Crucial Battle! Yang Hansen Shows No Performance in 2 Minutes, Avdija Scores 35 Points, Trail Blazers Beat Clippers to Rise to Eighth in the West

On April 11th in the morning Beijing time, NBA regular season, Trail Blazers hosted the Clippers. This game was a key positioning battle, both Clingan and Rui Hachimura received sufficient playing time, but Yang Hansen still did not get an opportunity to play. Avdija performed excellently in the first half of this game, but then disappeared, both Clingan and Rui Hachimura recorded double-double stats, the Clippers had five players scoring double digits but lost to the Trail Blazers. Yang Hansen played for 2 minutes during garbage time, but all his stats remained zero. Finally, at the end of the game, the Trail Blazers defeated the Clippers 116-97 at home, overtaking their opponent to rise to eighth place in the West.

Statistical Data:

Clippers: Leonard 24 points 8 rebounds 5 assists, Lopez 21 points 6 rebounds, Jones 10 points, Garland 16 points 5 rebounds 7 assists, Miller 15 points 5 rebounds

Trail Blazers: Yang Hansen's stats all zero, Avdija 35 points 4 rebounds 5 assists, Clingan 18 points 13 rebounds, Rui Hachimura 13 points 10 rebounds, Holiday 9 points, Henderson 9 points, Murray 10 points

Game Process:

The game started, Yang Hansen was on the roster but did not start, the Trail Blazers had a hot start, Avdija scored consecutively, leading 9-2. However, they then suddenly went silent, the Clippers seized the momentum with a 10-0 run to overtake the score. At the crucial moment, Avdija again made a 2+1 bringing both sides back to the same starting line. After that, the game was very tight, both sides fought to a 24-24 tie, then the Trail Blazers erupted again, finishing the quarter with a 9-0 surge. At the end of the first quarter, the Trail Blazers led the Clippers 33-24 by 9 points.

Coming back in the second quarter, the Trail Blazers again had a beautiful start, they unleashed a 12-2 super run, the gap widened to nearly 20 points. Miller drew fouls and made two free throws to stop the bleeding, then both sides fell into a stalemate again. In the middle of this quarter, Clingan hit consecutive three-pointers for the Trail Blazers, building a lead of up to 20 points. The Clippers woke up as if from a dream, responding with an 8-1 surge to quickly narrow the gap. At the end of the quarter, the Clippers made another 8-1 run reducing the gap to only 10 points. At halftime, the Trail Blazers led the Clippers 61-51.

After the third quarter started, the Clippers finally gained the initiative, they made two surges of 7-3 and 9-2 to reduce the gap to only 1 point, Holiday stole and scored a layup finally stopping the bleeding. After that, the Clippers continuously eroded the Trail Blazers' lead, as Jones hit a three-pointer, both sides tied at 77 back to the same starting line. Then both sides battled fiercely to a 82-82 tie, at the last moment of this quarter, the Trail Blazers scored 4 points consecutively, Garland made two free throws. At the end of the third quarter, the Trail Blazers led the Clippers 86-84 by only 2 points.

Final quarter decisive battle, Miller scored then assisted, the Clippers scored 4 points consecutively to overtake the score, Holiday made two free throws, Rui Hachimura dunked consecutively, the Trail Blazers again completed an overtaking forcing a Clippers timeout. After the timeout, the Trail Blazers' offense did not diminish and they scored another 3 points, gradually expanding the gap to double digits. After that, the Trail Blazers gradually expanded the gap to 15 points, the Clippers also substituted their main players early declaring surrender. During garbage time, Yang Hansen got a chance to play, but failed to record any stats. Finally, at the end of the full game, the Trail Blazers defeated the Clippers 116-97 to rise to eighth place in the West.

Starting Lineups:

Clippers: Leonard, Jones, Lopez, Dunn, Garland

Trail Blazers: Avdija, Kamara, Clingan, Holiday, Henderson