Air Slash 29+12+8! Harden tried his best, the Clippers suffered a black start, and Durant was tied with 25+7+ backs

The 2024-25 NBA regular season is in full swing, with a number of key battles staged in turn. In the West, the Los Angeles Clippers made their season debut at a new arena against the Phoenix Suns. On the Suns' side, the Big Three teamed up to form a starting lineup with Nurkic and Tyus Jones. On the Clippers' side, the small card is suspended indefinitely, Harden leads the team with a single core, and Jones Jr., Mann, Zubac, and Powell start.

As soon as the first quarter came up, the two teams entered a struggle, and the score rose alternately. At 18-18, Mann hit a pull-up and the Clippers took the lead; After that, the two teams played consecutive irons and failed to score for nearly 2 minutes. Batum made Dunn foul 2 of 2 free throws, and the Clippers continued to widen the difference; At the critical moment, Allen's outside hand fell with a knife, Morris broke through the hook and scored, and the Suns ended the first quarter with a one-point lead at 23-22;

In the second quarter, the two teams soared by 3 points, Nurkic and Dunn both fired from the outside, and Allen also joined the 3-point battle and directly stopped the Clippers. After the timeout, Durant tried to cut the score, Beal shot through the heart, the Suns opened the difference, and the Clippers fell into a scoring drought. Royle O'Neal and Booker continued to score 3 points, and the Suns stretched the difference to double digits! At the critical moment, Zubac broke through the dunk, and the Clippers continued to cut points to narrow the gap. At halftime, the Suns led by eight points at 47-39;

Yibian fought again, and the Clippers made a force in this section, with 3 of 6 on the outside, but the inside was full of firepower. Harden completely exploded in this quarter, scoring 16 points on 5-of-9 shooting, 4-of-4 free throws, and 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal, leading the team's scoring tide. The Suns dropped significantly, hitting just one 3-pointer from the outside. At the end of the third quarter, the Clippers overtook by 2 points at 74-72;

In the final quarter, Coffey and Zubac scored consecutive points, and the Clippers quickly opened up the difference. At the critical moment, Durant made 2 fouls and 2 free throws, and then went up and down on the outside. But the Clippers blossomed more, with Coffey and Powell teaming up to score 4 points, and the Clippers pulled away again. The sun was unwilling to give up and once completed the overtake. At the critical moment, Harden stepped back and hit a jumper to equalize, and then made 2 fouls and 2 free throws! Durant made a difficult shot to equalize, Harden missed the shot, and the two sides went into overtime. The two teams played hard to solve in overtime, Harden made 2 fouls and 1 free throw in the last minute, and the Suns led by 1 point with only 3 seconds left! Nurkic hit 2 free throws steadily, and the Clippers were powerless. The final score was fixed at 116-113, and the Clippers suffered a black start on their new home court.

In this game, Durant scored 25 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals and 7 turnovers, Beal scored 24 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 block, and Booker scored 15 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists; On the Clippers' side, Harden scored 29 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal and 7 turnovers, and Zubac had 21 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.