On November 11, Beijing time, the Nets challenged the Magic away, and the Nets finally won 123-90 against the Magic.
The Nets have let Griffin play first this season, and when he's on the court, the lineup is basically paired with Durant, Harden, Brown, Joe Harris. This lineup is played, and the opponent's defensive attention is mainly focused on Durant, Harden, and Joe Harris. It is often seen that the team's opportunities are all in Griffin's body, but today's Griffin feels cold. With about 6 minutes and 25 seconds left in the third quarter, Griffin received Harden's pass and missed a large open three-pointer, and the three points were already 0 of 5.
As we all know, basketball now places special emphasis on space. Playing about 1 and a half minutes in the opening quarter, an offensive round by the Nets also reflected Griffin's eating space. At that time, Griffin stood at the bottom corner of the weak side, and in general, the players who defended the bottom corner of the weak side and the defenders who opposed them would stand near the edge of the interior paint area on the side. And just after Durant took the ball, the man was still on the side near the three-point line, and Wendell Carter, who was defending Griffin, was attracted by Durant, directly gave up defending Griffin, and walked to the edge of Durant's strong side paint area, wanting to defend Durant. Durant saw the situation and immediately passed to the better-positioned Joe Harris, but unfortunately Joe Harris, who received the ball, missed the three-point shot.
The Magic's Defense of Wendell Carter against Griffin is not without reason. You know, so far this season, Griffin's three-point shooting rate is only 20.9%, shooting rate is only 32.4%, averaging 5.9 points per game, and the offensive threat in the far basket position is really limited! Today's game, Griffin started in 19 minutes to shoot all three-pointers, 5 shots, 0 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, it is worth mentioning that today's Nets players on the whole team, only Griffin did not score, the least scored is the rookie Thomas off the bench 7 minutes 2 shots 1 of 2 points.
Griffin, born in 1989, is no longer young, can no longer easily score points like the peak of the inside of the various baskets, if the projection ability is not adjusted and improved, as the age continues to grow, the help to the team will only become smaller and smaller. You know, Griffin and Harden in the team entered the NBA through the draft in the same year, Griffin is the champion, harden is the tanhua. Harden is still an All-Star player, and Griffin has gradually become a role player. Hopefully, Griffin can play better behind and still have a good competitiveness in the NBA.