Di Long was completely pissed off! Harden dreams of returning to his peak and beating the Suns! Xiaoka bottomed out and Bill pulled his hips again

The Clippers face the Suns at home, the Clippers starting lineup: Jones, Leonard, Zubac, Bill, Harden! Suns starting: Dillon, Dunn, Iguodaro, Allen, Booker!

At the beginning of the first quarter, Jones came up and scored a layup, but the Suns responded with a 9-2 spurt, and Harden stopped the bleeding with 2+1. Kawhi also began to take over the offense, and the Clippers responded with a spurt to lead 14-11 by 3 points. But Dillon and Allen made two consecutive three-pointers, and the Suns stopped the Clippers with an 8-0 wave. Back in the game, Harden assisted Jones Jr. with a three-pointer to stop the bleeding, and then made a foul and free throw himself. Booker beat Batum 3+1, and the referee upgraded the score to a first-level flagrant foul. But Harden began to exert his strength, 2+1, three-pointers with step-backs, and three-pointers after catching the ball. One person scored 9 points in a row to tie the game. Paul replaced Deng, and Dunn made a free throw to go ahead. At the end of the first quarter, the Clippers led the Suns 34-33.

During the second quarter when both sides were rotating lineups, Dunn came up and made the first three-pointer. Kawhi stole the ball and counterattacked with a dunk. Then he hit a three-pointer of his own. The Clippers went on an 8-0 spurt to stop the Suns. Back to the game, O'Neal finally stopped the bleeding with a three-pointer. Kawhi beat Dillon from behind and scored again. The Suns made a crazy offensive rebound to catch up to 41-48, and the Clippers paused. Back to the game, Harden made a three-point foul and made all three free throws. Dillon responded with a three-pointer. Deng scored consecutively to assist his teammates, and the point difference returned to double digits. Zubac casually played in the paint, Harden was picked by Dillon, and shot three consecutive three-pointers through the Suns. At halftime, the Clippers led 72-56 by 16 points.

In the second half, the team changed sides and fought again. Bill came up in the third quarter and made two fouls and two free throws. Kawhi scored 2+1 and Booker was singled. The Clippers led by more than 20 points. Jones Jr. hit another three-pointer, the game was completely ruined, and the Suns called a timeout. After returning from the timeout, Booker made a foul and made free throws, Dillon hit consecutive three-pointers from the outside, and the Clippers also took the initiative to timeout. Back to the game, Harden made a foul and made a free throw, and Collins dunked the score difference to more than 30 points, completely entering garbage time. At the end of the third quarter, the Clippers led the Suns by 29 points 106-77.

At the beginning of the last quarter, Kawhi was still on the court with Paul. The Suns were already a pure substitute lineup and gave up the game. As a result, there was no pressure to win, and the Suns' shooting percentage went up. The two teams brushed each other's points. After 93-109, a timeout was entered, and Director Lu also replaced Kawhi. Both teams are third teams.

In the end, the Clippers defeated the Suns 129-102 at home and won their first victory of the new season. Let's take a look at the specific performance of the players!

Annoyed by Dillon, Harden dreamed of returning to his peak and destroyed the Suns

Harden made 4 of 4 shots in the first quarter, including 2 of 2 three-pointers and 4 of 4 free throws. He scored 14 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist. Dillon's death-winding defense knocked Harden staggering, and then clapped wildly to provoke him. This also completely angered Harden, and then Deng hit the Suns with three consecutive three-pointers.

In the first half, Harden made 7 of 9 shots, 5 of 6 three-pointers, 7 of 7 free throws, and scored 26 points with 3 rebounds and 4 assists, with a plus-minus value of +9.

Harden played very easily in the third quarter, with 4 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists in a single quarter. In the last quarter, he immediately called up and clocked out. In this campaign, Deng played 28 minutes, making 8 of 11 shots, 5 of 6 three-pointers, 9 of 9 free throws, and scored 30 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, and 1 block.

Xiaoka bottomed out

Xiaoka played very poorly in the first game. Today he returned to home court and he clearly bottomed out. In the first half, Kazi made 5 of 7 shots (1 of 2 three-pointers) and 2 of 2 free throws. He efficiently scored 13 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, and 1 steal. He made 1 turnover and had a plus-minus value of +2.

In the second half, he was still good both offensively and defensively, and he got off work early after playing half of the game in the final quarter. In the whole game, Xiaoka played 33 minutes, shooting 11 of 21, 1 of 4 three-pointers, 4 of 5 free throws, contributing 27 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, filling the data column.

Bill still pulls his hips

After transferring from the Suns to the Clippers, Bill is facing his old club, but it is still difficult to improve. Bill made 1 of 3 shots in the first half and only scored 2 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist. His plus-minus value was -8, the lowest on the team.

He only played 20 minutes in the whole game, making 2 of 4 shots, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 6 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists.

The Clippers' bench is too strong

In addition to Harden and Kawhi in the starting lineup, the Clippers' bench performed brilliantly today and were very strong.

Collins scored 10 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals; Dunn had 14 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 steals; Lopez had 6 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 blocks; although Paul did not score, he had 3 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals.