With the presence of the players constantly inside and outside the squad, Clippers are struggling to find fixed success at this stage of the season.
return Kohi Leonard (Right Knee Administration) and Derek Jones Junior (The right thigh strain) besides the lack of Norman Powell (Right knee strain) and Ben Simons (Left knee management) confirmed Friday night the scope of the case.
But Cleibers managed to rely on one thing throughout the season – James HardenHigh level of play.
Two nights after ScoreHarden made another offer, as it ended 27 points and seven decisive passes in A. 105-95 Victory over New York Nix in the Intuit Dome.
Harden was not alone in the victory. Leonard was 20 points, seven rebound balls and six passes in 37 minutes, and Evica Zobak It ended with 16 points and 14 rebounds. The prominent center has the best 763 rebounds this season.
The time was big. “We need everyone,” Leonard said. “Thus you win basketball games. One or two players cannot do so. It is a team unit and we will need everyone forward.”
Nicholas BatumStarting from its fourth match only, it got 17 points. Bogdan Bogdanovich He got 12 rebounds from the bench and scored all its eight points in the fourth quarter.
“Just try to play smart basketball,” said Bogdanovich. “Try to prepare for the end of the season. This is the most important part and everyone understands it. We need everyone.”
New York Gallin Bronson He did not play due to the right ankle sprain. The guard of all the stars, was injured on Thursday night Loss of additional work against LakersHe ranked seventh in the American Professional League in scoring (26.3 points for each game) and the seventh in passes (7.4). Karl-Anthony Towns Knicks (40-23) led with 23 points and 10 rebound balls, and Mikal Bridges ended with 22 points.
Clippers (34-29), who beat Nix 26-17 in the fourth quarter, won two consecutive since the six of seven. They are ranked eighth in the Western conference with 19 games.
“Just take it day after day,” Cleibers Terron Lowe coach He said before the match. “We have an exchange of our shooting, wandering, and benefit from it only, although men cannot pass at full speed.
Clippers face a critical extension of games. They host Sacramento on Sunday, with the kings only half of them, before they play New Orleans, Miami and Atlanta on the road.
“All these games are important to us,” Leonard said. “I was telling the players in the sense that this would make us or break us, because we play a lot of competitive teams.
