- Los Angeles Clippers lost against Dallas Mavericks 110:114.
- During the ball fight Dennis Smith Junior lost his tooth.
- Los Angeles Clippers won with New Orleans Pelicans 129:126
Los Angeles Clippers vs Dallas Mavericks
Los Angeles Clippers lost in the away match against Dallas Mavericks 110:114. The leading player of the meeting was DeAndre Jordan, the former central team from Los Angeles had as many as 23 rebounds. Marcin Gortat scored four points and had five rebounds.
The game was very even, none of the four quarters ended with an advantage greater than four points of one of the teams. After the first quarter guests from Los Angels were slightly better 35:34, but at the halfway point they lost 58:62.
Lost tooth
In the second part of the meeting (3rd and 4th quarter) the game was very intense, as exemplified by two aggressive fights for the ball between Dennis Smith Jr. (Mavericks) and Patrick Beverley (Clippers). During the first fight, in the third quarter, Beverley hit the opponent accidentally with his elbow, knocking out his tooth.
Fortunately after the whole situation Dennis joked about it:
In the last quarter, Smith Junior and Beverley again took part in the fights, at which the ball was taken over. After grabbing the ball, Beverley reacted surprisingly, throwing it hard towards the first rows of the stands.
The referees decided to exclude the player from the further part of the game. After the match Beverley explained that one of the fans sitting in this part of the hall, shouted offensive words to his mother.
- Everyone knows that I am a family guy and will not accept certain things. If nobody will control what is happening in the stands, what can we do as players? - Clippers competitor justified his act.
In the last minute, Lou Williams scored for three points, giving Doc Rivers's charges a 110: 109 lead. The next points were scored by Dorian Finney-Smith on the other side of the pitch and Mavericks have already brought the beneficial result to the end.
The best scorer of the meeting was Harrison Barnes from Mavericks (30 points)
Los Angeles Clippers vs New Orleans Pelicans
In the first and second quarter Los Angeles Clippers did not have any problems with earning points. After the first quarter, Clippers led 36:29, and at the halfway point of the meeting their advantage increased and amounted to 77:70.
The distance between the two teams increased even to 18 points during the third quarter after two in a row hits from Italian wingman Danilo Gallinari. At the end of this release, Pelicans from New Orleans started the 21:4 point series and made up for a significant portion of the losses.
Pelicans took control of the game and took the first lead from the first quarter to five minutes before the end of regular time. In the end there was no lack of excitement - Lou Williams threw 127:124 for six seconds before the end of the competition, and the result was determined by Tobias Harris and his free-shots (the best team scorer - 27 points).
Marcin Gortat played for 21 minutes, during which he gave four throws from the game and hit two of them. The four-point trophy was supplemented with seven rebounds (the best result in the team) and four assists. One loss and two fouls were also recorded on the Pole's account.
After this victory, the balance of Doc Rivers' players is 16 wins and seven defeats, which gives them the leading position of the Western Conference (together with Denver Nuggets). The next game, Los Angeles Clippers, will play against the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night.
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