Thursday NBA star to enjoy Portland Trail Blazers face Los Angeles Clippers in a battle that will be very interesting and gives us the opportunity to watch the game of these modern rivals from the west.
Game Summary
In the beginning of the game the teams started extremely balanced, Portland attacked in the beginning, but Clippers imposed its defense and stopped them, began to flow the offensive of Los Angeles and went up on the scoreboard by 2 possessions, won the first quarter.
The level of attack of the Clippers increased in volume, while Portland readjusted their game, sought to discount the advantage and were placed to 2 possessions, the Clippers exploited the painting by Zubac and added more advantage in the duel, ends the first half 47 - 40 up Clippers.
Second Half
In the third quarter Portland would raise its level of play and discounted in a prominent way the advantage to go up on the scoreboard, Lillard would have a great quarter where he would score at ease and give advantage to the Blazers, would be a crushing fourth for Clippers who would be doubled by his rival finished the fourth, winning Portland by 6 digits.
The game continued very interesting, the teams showed their great competitive spirit, Trail Blazers exploited the perimeter through Anfernee Simons and Clippers did through Harrell in the painted area, the duel was a single possession, with 3 minutes to play the game would be placed to a digit, Clippers would go up on the scoreboard, Lou Williams basket from the perimeter hurting the Blazers, ends the match 101 - 107 with victory of the Clippers over Blazers.
Details and Personal Analysis
Although the actions of the match began with balanced attacks, after a few minutes Clippers would take confidence, deploy their offense and defense, until they took the lead in the duel at the end of the first period. The aggressiveness of Los Angeles increased relying on the young pivot Ivica Zubac who showed more mastery of painting, Blazers made the attempt to discount and managed to decrease some digits, the first half ended by 3 possessions leading Clippers.
In the 3rd quarter Damian Lillard caused impact on the offensive of Trail Blazers in this period not only discounting the digits if not leading his team to lead the scoreboard, the partial would win it overwhelmingly against some Clippers who lowered their defensive guard, ending the period with an advantage for Portland. The end of the match would be great with the teams disputing a closed marker, the type of games I enjoy most, In the final period the young player of Clippers Simons gave the face and shot effectively basketing from the perimeter, kept them in play, Los Angeles played with Montrezl Harrell in the inner zone, the player who would be decisive in the closing was the 6th man with a profile of Lou Williams who effectively shot hallucinatory shots from the perimeter, Clippers would double in the partial to the Blazers and took the match, it would be a great victory for the Los Angeles team.
Best Performances
Kawhi Leonard 27 Pts. 13 Reb. 4 Ast.
Lou Williams 26 Pts 3 Reb. 8 Ast.
Ivica Zubac 15 Pts. 13 Reb. 1 Ast.
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