Leonard scored 33 points Clippers Doncic fought hard to escape six consecutive losses in Dallas.
The LA Clippers (hereinafter referred to as the Clippers) defeated the Dallas Mavericks (hereinafter referred to as Dallas), where Luka Doncic (23, Slovenia) fought hard thanks to Kawhi Leonard (31).
The Clippers beat Dallas 113-101 by 12 points in the NBA 2022-23 regular league game held at the Crypto Dotcom Arena in Los Angeles, California on the afternoon of the 11th (Korea time). The Clippers are 22-21 and are out of the swamp of six consecutive losses. (Dallas 23-19)
For the Clippers, Leonard scored 33 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, and 4 steals, and Norman Powell scored 27 points and 4 rebounds in the game. For Dallas, Doncic fought hard with 43 points, 11 rebounds, and 7 assists, but the team’s defeat faded.
It was in the second quarter that the Clippers took the lead. The bench lineup, led by John Wall and Powell, completely overwhelmed Dallas’ bench lineup to take an eight-point lead. Here, Leonard came out of the bench and focused. The Clippers finished the first half with a score run of 25-11 in the sixth minute of the quarter, leading 69-47 by 22 points.
Dallas launched a counterattack in the third quarter. It was Doncic, Hardaway Jr. and Dean Widdie who led Dallas’ chase. The three scored 19 points in the quarter alone, producing a chasing score. In particular, Doncic showed an amazing performance with five assists. Dallas entered the fourth quarter with 78-88, narrowing the score by 10 points.
Terence Mann cooled Dallas’ heated atmosphere with back-to-back three-pointers early in the fourth quarter. Then Doncic scored 14 points in a row for three minutes from five minutes before the end of the game to narrow the score to eight points, but Leonard, a clutch powerhouse, was also at the forefront of the score. Leonard helped the man score and then scored both a three-point pull-up shot and a three-point foul to break Dallas’ will to chase 파워볼사이트
Dallas then brought all of its main players to the bench with one minute left before the end. In response, the Clippers pleasantly escaped from their losing streak, 113-101, by 12 points.