Klingen retired from injury and did not give Yang Hansen a chance! The coach was seriously superstitious about the fifth graders, and the Trail Blazers were reversed by the Clippers.

On October 27, the highlight of the NBA regular season was the Trail Blazers' away game against the Clippers, who had started the season with a win and 1 loss. The Clippers had many big men in the lineup and the pace of the game was slow. However, Yang Hansen still failed to get much playing time in this game, even when the main center Klingen was injured and retired.

Harden was in good form at the beginning of the first quarter. He scored 4 points and 1 assist in two and a half minutes, helping the Clippers to take a 12-6 lead. The Trail Blazers fell into a 2-minute scoring drought. In the 8th minute, Avdija scored the team's first three-pointer. At 7 minutes and 53 seconds, Split replaced Yang Hansen. Xiao Yang received an assist from Holiday on the first attack and made a foul and scored 2 free throws, showing a good state.

After the first quarter, the Clippers took a 34-23 lead under the leadership of Harden Leonard who scored 17 points. The Trail Blazers only made 2 of 10 three-pointers. Yang Hansen scored 2 points and 1 rebound in 4 minutes in a single quarter. He once took an open three-pointer but missed. His performance was quite satisfactory.

In the second quarter, Paul came on to lead the team. Split removed Klingen and started to speed up the five-point play. Grant finally converted and scored a three-pointer to stop the bleeding. Holiday counterattacked and made two free throws. The Clippers narrowed the point difference by 8-2. At 4 minutes, Leonard used his personal ability to hit a fadeaway mid-range shot at the critical moment, and Dunn also threw in a floater, helping the Clippers maintain a 42-36 lead. Klingen returned in the middle of the quarter, and the Trail Blazers slowed down their offensive rhythm again, but the offensive and defensive quality improved significantly.

The Trail Blazers then relied on Klingen's tip-in + three-pointer and Wesley's many consecutive high-powered steals to counterattack, leading a 17-2 lead over the Clippers by 5 points. In the last 5 minutes of the second quarter, Harden came back to take charge of the situation. All the Trail Blazers used their lives and went crazy to press and create. Steals and counterattacks forced the Clippers to make 8 turnovers in a single quarter, and once led the Clippers to 12 points. The Trail Blazers scored 37 points in a single quarter, but failed to maintain the double-digit point difference. At the end of the quarter, the Trail Blazers' defense was powered off. Under the leadership of Leonard, Tatum, and Harden, the Clippers played a wave of three-pointers to chase 8 points in a row. The Trail Blazers 60-55 Clippers at halftime.

In the second half, the game changed sides again. Holiday hit another three-pointer in the beginning, Zubac also had a layup. Sharp scored a three-pointer. Dunn broke through and killed Klingen. The Blazers' mistakes began to increase. Leonard scored 2 three-pointers in 1 minute. Zubac received Harden's assist and dunked Klingen to create 2+1. The Clippers scored 13 points in the first 4 minutes to tie the score.

The situation on the court was quite unfavorable to the Trail Blazers. Klingen's defense in the interior had tried its best in this quarter, but it still could not stop Harden and Zubac's connection and cooperation. At 7 minutes and 42 seconds, Leonard and Dunn scored another three-pointer. The Clippers achieved a lead. Split was forced to pause and switch to a small-ball lineup.

However, the Trail Blazers' small lineup failed to produce the same offensive and defensive performance in the middle of the second quarter. They were completely lost inside and made frequent mistakes. After three quarters, the Clippers, led by Harden's 12+12 in three quarters, overtook the Trail Blazers 87-82.

In the final decisive battle, Split has two choices. Should he stick to the fifth primary or continue to use Klingen?

Split chose the latter. Klingen started the game in the fourth quarter, but the effect was not good. On the offensive end, he failed to seize the open three-point opportunity. He had no advantage against Los Angeles. Paul performed poorly in the first three quarters. In the fourth quarter, he finally scored 2 three-pointers and gained something. The Clippers continued to lead with the three-pointers of Paul and Collins. Holiday played 2+1 at the critical moment to barely stop the bleeding, but it was a drop in the bucket.

At 8 minutes and 02 seconds, as Leonard scored two free throws, the Clippers took the lead to 98-88. An unexpected injury also occurred on the court. Klingen sprained his ankle and left the game. However, Split still did not give Yang Hansen a chance. It was still superstitious about the five primary schools and refused to give Yang Hansen another chance. In the next game, the Trail Blazers played five primary courts and the Clippers continued. They continued to play steadily, taking advantage of the Trail Blazers' unstable outside three-pointers and maintaining defensive contraction. In the end, with the guarantee of the stable output of Harden, Leonard, Zubac and other main players, the Clippers finally defeated the Trail Blazers 114-107 and won 2 consecutive victories. In this campaign, Harden scored 20 points, 6 rebounds and 13 assists, Leonard scored 30 points and 10 rebounds, and Zubac defeated Klingen with 21 points and 8 rebounds.

Game summary:

The reason why the Trail Blazers lost this game is on the one hand the team's poor outside three-point shooting (11 of 38), and on the other hand the offense in positional battles is still unstructured. Although there are two big centers, Klingen and Yang Hansen, it seems that they are just decorations. Positional defenders cannot play a high-quality pick-and-roll attack like Harden Zubac with the center. The Trail Blazers still want to rely on counterattacks to cause damage. Although they also caused a lot of mistakes for the Clippers and scored a lot of counterattacks, once the rhythm of the game was controlled by the Clippers, the point difference was quickly wiped out and overtaken. It can only be said that Split's level is still limited.