James Harden scores 40 as Clippers picks up an impressive victory over Bucks

Clippers knew their first-class defense would be stretched by a Milwaukee Bucks team led by NBA All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo. They knew their excellent defense would be tested by one of the best shooting teams in the NBA, a team with a five -match victory.

Clippers were resolutely to these challenges and pulled out an impressive 127-117 Victory Over Milwaukee on Saturday at the Intuit Dome.

James Harden scored 17 of his playing high 40 points in the third quarter, and his hot shooting helped Clippers open a one-point lead on the way to the fourth. Harden is one of six players in NBA who has at least three games with 40 points this season.

Norman Powell was on the attack throughout the match and scored 33 points. It was his eighth match with 30 plus points this season, a best career. Kawhi Leonard continued to play limited minutes in his return from a knee injury and scored 18 points in 24 minutes.

Antetokounmpo lived up to the bills to be one of the league’s best players, a player who entered the match as number two in scoring (31.3 points per game) and fifth in rebounding (12.0). He had 36 points and 13 rebounds against Clippers.

Clippers (26-19) is in third place in the NBA in defense, holding the teams at 106.6 points per year. Fight, number two in defensive rating of 107.1 and fifth best in field-goal percent of 45%.

They ranked that against the Bucks team, which was sixth in shooting from the field (48.3 %) and number two in three-point shooting (39 %).

Bucks (25-18) has one of the league’s best three-point shooters in Damian Lillard, who had a triple-double with 29 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds.