Normally the Warriors win their games by making a big run in the third quarter. Finally often. Rather rare event they lost last night and, even rarer event they got screwed in the third quarter. It must be said that Terance was not there to make the seagulls laugh.
The house stats of the Clippers’ new courage and collective demo
We expected a lot from him this season. In the absence of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, the Clippers guard was supposed to take over, at least in part. His sophomore year was full of promise and his 39 points planted against the Jazz in the Playoffs predicted a bright future for him. However, since the start of the season Terance has been below expectations… but he may have launched his season fully a few hours ago by planting his season high with 25 points at 11/17 in shooting, 7 rebounds and 6 assists against the second best team in the league. With his braided mane following in his wake when he drives, the guy was simply twirling against the Dubs defense. The game also changed forever after he stuck 10 points in a row to close the third quarter and give his team a wide lead. However, this night we were treated to the very great Steph Curry to face him, since the Chief finished the game with 33 points at 11/18 in shooting including 8/13 from the parking lot (26 at halftime). With such a game from their leader, the Warriors must win hands down, every day, but tonight the leader was very much alone and the Warriors came across a well-knit collective.
The Dubs will however have taken the lead at the start of the match under the impulse of their leader, but we notice very quickly that no one is able to take over on the side of the Dubs. Klay Thompson is next to his pumps and Andrew Wiggins, Jonathan Kuminga or Jordan Poole do not manage to weigh enough on the meeting. Opposite, the group is homogeneous with six players who usually end games with more than 10 points, and Tyronn Lue can also count on the dog mentality of his men. Our national Nicolas Batman was good offensively as he finished with 14 points at 4/7 from downtown including two big consecutive shots in the third quarter and at the height of the Angelian domination, but he also shone in defense where he held on well. his duels and cut the passing lines. A mentality also driven by Terance Mann who not only does a construction site in attack but also defends the lead by holding his vis-à-vis and constantly refusing the screens. Everyone is aggressive on the Clipps side, Ivica Zubac and Reggie Jackson manage to slam two huge dunks a few minutes apart in the third quarter to give their team a big boost at the same time. The Clippers’ collective prowess must be highlighted. 119 points shooting at almost 60% against the best defense in the league thanks to their polished collective game, the performance is pretty crazy, hands up.
The Clippers confirm they are the best team in Los Angeles. We don’t really know if there will be any returns before the end of the season on the injured side, but we can’t say that the group is not performing in the absence of stars. DOGS.