Los Angeles Clippers will travel to the Utah Jazz pavilion with confidence fully restored after dominating their two games at Staples Center with a lot of solvency and place the tie 2-2 in the tie Western Conference Semifinals. With a blunt 118-104 win, the Angelenos had no contemplations and annihilated the rival with a devastating first quarter (30-13).
Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, both with 31 points, led the victory at home to LA, which in its two games at Staples has taken it 40 points ahead of your opponent. Last night’s triumph also featured the appearance of the best Marcus morris, author of 24 points and 6 rebounds (6-11 TC; 5-6 3P) in the game.
The Jazz, what they lost 29 points in the first half, they tried an impossible comeback in the last minutes of the game. Although they did nothing but disturb their rival, they did manage to regain confidence after a bad game in the middle of a Staples that was dumb when he saw that with three minutes remaining, the visitors were only ten down.
Without Kawhi, what received an inconsequential blow to the knee in the final stretch –“Nothing, I’m ok”, he said after finishing the crash–, George was in charge of sentencing and erase the Jazz’s comeback options, who will have to rummage through their arsenal of trickery to regain the advantage in the tie.
Donovan Mitchell, who continued his good numbers in the series, led Utah with 37 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. Of course, he missed more than usual with a 9 of 26 in field goals and a 6 of 15 in triples. It was not only the base, who had the 19 so many
Joe Ingles, replacement starter for Mike Conley and author of a 5 of 7 on triples.
The good match of other pillars such as Rudy gobert (11 points and 8 rebounds) or Bojan bogdanovic (18 points and 5 assists), did not prevent the Jazz from paying dearly for their disastrous first quarter. Leonard also made a spectacular dunk on Derrick Favors, a poster of those that does not let the receiver sleep at night.
Before the equalized, heThe Phoenix Suns wash their hands. They will have time to rest and study their next rivals comfortably seated on the sofa at home. In a season of frenetic pace and a game every other day, the added encouragement can be a very important weapon for the little that remains of the course.
The Jazz and Clippers will still have to work hard in a tie that points to a hypothetical seventh decisive clash next Sunday.