE to his group was to “stay the course” during these difficult times.
“The injuries are part of the match,” said Lue. “We are not the only team that is injured, and we have played this for the majority for the time I am here. So it is not an excuse.
The Clippers returned from the stars break, passing by last month during their first seven games, one of these defeats at the Pistons.
During this section, the clippers’ defensive note fell to the 23rd in the NBA at 118.8.
Lue said that these are the moments when the clippers will have to show “what we are made of.”
The Clippers had to show this against a team of pistons who played well lately, entering the match after producing a 9-1 file in their last 10 games.
Detroit is led by the cunningham Cade of Star Guardian, which is 11th in the NBA in a score (25.3) and third in assists (9.4), to accompany 6.1 rebounds per game.
Cunningham raised 37 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds.
The Clippers played a home game on February 12 for the last time against Memphis. After vacation for the stars break, the Clippers then played seven consecutive road games, two were in Los Angeles against the Lakers in Crypto.com Arena, but that was still three weeks since their last here.
“It was good to be back home in front of our fans,” said Lue. “Being back in Intuit was good for us after eight consecutive games on the road. So this evening was a great victory for us. »»
Harden obtained the help of Bodan Bodanovic (23 points) and Ivica Zubac (22 points, 11 rebounds).
But this night was about Harden, who organized his masterful performance in front of President Barack Obama, who sat on the basic line next to the owner of Clippers, Steve Ballmer.
“Yeah, I wanted my photo with Prezy after the match, guy,” said Harden. “He left. I guess he wanted to beat traffic, but we had a pretty cool relationship and we met several times. So it’s pretty cool to see him in the game. Probably the reason why I played so well.
This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.