The impact of Irving's absence on the Nets in the new season can be described as all-round. Whether it is space, fast attack and counterattack, lineup allocation, offensive efficiency and breakthrough killing, there has been a sharp decline. Up to now, the Nets rank first in the league with a rebounding rate of 19.7%, the league has the bottom 1 in the number of shots per game, the average of 12.1 points per game ranks 19th in the league, and the average of 36.3 points per game ranks first in the league. The reason why the offensive efficiency can still maintain the 108.2 of the 14th in the league is due to the team's super high shooting rate.
This season, the Nets rank fourth in the league with 47.4 percent overall shooting percentage and no. 1 in the league with 39.3 percent shooting. In the personal details, Aldridge and Durant are indispensable.
Ade averaged 12.8 points per game, shooting/three-pointers/true 58.6%/50%/64.7% respectively, including a career-high shooting percentage. Watching him shoot is like shooting training, too stable! After all, shooting is a housekeeping skill, and people rely on one hand to shoot into the 20,000-point club. After retiring from the army and returning to the alliance, they all wanted to see how much oil was left in Ard, only to find that it was like a "big oil field".
Durant is even more insane, and he has continued the heroic state of last season's playoffs to this day, even higher. Durant, whose shooting has been perfected, can average 29.6 points per game, shooting/three-pointing/true shooting rates of 58.6% (league 8th)/42.4% (league 29th)/68.2% (league 14th), respectively, including a career high shooting rate. In the 14 games that have appeared this season, except for one game of 27 12, the rest of the star rating is above 50%. The only relative "crotch pull" game was also the last minute to help the team win by 6 consecutive points.
Even Harden, who broke through the threat of slipping, improved his three-point shooting. After a rising tide of form, Harden averaged 19.5 points per game this season and shot 42.6 percent/40 percent/59.8 percent from the field, shooting a career-high three-point shooting percentage. After watching the game, you will find that Harden's stability in receiving the ball and shooting is getting higher and higher. After reducing the front swing of shooting to find rhythm, Harden seems to be adapting to the role of playing without the ball in a certain period of time, and the degree of adaptation is getting better and better. And this time period is when Duha is also present and Durant is attacking.
When Durant, who has a new high shooting percentage, meets Harden, who has a new high three-point shooting rate and can accept the no-ball, Duha's blocking and dismantling the connection is really useful. After the Big Three were cut into "two-headed monsters", attentive fans should be able to see that Durant and Harden have connected a lot more this season than last season. At the critical moment, it is often seen that Durant wants the ball in the waist position, Harden passes the ball, and the opponent does not include Durant to directly choose to single; the opponent packs, Durant then passes Harden, if the opponent rotates the defense in place, Harden passes Durant again, if the defense is not in place, Harden directly hits an empty three-pointer.
This kind of simple tactical success rate is high and can control mistakes. When the opponent faces these two MVP superstars with excellent ball shooting ability to play such a combination at their most grasping points, it is undoubtedly a cup of two poisons. The Nets, despite their dominance on the offensive end last season, still finished second in the East with 10 wins and four losses. Compared to last season, they have been more solid in key moments of the season, rarely capsizing in the gutter. This is the gain that Duha's connection has brought to the team at a critical moment.