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The Portland Trail Blazers added another victory in the Clippers’ visit to the Moda Center. The Oregon team beat the Angelenos 111-92, who tried to stand up but ended up clearly succumbing and added their fourth defeat in the five games they have played.
Not even Paul George’s 42 points allowed Tyronn Lue’s men to reach the end alive, although the truth is that the forward rowed for many minutes against the current to try to make it so. George commanded the good start of his team, he kept them in the second quarter, and in the third, when the locals opened a gap of 20 points that seemed definitive, he commanded the comeback attempt that returned the Clippers to the game. However, before the new acceleration of the Blazers in the fourth quarter, he could do little, and the lack of support from his teammates prevented his great night from ending in victory.
Only Luke Kennard, with 16 goals, supported him, as the rest of the squad made little or no contribution. Without going any further, the other four members of the starting five shot with a 20.6% effectiveness (compared to George’s 62.5%), which made it impossible for the Angelenos to keep up with the scoring rhythm of the Billups team.
These were commanded by Damian Lillard, who could finally show off his shooting success after a disastrous start to the course in that regard. The point guard, author of 25 points and 6 assists, managed to score five triples in seven attempts, two of which came in the last quarter and served to definitively sentence the crash. Despite her 6 losses, Dame signed her best performance so far this season, and acknowledged that she hopes this will serve as a turning point.
«I pitched well today. I already had a good run in the third quarter of the last game, and I hope to continue moving in this direction, “he said. “Normally, when I go through a phase of misfire in shooting, I usually come out of it reinforced.”
Lillard was supported by CJ McCollum and Jusuf Nurkic, who scored 14 goals each. The Bosnian also contributed 17 rebounds, which helped the Blazers clearly outperform the Clippers in this section, as they added 20 more sacks than the Californians (63-43), including 16 rebounds in attack.
(Cover photo: Harry How / Getty Images)
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