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Baqala ndawonye, bangena bephuma ngesikhathi esisodwa emdlalweni wangoLwesithathu, futhi nalapho behlezi ebhentshini bephumula, bahlala isihlalo esisodwa.
Nge UPaul George futhi Kawu Leonard emuva uphilile, amaClippers bahlanganisa ama-All-Stars abo ngangokunokwenzeka, bethemba ukuthi kuzobasiza badlale ukubamba iqhaza ngokuqhubekayo. Umqeqeshi u-Tyronn Lue wenze ihlaya ukuthi akagcini ngokuhlanganisa imizuzu yabo ndawonye, ufuna babambane ngezandla — lapho omunye eya khona, omunye uzolandela, futhi kanye nabo izifiso zesicoco se-franchise.
Kodwa ngoLwesithathu, ngemuva kokuthi amaClippers ehlulekile ukubambelela esicongweni ngamaphuzu angu-18 nokuhlula i-Orlando ngokomthetho, indlela eqaphile yeqembu ngesikhathi sokudlala kulandela ukubuya ekulimaleni iholele ekutheni bobabili bahlale phansi njengoba isikhathi esengeziwe siqale ngemuva kokuthi uGeorge esedlale imizuzu engu-33. Leonard 29. Unogada wephoyinti u-Reggie Jackson naye akaphindanga wangena emdlalweni, ngemuva kwemizuzu engama-31.
Njengoba u-Orlando ephusha umkhawulo wama-Clippers, abakwaClippers bavivinye eka-Leonard, naye, bamfaka esikhathini esengeziwe sekusele imizuzwana engu-1:22 ngaphambi kokuthi asize ngokushesha lapho u-Nicolas Batum ehamba phambili ngamaphoyinti amathathu ngokuhola ngo-111-110. Imizuzwana engu-49 esele esikhathini esengeziwe.
Kungaba ubhasikidi wabo wokugcina ekulahlekelweni ngo-116-111 okwenze i-Clippers yafinyelela ku-14-12 ibhekene neqembu eliphansi leMagic elinqunyelwe ukulimala kwalo isizini yonke, lakhuphukela ku-6-20.
Imizamo yokugcina yamaClippers yokweba iwini igcine ngokuthi babulawe. Ucingo olungene imizuzwana emihlanu luqede umzamo wabo wokuhola njengoba sekusele imizuzwana eyisikhombisa, belandela ngo 112-111. Njengoba kunikezwe umzamo wokugcina wokubophana, uRobert Covington uzame ukulifaka phakathi ibhola cishe ubude benkundla ukuze afinyelele kuGeorge owayedlala njalo, owayesanda kungena ukuze adlale, inhloso kuphela eyayingaphandle kokuthi uGeorge angafinyeleli. imingcele.
ULeonard uthole amaphuzu angu-14 ngama-rebounds ayisikhombisa. U-Terance Mann uhole amaClippers ngamaphuzu angu-19 ukusuka ebhentshini, abaluleke kakhulu ngama-rebounds akhe ayisishiyagalolunye, futhi.
Njengoba uGeorge no-Leonard behlala ndawonye, uMann wenze ikhoneni lamaphuzu amathathu ukuze abonakale evimba i-Orlando njengoba sekusele imizuzu emibili ku-quarter yesithathu, ukuhola kwe-Clippers kufinyelele ku-75-60.
Kodwa ngemuva kwalokho kudutshulwa, iMagic yaqala ukugijima kwe-23-4 ukuze ihole okokuqala ngemizuzu eyi-10 yokudlala, okuphoqa uLue ukuthi athathe isikhathi sokuvala. Kube ngu-85-79 ngesikhathi uGeorge engena emdlalweni sekusele imizuzu eyisishiyagalombili ukudlala ngesikhathi uLeonard ehlala ebhentshini, okokuqala ngqa omunye edlala ngaphandle komunye, isinqumo esasishiwo wumkhawulo wemizuzu kaLeonard.
Ngenkathi u-Leonard elinde etafuleni lomshayimagoli ukuze ahlole isikhathi sakhe sokugcina, abakwaClippers baphinde bahamba phambili ngemizuzu emithathu ethukuthele, bekhipha i-Orlando 16-4 endaweni ye-dunk kaMann, i-dunk emzileni ka-Batum kanye nenkundla egcwele. ukuvikela okubone u-Mann ekhumula u-Mo Wagner ibhola phambi kwebhentshi le-Clippers, amafidi angama-92 ukusuka ku-hup, eguquguquka ngesikhathi ozakwabo besukuma bebungaza inguquko.
UGeorge ube namaphuzu ayi-10 ekudubuleni okuhlanu emizuzwini eyisishiyagalombili yekota yokuqala, wabe esethatha amanye amashothi ayisikhombisa kuphela ekupheleni komthetho futhi waqeda ngamaphuzu ayi-11 koku-3 kokungu-12 kokudubula.
Umdlalo owodwa ngemuva kokubuyela ohlwini okokuqala ngqa selokhu badonsa kanzima inkonyane ngomhlaka-15 Nov., unogada wasezindaweni u-Luke Kennard wahlala ngaphandle njengesinyathelo sokuzivikela, no-Lue ethi okwamanje akatholakali ukuthi adlale ngobusuku obulandelanayo. U-John Wall usabanjiwe futhi, ngenkathi u-Marcus Morris Sr. ephuthelwe umdlalo ngenxa yokugula okungeyona i-COVID. Bobathathu kulindeleke ukuthi badlale ngoLwesine eMiami.
