Deserve to lose! Harden has no fighting spirit! Murray beats 43+5+7 to beat the Clippers, Jokic has another three-double
8:31am, 7 May 2025Basketball
The Clippers and the Nuggets' Mountains started in Denver. Nuggets starters: Porter, Aaron Gordon, Jokic, Braun, Murray! The Clippers start: Powell, Leonard, Zubac, Dunn, Harden!
At the beginning of the first quarter, Murray missed a throw, Gordon made a foul and made two free throws and then made another mid-range shot. Zubac made an extreme layup, Ka and Murray both broke through and dunked, and Porter Jr. made a three-pointer to the Nuggets lead by 5 points. Brother Deng actually missed two free throws, but he made a layup with a strong breakthrough. But Murray also made a three-pointer, and the Nuggets scored 2+1 for Gordon on the sideline. Murray made a counterattack again, and the Nuggets 17-6 coach Lu was suspended. After the timeout, Harden made a breakthrough layup and made another foul free throw, and one man scored 4 points in a row to stop the bleeding. The two sides fought back and forth, and asked the teacher to easily beat Zubac Nuggets to lead by 10 points again. Xiao Ka was 2+0 at the basket, Jones was blown by the tip-in and interfered with the ball, and Coach Lu successfully challenged. Both sides' shooting percentages dropped. After Bogda's free throw, Westbrook scored 5 points in a row, and the Clippers fell 12 points 23-35 at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, both sides' rotation lineups, Zubac's hook-up was advanced, Westbrook and Murray made consecutive mid-range shots, Bogda stopped bleeding with three-pointers, Zubac passed Jones to cut and dunk, Westbrook made a three-pointer in a row, and the Nuggets always maintained a double-digit lead. Xiao Ka broke through and dunked, both sides went back and forth, the young master scored 2+1 again at the basket, Bogdan immediately responded with three-pointer, and the Nuggets were suspended. Back to the game, Dunn made two three-pointers in a row, Porter pushed the ball under the basket and dunked the referee, Dunn could still make a three-pointer, and asked the teacher to make a three-pointer and three free throws to stop the bleeding. Zubac was fouled and entered the timeout. After returning from the timeout, Murray assisted Braun to easily score, and asked the teacher to make a three-pointer, and Ka and Powell also scored consecutively. But Murray continued to fire, and the Clippers chased after 59-67 and fell 8 points behind.
The second half changed sides and then fought again. In the third quarter, Murray singled out Zubac and made a mid-range shot, Jokic assisted Porter Jr. to chase a three-pointer, and the Clippers immediately stopped. But after the timeout, it was ineffective. Murray continued to score three-pointers from the outside, and the score difference reached 17 points. Harden broke through and made a foul and free throw to stop the bleeding, but the Nuggets widened the gap to 17 points. Powell and Kat struggled to support it, but Harden was very sluggish. The Nuggets successfully challenged the ball to cut out of bounds and ordered the foul of the thug. The Clippers Kazi and Bogda fought desperately to chase points, but the Clippers lost the frontcourt rebound again, Westbrook made another three-pointer. Before the end of the three quarters, Brian still had three-pointers, and the Nuggets led by 16 points 99-83. In the early stage of the last quarter, Jones and Porter scored a three-pointer, Porter scored another 2+1, and Zubac made a hook shot at the basket. Murray made a three-pointer with a score difference of 20 points. Kazumi also rarely missed two free throws, Harden broke through and was blocked, Murray counterattacked and dunked completely to the Clippers, and Coach Lu called a timeout. After returning from this timeout, Harden assisted Zubac and Kat to score in succession. Zubac attacked Gordon with another one at the basket, and chased until 100-114. Back to the game, the Clippers had not given up yet, and Zubac and Harden played another 7-2 wave to chase the single digits. Xiaoka pressed Gordon under the basket. But at the critical moment, Murray stepped forward again, scored 5 points in a row, and led by 14 points in CNY again, Gordon made another three-pointer to kill the game. Guidance Lu called for a suspension of surrender.
In the end, the Nuggets defeated the Clippers 131-115 at home and won Tianwang Mountain 3-2. Let’s take a look at the players’ specific performance!
deserves to lose, Harden has no fighting spirit
Today, the Clippers lost to Harden. Harden has no fighting spirit and has no energy in the whole game, so it is better not to fight.
It is rare for him to have two free throws shortly after the start of the game, and he only made 4 attempts in the first half and was not aggressive. 2 of 4 shots (0 of 3-pointers) and 2 of 4 free throws, scoring 6 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 steal, making 1 turnover, with a plus-negative value of -11.
He only scored 3 points in the third quarter and made two mistakes, ruining the score he worked hard to chase. After returning from the fourth quarter, he still made no contribution.
In the whole game, Harden played for 35 minutes, made 9 shots, 0 of 2 three-pointers, and 5 of 8 free throws, scoring only 11 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, and there were 4 turnovers.
The little card is hard to save the master
Today, the card played very comprehensively. In the first half, he made 4 of 7 shots, 0 of 2 of 3-pointers, and 0 of 1 free throws, scoring 8 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.
In the second half, Xiaoka strengthened his personal offense, scored consecutively in the third and fourth quarters, and tried his best on the defensive end, but he really couldn't help Harden.
In this game, he played for 37 minutes, made 8 of 15 shots, 1 of 4 three-pointers, 3 of 7 free throws, scored 20 points, 9 rebounds, 11 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks.
Zubac tried his best
Zubac was the best player in the Clippers today. In the first half, he made 5 of 8 shots, 3 of 4 free throws, and scored 13 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 block.
He struggled to support the inside offense in the second half, but he couldn't support it alone. In this game, he played in 37 minutes, made 11 of 15 shots, made 5 of 8 free throws, contributed 27 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 blocks.
Murray hit 43+5+7 and beat the Clippers
Murray played his personal best game in the series today. He was in a hot state and was unstoppable offensive end. 8 of 11 shots, 3 of 4 three-pointers, scored 19 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.
In the second half, he had more fierce firepower and made consecutive three-pointers to the Clippers. The Clippers had a bit of a counterattack in the last quarter, and Murray stepped forward and scored 5 points in a row, plus assisted Gordon to kill the game with a three-pointer.
In this game, Murray played for 40 minutes, made 17 of 26 shots, 8 of 14 three-pointers, 1 of 1 free throws, and scored 43 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals.
Jokic doubled again in the first quarter. Jokic played for 12 minutes. He made 2 of 7 shots, 0 of 2 of 3-pointers, 1 of 2 free throws, scored 5 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.
In the first half, the teacher made 3 of 9 shots, 1 of 3 three-pointers, 4 of 5 free throws, scoring 11 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.
The teammates were very good in the second half, and they didn’t score much in their personal score. In this game, he played in 37 minutes, made 4 of 13 shots, 1 of 4 three-pointers, 4 of 5 free throws, and easily scored a triple-double of 13 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists.
Westbrook has a lot of firepower
Westbrook played well on the bench today. After losing two three-pointers at the beginning, he turned on the fire switch with a 2+1 shot, jumped in the middle distance, and hit a three-pointer in succession, helping the team gain the lead!
In the first half, the young master made 6 of 11 shots, 2 of 5 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, scored 16 points and 1 assist, plus or negative value +1.
In the whole game, he played 25 minutes, made 8 of 15 shots, 3 of 6 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, and contributed 21 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist.
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