On November 12, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season is in full swing. In yesterday's Eastern Conference game, the Nets beat the Magic 123-90 on the road to make the record 8-4 and move up to 3rd in the East.
In this game, the Nets' two biggest stars have performed well. Harden scored 17 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in this game, harden's 15th triple-double with the Nets, which helped him become the fourth player in NBA history to have at least 15 triple-doubles on both teams. The top three are Jason Kidd, James, and Westbrook.
Interestingly, just yesterday, a league executive said about the situation of the Nets: "Compared with Irving's return, the Nets need Harden's return most," So far this season, Harley has averaged 18.2 points, 8 rebounds, 8.8 assists and 1.1 steals, although there is still a distance from their peak self, but you can see that Harden's recent performance is getting better and better.
Similarly, Durant's performance is also very good. He cut 30 points and five rebounds on 11-of-12 shooting in yesterday's game, the highest shooting percentage in durant's career. So far this season, Durant has cut 20+ in all 12 games, making him the only star in Nets history to do so, and he did it last season.
In addition, Durant averaged 29.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 5 assists in 12 games this season, shooting 58.5% from the field and 82.9% from the free throw line, and the last time someone got such data was back in 1988, when Jordan also did it.
According to the schedule, the Nets will challenge the Pelicans tomorrow on the road, which is their fourth game in six consecutive away games, and they will go all out to win two straight.